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Join a prestigious school where you can develop your scientific, technical, and interpersonal skills and knowledge to tackle today's environmental and social challenges!

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Engineering program - International candidate

Several options are available to you depending on the type of agreement between your institution and the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.

Master's programs

Energy transition, mobility, sustainable construction, environmental economics...: benefit from high-level training and a degree offering numerous career opportunities by enrolling in one of the school's many master's programs.
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Doctorate

The School offers doctoral programs notably through the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, of which it is a member.
International students can apply for doctoral programs.

Advanced Masters - Mastère Spécialisé®

Our advanced Masters - Mastère Spécialisé® are available as part of a career change or career development, in order to develop expertise and acquire dual skills.
Admission procedures are detailed on the pages for each program.
International students can apply.

Innovation through design - d.school Paris

d.school Paris trains and supports innovation leaders through learning and practicing user-centered design.

Student Refugee Program

On the initiative of the student association Dévelop’Ponts, the School has set up a Refugee Student Program, which welcomes and supports students who have previously studied science and are currently asylum seekers or refugees in France.

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Executive Master in Infrastructure Project Finance

The Mastère Spécialisé ® - Executive Master in "Infrastructure Project Finance" is a fast-track and multi-disciplinary program fulfilling a high demand of professionals in the Project Finance Market. Objectives The objective of the Infrastructure Project...
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Refugee Students Program

On the initiative of the student association Dévelop’Ponts, École nationale des ponts et chaussées launched a Refugee Student Program at the start of the 2016 academic year. This program has enabled the school to welcome and support students who have...
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Year 1

Take a virtual tour of the School Accept marketing cookies The first year at École nationale des ponts et chaussées Developing skills in 4 major areas A rigorous scientific and technical education: the ability to understand and implement conceptual...
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Executive Master in Smart Mobility

Background Anticipating and managing the impact of digital technology on transportation A new high-quality program, unique in France, run by two engineering schools specializing in transportation and digital technology: Télécom Paris and École nationale...
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The laboratories

The School's laboratories in 2025 CEREA - Atmospheric Environment Education and Research Center Themes: air quality, pollution dispersal and transportation, atmospheric modeling on an urban and regional scale, data assimilation. CEREA is committed to an...
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Advanced Master in Railway and Urban Transport System Engineering

Background The rapid growth in the railway sector has prompted constructors and operators to turn to the grandes Ecoles to create a high-level educational programme aimed at engineers, project managers or executives likely to work in the railway or urban...
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Student associations and sports

A rich array of student associations and high quality sports facilities offers students at École nationale des ponts et chaussées a vibrant campus life just 20 minutes from the heart of Paris on the RER A express railroad. With some 15 associations and...
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Event

Engineering program graduation ceremony

The next engineering graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, April 17th, 2026, at La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel. Programme 13h00 - 14h30: Welcome for graduates and their families 14h30 - 14h40: Opening by Anthony BRIANT, Director, and Jérôme LESUEUR...
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Research

2025 key figures 12 research laboratories, including 6 UMR CNRS (National Research Center units) 308 researchers and academics 718 PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows 1,122 rank A publications €11,5 million in revenues from research partnerships...
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NEW - Critical Materials

The Mastère Spécialisé ® - Executive Master in "Critical Materials" is a fast-track and multi-disciplinary program for professionals in the Supply Chain, Strategy, CSR and Innovation C-Suite. The program is also open to recent graduates pursuing further...
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Executive Master in Management of Energy Projects

Context and Objectives According to the International Energy Agency, investments in the energy sector amounted to US$ 2.7 trillion in 2022. Energy is a domain where investments are often very large, and technically very complex. The current transformation...
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Publications

The publishing activities of the Documentation, Archives and Heritage Department are at the heart of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées' mission to disseminate scientific knowledge and promote its educational productions. This includes the...
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