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Your first months schedule

You will find a schedule below for the first months of the Polytechnique engineering cycle, as well as the actions to be carried out in the period from your admission to your return to the School to begin the First-Year core academic program.

FIRST MONTHS SCHEDULE

 

JULY

 

Send enrollment documents : List of documents to send and address (link)

Activate your personal account (see your emails)

EIX new arrivals - Apply for a visa from the embassy

EIX CPGE and FUF – Renew residence permit (https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#/

EIX – Complete and validate the registration form

EIX FR - Read the Initial Civil Training booklet (en français)

 

 

 

AUGUST

Activate your personal account (School login), if not yet done 

Download IP Paris Campus 

08/01: Deadline for submission of registration documents (link)

08/28 - EIX FR Induction 

Complete your administrative enrollment file on the portal and submit all requested administrative documents by 08/16 at the latest.

EIX FR Choice for the Personal Development period

EIX - Mandatory subscription (new arrivals) or renewal of civil liability

EIX new arrivals – Mandatory affiliation to French social security (https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr/#/

Pay the CVEC (campus life contribution) (except for EIX beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, refugees, and asylum seekers)

See the list of documents to bring on September 1st 

 

 

SEPTEMBER


Activate your Sigma account 
 

Download IP Paris Campus (if not yet done)
 

09/09 Year start for EIX non-French-speaking international students 
 

09/09 French-speaking international students
 

Departure for the Personal Development Training for 

09/14-15 Induction weekend (WEI)
 

09/16 Departure on language training course for non-French-speaking international students
 

Non-French-speaking EIX – Validate the VLS-TS (https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#
 

French-speaking EIX with visa C – Submit first request for a residence permit (https://www.demarches-simplifiees.fr/commencer/visa-c-demande-de-prolongation-de-sejour-en-france)   
 

Choice for the Personal Development period
 

Choose your sport section 
 

Non-French-speaking EIX – Validate the VLS-TS (https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#
 

French-speaking EIX with visa C – Submit first request for a residence permit (https://www.demarches-simplifiees.fr/commencer/visa-c-demande-de-prolongation-de-sejour-en-france)   

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER

Register at polytechnique.org  (if not done)

Non-French-speaking EIX - Validate your visa

21-25/10 Kès Campaign

 

 

NOVEMBER

Election of the new Kès 

Mid-November: Visit by an X delegation to non-French-speaking EIX on language training 

EIX with a VLS-TS – Check the visa has been validated by the OFII (https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#)

EIX (FUI/SPEIT branch) - Admission results for Class of X25 

 

 

DÉCEMBER

December 6: Sainte-Barbe ceremony

School closed from December 23 am to January 2 am

French-speaking EIX / Buy your  Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

French-speaking EIX / SPEIT Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

JANUARY

Mid-January: Preparatory training starts (January-March)

Non-French-speaking EIX / SPEIT Buy your Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

Non-French-speaking EIX / SPEIT Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

FEBRUARY

Mid-February: Arrival of SPEIT

Reminder Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

Reminder Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

MARCH

Reminder Sleeping kit (up to 03/29)

Reminder Buy your Tangente on Pégase (up to 03/31)

 

 

APRIL

April 7: Teaching starts (Pégase) 

 

 

SOME KEY EVENTS UNTIL END 2025

May 8: Distribution of bicorne hats

May 14: Public service employment forum 

May 15: Distribution of tangentes

May 16: X Ball 

May 22: PAD PDD (Presentation of X2024 flag, handover of X2023 flag)

July 14: Military parade 

August 26: Start of X2024 2nd year