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Fifty years after the opening of the Ingénieur polytechnicien program to women, the École Polytechnique inaugurated an exhibition dedicated to the feminization of the school and the inspiring careers of its alumnae, in the presence of many of the women honored on this very special occasion.

Screenshot of the Online MSc&T 2020 Class Graduation Ceremony with the special participation of Eric Labaye, president of Ecole Polytechnique and Mercedes Erra, Founding President of BETC Group.Dixit - The graduation of the third MSc&T class took place on March 5th. How have the last few mo…

"Reveal", the game developed by the gamelab of the Chair "Science and Video Games", is part of a selection of video games created in France at Paris Games Week.

A year after the release by Ecole Polytechnique of its report on the strengthening of social diversity within the School, Marie Bresson, Delegate for Diversity at the Ecole Polytechnique, takes stock of the School's achievements and prospects on this issue.L’X submitted its report on stre…

Ten start-ups founded by École Polytechnique alumni or supported by the X-Novation incubator are included in the ranking of the 100 start-ups to invest in in 2022 published by Challenges magazine.

Faced with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, the French start-up ecosystem has been deprived of its two big spring events: the Paris Saclay SPRING 2020 that was to be hosted by Telecom Paris, a partner of École Polytechnique within the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, and Vivatech. Challen…

École Polytechnique was founded in 1794, under the name École Centrale des Travaux Publics (Central School of Publich Works), as a response to the dearth of engineers and high-level officials in France.

The history of École Polytechnique is closely tied to the periods of political, economic, and social upheaval of the 19th century.

The "Sustainable Development" and "Sustainable Energies" teaching and research chairs, both supported by EDF, are celebrating their 20th and 15th anniversaries, a long-term commitment to the ecological and energy transition.

The European Commission, under the impetus of the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, has identified space entrepreneurship as a major axis for the future of Europe and created a €1 billion fund dedicated to start-ups and innovation in this field.French president Emm…

Space missions will accelerate in 2021, pushing back the limits of this new frontier and our knowledge of the cosmos, but potentially opening up a new front by replicating geopolitical tensions and rivalries in the stars.Science will benefit from new discoveries and from new, sometimes spectacular,…

You will find elow a chronology of space missions in 2021. In space exploration, even more than in other journeys, shedules are subject to change.*February: Three Mars probes – Mars 2020, Tianwen-1 and Hope, launched in 2020 by America China and the United Arab Emirates respectively, are due …

After 1870, the Army reinforces its position as the Polytechnicians’ first employer, but scientific studies are not abandoned.

Credit : European Union 2019Every year, the Institut Choiseul identifies and ranks young leaders under 40 who play a major economic role in France and abroad. Among the selections unveiled, a Top 100 and a complementary list of 100 profiles, 23 alumni of the Ecole Polytechnique earn their spot.10 g…

Every year, the Institut Choiseul identifies and ranks young leaders under 40 who play a major economic role in France and abroad. Among the selections unveiled, a Top 100 and a complementary list of 100 profiles, 25 alumni of the École Polytechnique earn their spot.11 graduates in the Choiseul 100…