School distinctions

The School is present in the main world educational rankings: find out more about the rankings of Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025

• Physical Sciences : 501-600
• Social Sciences : 176-200
• Computer Science : 201-250
• Engineering : 401-500
• Business and Economics : 301-400
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Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS) 2025

École nationale des ponts et chaussées has moved up 9 places to reach 135th place. It is ranked 13th in France.

QS World University Rankings 2025

École nationale des ponts et chaussées confirms its rank as the 6th French institution.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024

Again this year, École nationale des ponts et chaussées is ranked in the "Engineering & Technology" broad subject, at rank 212 worldwide, retaining its position as the 9th French institution:

• in 1st place in France in "Engineering - Civil & Structural" and in the top 51-100 worldwide;
• in the top 251-300 in "Environmental Sciences", the 5th French institution;
• in the top 301-350 in "Computer Science & Information Systems", the 9th French institution;
• in the top 301-350 in "Engineering – Mechanical", the 10th French institution.

Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023

• Civil engineering: 201-300
• Atmospheric science: 76-100
• Earth sciences: 101-150

QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024

École nationale des ponts et chaussées is the 1st non-clustered French engineering school.

THE world’s best small universities 2023

École nationale des ponts et chaussées has moved up 2 places to reach 7th place. It is the 1st French institution in this ranking.

THE World University Ranking 2023

Times Higher Education (THE) annual World University Ranking:  251-300, École nationale des ponts et chaussées retains its position as the 6th largest French institution and the 1st French institution not resulting from a regrouping.

QS Graduate Rankings Employability 2022

The School, ranked 181-190, is the 4th French institution. In 2020, it was the 6th French establishment (the 2021 edition having been cancelled).

Le Figaro Étudiant's 2026 ranking of post-preparatory engineering schools 

The School ranks 4th. 

Usine Nouvelle's 2025 ranking of engineering schools

The School ranks 4th.

Classement 2025 ChangeNOW/Les Échos' 2025 ranking of top schools most committed to ecological transition

The School ranks 4th.

2026

• Anne Gagneux, alumni, awarded the 2026 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science France Award.
• Ouijdane Qacami, a graduate of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées, winner of the 2026 i-PhD award for the STRUCMEDICA project.
• Praedon, a spin-off from CERMICS and the Co-Innovation Lab, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2026 iLab competition.
• Romain Mesnil, Xavier Tellier, Olivier Baverel and Cyril Douth, from the Navier Laboratory, winners of the Tsuboi Prize awarded by the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures for their publication on torsion-free meshed shell structures.
• Gül Varol, a researcher at the Gaspard Monge Computer Science Laboratory, winner of the Young Researcher Award from the European Association for Computer Vision.
• Arthur Guillot Legoff, winner of the 2026 École des Ponts Thesis Prize for his thesis prepared at the LEESU and LHSV laboratories.
• Jérémy Bleyer, HDR researcher at the Navier Laboratory, winner of the CSMA 2026 Young Researcher Award.
• Aurore Wurtz, project manager at the Co-Innovation Lab, winner of the Ecological Transition Prize at the 2026 Civil Engineering University Conference.
• Alice Gribonval, a PhD student at the Navier Laboratory, winner of the René Houpert Prize from the University Association of Civil Engineering.
• Andrew McRae, CERMICS, winner of the SIAM Activity Group on Optimisation Best Paper Prize 2026.
• Jean Sulem, Navier Laboratory, elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc), Engineering Division.
• Noé Blassel, postdoctoral researcher at CERMICS, winner of the SMAI-GAMNI thesis prize for his thesis completed at CERMICS.
• Nicolas Corvol, PhD student at CERMICS and alumnus of the Master’s in Operational Research, and Gérard Garand, alumnus of the Master’s in Operational Research, joint winners of the ROADEF prize for the best Master’s dissertation in 2025.
• Daniel Florentin, LATTS, ranked by *Traits Urbains* magazine among the 100 figures shaping the city of tomorrow.
• Nathan Lichtlé, CERMICS, winner of the Paul Caseau Prize awarded by the Académie des Technologies and EDF for his thesis completed at CERMICS.

