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Faculty staff
- 380 teachers in charge of course modules
- 2,498 part-time and non-tenured teaching staff
- 113 École nationale des ponts et chaussées professors, 7 assistant professors and 93 lecturers
Student numbers
- 965 engineering students
- 161 master’s and master of science students, including 69 on dual-degree courses
- 207 PhD students registered with École nationale des ponts et chaussées
- 303 students on the advanced “mastère” and specialist training courses
- 16 registered on the post-competitive exam program for State Urban Planning architects (AUEs)
A total of 1,652 students altogether, 31% female students
Internships and work placements in engineer training programs
1st year:
- Consolidation of scientific and general knowledge, projects (research and departmental)
- Work experience internship: a 4-week practical in-company internship completes the year
Year 2: Internship
- Between Years 2 and 3, 85% of the cohort complete an optional year-long internship, with around 26% going abroad
- The other students complete a short (3-month) internship in a company or laboratory, 10% of them abroad
3rd year
- End of studies project (PFE): for a period of at least 4 months, students apply the skills acquired during their course to a particular scientific or technical problem, in a company or a research laboratory. This Multidisciplinary Engineering Project may be carried out individually or in groups.
DEGREES awarded IN 2023
- 279 engineering degrees
- 165 master's degrees
- 51 PhDs
- 304 specialist programs: "mastère spécialisé® " and Master of Science
CAREER opportunities
Source: 2023 survey of 2022 graduates (excl. civil servants)
- Construction: 26%
- Design/Consulting: 16%
- Banking/Insurance/Finance: 15%
- Telecoms/IT: 9%
- Industry: 9%
- Engineering consultancy (excl. construction): 7%
- Energy: 5%
- Transport/Environment/Urban Services: 4%
- Public sector: 4%
- Innovation/Research (excl. thesis): 3%
- environment: 1%
- Others: 1%
Average starting salary: €49K - €56K with bonuses and gratuities
staff AND RESOURCES
- 518 members of staff employed by the School and its subsidiaries on 31 December 2023 (excluding part-time non-tenured teaching staff and public employees in training)
- €53.1 M of resources, including a €28.4 M public service subsidy from MTES (French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition)