École polytechnique
French institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau
École Polytechnique (EP or "l'X") is a engineering graduate school in France.[1] It is in a campus of Palaiseau (Northern France).
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| Type | Public, Graduate engineering school |
|---|---|
| Established | 1794 |
| Students | 3000 |
| Location | , 48°42′46.8″N 2°12′32.4″E / 48.713000°N 2.209000°E |
| Affiliations | Conférence des Grandes Écoles UniverSud Paris |
| Website | http://www.polytechnique.edu |
Its different curricula lead to the following French & European degrees :
- Ingénieur Polytechnicien (Polytechnique Graduate engineer Masters level program)
- Master of Science & PhD doctorate studies
- Mastères Spécialisés (MS)
- Massive Online Open Courses.[2]
Academic activities and industrial applied research are performed in French and English languages. Students from a lot of nationalities participate to the different curricula at École Polytechnique.
Notable Graduates
change- Caroline Aigle, French fighter jet pilot
- Paul-Louis Arslanian, Former head of Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile
- Michel Bernard, French public servant
- Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematiker
- Yves Carcelle, French businessman
- Auguste Comte, French thinker
- Valérie Cornetet, head of the Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées
- Philippe Crébassa, French public servant
- Jacques Friedel, French physicist, educator and material scientist
- Carlos Ghosn, French-Lebanese businessman
- Patrick Ky, French Manager
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange, mathematician and astronomer
- Yves Lambert, French aerospace engineer
- Edmond Malinvaud, French economist
- Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez
- Guy du Merle, French aerospace engineer, pilot and writer
- Louis Pailhas, French politician and aerospace engineer
- Yves Poilane, French manager
- Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist
- Jean Robieux, French Physicist
- Gérard Rozenknop, French aerospace engineer
- Jean-Paul Troadec, French aerospace engineer
- Jacques Villiers, French aerospace engineer and public servant
- Michel Wachenheim, French ambassador
- Farid Zizi, French aerospace engineer
Related pages
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change- ↑ (in French)Classement des écoles d’ingénieurs 2015 : Polytechnique indétrônable Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in French)École Polytechnique
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