École Polytechnique facts for kids
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| Type | Public, Graduate engineering school |
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| Established | 1794 |
| Students | 3000 |
| Location |
Palaiseau
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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 |
École Polytechnique (EP or "l'X") is the best-kown engineering school in France. It is in a campus of Palaiseau (Northern France).
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.
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
- 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
- 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
Images for kids
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A statue in the courtyard of the school commemorates the cadets of Polytechnique rushing to the defence of Paris in 1814. A copy was installed in West Point.
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The chemistry auditorium in the old building in the Quartier Latin, photographed by Jules David in 1904
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Pediment of historical buildings, rue Descartes in Paris
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Historical entrance of the École Polytechnique Paris' campus at the junction of the rue de la Montagne Saint-Genevieve and rue Descartes
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Polytechnique flag guard on Bastille Day Military Parade 2010
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Benoît Mandelbrot during his speech at the ceremony when he was made an officer of the Legion of Honour on 11 September 2006, at the École polytechnique
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Foreign students of the École
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Students wearing the uniform of Polytechnique
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Aerial view of the École polytechnique campus
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The Arms of the École polytechnique
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The main hall seen from the lake
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Cadets of Polytechnique at the Bastille Day Military Parade
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The bicorne hat of Polytechnique
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See also
In Spanish: École polytechnique para niños
