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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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Engineering program

The engineering program at École nationale des ponts et chaussées prepares all students to become engineers and leaders capable of inventing solutions for adapting our societies to climate change , and reducing the environmental footprint of our...
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Corporate brochures

Academic programs Engineering program 2026-2027 (French) Polytechnic curriculum 2025-2026 (French) Student life: Alpha 2026 (French) The School in figures The School in figures 2024-2025 The School in facts and figures - 2024-2025 in details Faculty staff...
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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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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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Master of Science Sustainable impact analysis (SIA)

The Master of Science Sustainable Impact Analysis (SIA) formerly known as ECDBA is a postgraduate master's degree awarded by École nationale des ponts et chaussées and jointly run with the Paris School of Economics. The MSc SIA is a challenging full-time...
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News

The School and University of Orléans are opening a new pathway into the engineering programme for undergraduates studying mathematics

Anthony Briant, Director of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées, and Eric Blond, President of the University of Orléans, have just signed a partnership agreement in Orléans to open up a new pathway into the School’s engineering programme for third...
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For an Advanced or Executive Master

Lasting 12 to 15 months, the Executive Masters - Mastère Spécialisé ® is a degree accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), which allows you to develop a specialization and to acquire a second set of skills. Our programs entail a minimum 350...
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Welcome to the eligible candidates for the 2026 Concours Commun Mines-Ponts

The oral exams for the 2026 Concours Commun Mines-Ponts will take place from Monday 22 June to Friday 17 July 2026 at École nationale des ponts et chaussées. On this occasion, members of the Student Council will be there to welcome you as soon as you...
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EELISA - European University

The European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance (EELISA) is a consortium of ten higher education institutions (graduate engineering schools, technical and full-spectrum universities) from eight different countries in Europe with the...
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Societal links

École nationale des ponts et chaussées is involved in several forms of societal engagement. In 2009, for example, it initiated a tutorship program called the “Expérience Ouverture” with several local schools. In addition, every year it takes part in the...
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Applications to the 2027 Refugee Students Program are now open

Are you a beneficiary of international protection or an asylum seeker? Do you have 2 years of higher education (in France or abroad) in the fields of maths and science, and do you want to learn French (level A2 required)? You can now aplly to the School's...
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Event

Webinar on Civil Engineering and Energy

Discover opportunities in civil engineering and energy infrastructure at our information webinar on the Mastère Spécialisé® offered by École nationale des ponts et chaussées in partnership with CentraleSupélec: “Civil Engineering for Major Energy...
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