Engineer programs (Cycles ingénieurs)

The distinctive French ingénieur program

The French ingénieur programs delivered by the Schools of Institut Polytechnique de Paris have the following features:

• Granting graduates the “Titre d’Ingénieur” and conferring the European degree of Master recognized worldwide
• Highly-selective entrance examination
• A multidisciplinary education offering:
  • Fundamental sciences: in particular Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry
  • Engineering sciences
  • Economics
  • Quantitative social sciences
  • Business, Management, and Innovation
  • Humanities: Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics
  • Internationalization skills: Foreign Languages, Geopolitics
  • Soft skills (communication, critical thinking) and an international perspective
  • Strong interaction with companies: education, research, management
  • Rich opportunities for internships, mandatory in the curriculum
  • Host research laboratories associated with Doctorate Schools
  • The opportunity to undertake a Ph.D. after graduation
  • Exciting and successful careers

Why choose the Institut Polytechnique Paris Engineering programs?

Institut Polytechnique de Paris will enable you to:

• Experience France’s most elite education in Engineering
• Customize your program of study
• Nurture ties with major international companies (internships, chairs, joint-labs, sponsorships, coaching, guest lecturers)
• Benefit from high-quality campus infrastructures for study, sports, and leisure
• Be offered Ph.D. opportunities after graduation, especially in one of our 30 Laboratories
• Have access to high-level professional positions
• Be awarded top entry salaries
• 95% employability rate in under 4 months after graduation
• Be a high profile candidate for international companies, SMEs, start-ups
• Be offered career opportunities in a wide range of sectors, including IT, deep-tech, finance, energy, environment, transport, cybersecurity, nanotechnologies, AI, data science, robotics
• Integrate a strategic alumni network including the CEOs of major international companies, entrepreneurs, and renowned researchers.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris overview

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris is a world-class Institute of science and technology encompassing 5 prestigious French engineering Schools: École Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, ENSAE Paris, Télécom Paris, Télécom SudParis.

A campus just outside Paris

Located on the Plateau de Saclay, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris campus brings together its five founding Schools. It offers students, faculty members and staff top-notch facilities to pursue their activities in a lively and stimulating environment. Set in the heart of one of the world's top eight innovation hubs, the campus benefits from the dynamism created by the private and public players based within the cluster. Ideally located just outside Paris, the campus is easily accessible by public transportation, allowing students and faculty members to take advantage of the economic dynamism and rich cultural life of the French capital

Cutting-edge disciplinary and interdisciplinary research

Research at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris is built on the recognized expertise of its Schools in ten major disciplines: Biology; Chemistry and Processes; Economics; Information, Communications and Electronics; Computer Science, Data, and AI; Mathematics; Mechanics and Energetics; Physics; Humanities, Arts, Literature and Languages; Social Sciences and Management. The research programs established by the disciplinary departments identify key fields and develop transdisciplinary research projects in partnership with industry. Research focuses on 12 research areas: Environment & climate ; Energy transition ; Artificial Intelligence and Data science ; Networks and the Internet of Things ; Mathematics and digital simulation ; Cybersecurity ; Defense ; Geopolitics and strategy ; Innovative Materials and Quantum Technologies ; Lasers and plasma Science ; Robotics ; Bioengineering. To this end, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris has set up major interdisciplinary centers to take up the greatest economic and social challenges of our time.