2025

• Hervé Andrès, a former PhD student at CERMICS, winner of the jury’s special mention at the 2025 SCOR Actuarial Prize (SCOR PhD Actuarial Prize)
• Jérémy Bleyer, HDR researcher at the Navier Laboratory, winner of an ERC Consolidator Grant for his AUTOMATIX project.
• Guillaume Dalle, researcher at LVMT, part of the team awarded the Open Source Research Software Prize – Rising Star in the ‘community’ category, for the DifferentiationInterface.jl project.
• Nathan Lichtlé, CERMICS, and Lucas Vivier, CIRED, joint winners of the Fondation des Ponts’ 2025 Thesis Prize.
• Pille-Riin Aja, CIRED, winner of the Paris-Vallée de la Marne Urban Community’s 2024 “Territoires” Thesis Prize.
• Maxime Pierre, winner of the 2024 “Business” Thesis Prize from Descartes Développement & Innovation.
• Maxime Pierre, Navier Laboratory, and Mathis Petrovitch, LIGM, winners of the 2024 Paris-Est Sup Thesis Prize.
• Louis Bouvier, researcher at CERMICS, winner of the 3rd Mathematics, Business and Society (AMIES) Thesis Prize.
• Alec Tristani, former PhD student at the Navier Laboratory, winner of the Pierre Londe Prize for the best thesis in rock mechanics.
• Louis Bouvier, researcher at CERMICS, joint winner of the VeRoLog Doctoral Thesis Prize.
• Hugo Pagnol, Specialised Master’s in Sustainable Real Estate and Construction, winner of the 2025 Charles-Henri Besnard Scholarship from the CNAM.
• Guillaume Flood-Page, winner of the 2025 Boussinesq Prize for his thesis carried out at the Navier Laboratory.
• Mathieu Le Gourrierec, Master’s with a specialisation in Transport, Mobility and Networks, winner of the 2nd AFITL Prize 2024.
• Louis Bouvier, CERMICS, winner of the first prize for the best PhD in transport and logistics in France at the ROADEF conference.
• Yue Su and Thibault Prunet, postdoctoral researchers at CERMICS, winners of the second prize for the best PhD in transport and logistics in France at the ROADEF conference.

2024

• Céline Guivarch, a researcher at CIRED, has been appointed an associate member of the Royal Academy of Belgium.
• Ana Loyola, a former PhD student at the Navier Laboratory, has been awarded the Pierre Londe Prize for the best thesis in rock mechanics.
• Nerea Vadillo, a former PhD student at CERMICS, winner of the Risk Sciences Prize.
• Alice Maison, a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology, winner of first prize in the Ministry of Ecological Transition’s 2024 Thesis Prize.
• Virginie Ehrlacher, researcher at CERMICS, winner of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize for ‘Young Female Scientist’ awarded by the Ministry of Education and Research.
• Nerea Vadillo, former PhD student at CERMICS, winner of the 2024 prize from the Energy Finance Italia (EFI) association.
• Lucas Vivier, a PhD student at CIRED, winner of the IIASA Levien Award.
• Ingrid Nappi, a professor at the School, elected as an associate member of the Academy of Architecture.
• Gaspard Kemlin (CERMICS) and Thomas Moroni (LVMT), winners of the École des Ponts thesis prize.

2023

• Vincent Boulard, a second-year student in the IMI department, has won the 1st Fermat Junior Mathematics Prize from the University of Toulouse.
• Céline Guivarch, a research director at CIRED, has been awarded the Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Field of Integrated Assessment Modelling (IAM).
• Virginie Boutueil, a researcher at the LVMT, has been appointed a Knight of the Order of Merit.
• Virginie Ehrlacher, a researcher at CERMICS, has been awarded the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize for ‘Young Female Scientists’.
• Jérémy Bleyer, a researcher at the Navier Laboratory, has been awarded the 2023 Mandel Prize.
• Virginie Ehrlacher, a researcher at CERMICS, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the HighLEAP project (High-dimensional mathematical methods for LargE Agent and Particle systems).
• Karine Sartelet, a researcher at CEREA, has been awarded a medal by the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo.
• Guillaume Dalle, former PhD student at CERMICS, winner of the 2023 AMIES (Agency for Mathematics in Interaction with Business and Society) Thesis Prize.
• Urbain Vaes, researcher at CERMICS, recipient of the ANR Young Researchers Programme for the IPSO (Interacting Particle Systems for Sampling and Optimisation) project .
• Elodie Donval, PhD student at the Navier Laboratory, runner-up in the Young Researcher Award from the University Association of Civil Engineering (AUGC).
• Vincent Lepetit, Professor and researcher at the Gaspard Monge Computer Science Laboratory, recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant for his project in the field of digital twins.
• Léo Baty, PhD student at CERMICS, EURO-NeurIPS challenge.
• Lya Lugon Cornejo Von Marttens (Cerea) and Zhongzheng Wang (Navier), École des Ponts thesis prize.

