"Saveurs savantes", the 2026 national science festival at the School

To celebrate the Fête de la Science (Science Festival) on the theme of “Saveurs savantes” (Smart flavours), École nationale des ponts et chaussées is opening its doors on Saturday, October 10, 2025 from 2pm to 6pm, together with Geodata Paris, offering workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations and tours.Activities will also be organised around key research themes at the School.

Activities on the theme of "Saveurs savantes"

Guided tour – It’s all frothy in the kitchen
Workshop – Those ‘beads’ that melt or burst in your mouth
Workshop – When mayonnaise sets… or doesn’t!
Workshop – In the shade of the panels
Workshop – Crops and solar panels: a winning combination?
Workshop – The optimal route
Workshop – Printing to eat
Guided tour – A curious stroll and a rainy snack
Guided tour – Caution: fragile ground!
Guided tour – Gardens to savour

Activities outside the national theme

Workshop – Computer-generated brain teasers
Guided tour – Discovering the invisible
Workshop – Levitating over the Fermi Sea: a superconductivity experiment
Workshop – On the same wavelength
Guided tour – When the ground makes our houses shake!
Workshop – Between Two Waters
Workshop – Under Pressure: The Secrets of Stone Bridges
Workshop – From Sewers to Fields: Recycling Human Waste
Musical Storytelling – The World’s Greatest Treasure
Workshop – Bike-Share Schemes: Can We Guide Travel Patterns Through Pricing?

The School is also offering an “Hors les murs” program with partners, from October 5 to 9, and is hosting the Cordées de la Réussite on Friday, October 9, with workshops designed and led by the Dévelop’Ponts association as part of a day-long programme dedicated to schoolchildren.

With Government support.