2022

• Lya Lugon Cornejo Von Marttens (PhD candidate, SIE/Cerea Laboratory), Zhixiong Zeng (PhD candidate, SIE/Navier) and Dylan Dronnier (CERMICS), recipients of the Paris-Est Sup thesis prize.
• Mathieu Aubry, Lecturer and Researcher, Gaspard Monge Computer Science Laboratory, recipient of an ERC Starting Grant 2022 for the project “Discovering and analysing visual structures (DISCOVER)”.
• Michel Virlogeux, Professor at the School, awarded an honorary doctorate by Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST).
• Jean Sulem, Director of the Navier Laboratory, recipient of the IRSM Science Achievement Award.
• Martin Besnier (CIV 2021), winner of the 2022 National PEPITE Prize.
• Axel Parmentier, researcher at CERMICS, winner of the 1st Robert Faure Prize.
• Stacey Benoit, Head of the English Department at the School, recipient of the Conference of Grandes Écoles’ Prize for Educational Innovation.
• Guillaume Dalle, civil engineer, recipient of the 2021 Pasquet Prize.
• Louis Bouvier, CERMICS, recipient of the RO/AD Master’s Thesis Prize.

2021

• Lucas Vivier, CIRED, winner of a 2021 Palladio Foundation Fellowship.
• Olivier Baverel, researcher at the Navier Laboratory, winner of the Pioneer Award, a prize awarded every nine years to around ten engineers and architects worldwide in recognition of their significant contributions to the field of spatial structures.
• Grégoire FERRE, CERMICS, winner of the 2020 Ponts Thesis Prize.
• Lise DESVALLEES, LATTS, winner of the 2020 Ponts Thesis Prize.
• Cécile DEFFORGE, CEREA, winner of the 2020 Ponts Thesis Prize.

2020

• Céline Guivarch, Research Director at the School (CIRED), winner of the 2020 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in the Young Female Scientist category.
• Amaury Hayat, researcher at CERMICS, recipient of the Chancellery’s ceremonial award.
• Grégoire Ferré, former PhD student at CERMICS, winner of the Paris-Est Sup thesis prize awarded by the MSTIC doctoral school.
• Marie-Morgane Paumard, a PhD student in the IMAGINE teams (LIGM, École nationale des ponts et chaussées), winner of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents for Women in Science Award.

2019

• Fabien Esculier (Leesu), Special Territorial Award presented by the Paris – Vallée de la Marne Urban Community, Award for Theses Defended in 2018 at the University of Paris-Est: “The food/excrement system in urban areas: socio-ecological regimes and transitions”
• Roger Frank, Honorary Professor at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées and Emeritus Research Director at the Navier Laboratory (Geotechnical Team – Cermes), Sir Alcon Copisarow Medal
• Fabien Esculier of Leesu, People’s Choice Award at the Paris-Est University Final of the ‘My Thesis in 180 Seconds’ competition

2018

• Hadrien Rattez, Navier Laboratory, Pierre Londe Thesis Prize from the French Committee for Rock Mechanics
• Marc Bocquet, CEREA, honoured by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• Fabien Esculier, LEESU, Silver Medal from the French Academy of Agriculture
• Michel de Lara, CERMICS, Innovation in Sustainability Science Award, Ecological Society of America
• Éric Cancès, CERMICS, winner of the 2017 Dargelos Prize

2016-2017

• Jules Thiery, winner of the Paris-Est University Thesis Prize
• Alain Pecker, professor at the School and at the University of Pavia, recipient of the Academy of Sciences’ Prize for the Application of Science to Industry for his work on earthquake-resistant engineering
• 2016 Pépite Prize – Ile-de-France nominees: the Internest project led by Hadrien Busieau and Thomas Demmer (students at the School) is one of the 23 winners who will receive a prize of €10,000
• Félix Klein Prize awarded to Patrick Hauret, a former student of the School
• Pauline Sarrabezolle, PGMO (Gaspard Monge Programme) thesis prize for her thesis ‘Colorful linear programming’
• “Betancourt Legacy” International Student Research Competition: 1st prize for the École
• Thesis prizes
• Ignacio Ansorena Serna, 1st prize in the Master’s category, for his study “The prerequisites for implementing a dynamic road traffic management system”.
• Antoine Levitt, research fellow at Inria and researcher at CERMICS (École nationale des ponts et chaussées), and Marc Torrent, Head of Laboratory at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), 2nd prize in the 2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier Award: revolutionising the development of new materials.
• Meissam Bahlali, EDF Student of the Year Award (in partnership with Universum). She was recognised for her academic and professional journey, which reflects her career ambition to work in the energy sector: an internship at Areva, a course in Madrid on energy and fluid mechanics, a specialisation in fluid mechanics at the engineering school (ENSE3) and a PhD currently being undertaken at Cerea, a joint laboratory of the School and EDF R&D, under the supervision of Bertrand Carissimo.

2015

•    Award for the best scientific placement

2014

•    Jean Tirole, "ingénieur général des ponts et chaussées", Nobel Prize in Economics