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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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The School’s sites

Apart from its main premises on the Descartes Campus, École nationale des ponts et chaussées is present on other sites. École nationale des ponts et chaussées is based at Champs-sur-Marne, on the Cité Descartes campus which is the largest higher education...
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The Campus

Find all the information you need about life at École nationale des ponts et chaussées on the Descartes Campus, as well as at its other sites.
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Rendez-Vous Science et Société

2025 "What resources do we need to make the world habitable?" Philippe Simay - February 13th, 2025 at the School. Accept marketing cookies All Rendez-Vous Science et Société on YouTube (in French)
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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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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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Sustainable development

The socio-economic transitions of our societies are generating a multitude of challenges that require us to think globally but act locally. Through its research and teaching programs, École nationale des ponts et chaussées enables its researchers...
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Respect for others

Respect for each individual is at the heart of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées' concerns, whether for students or staff. This is reflected in two major themes: the establishment of real and quantifiable equality between women and men, and the...
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School distinctions

The School is present in the main world educational rankings. 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...
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Welcome to the School

École nationale des ponts et chaussées provides a very high-level education in general engineering. In July 2024, the School became a member of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, world-class Institute of science and technology encompassing 6 prestigious...
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Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Economics program

M2 Environmental Economics - in French M2 Economics of Energy - in French M2 Prospective Modeling - in French M2 Transport and Mobility Economics - in French Responding to the scale of the economic, energy and environmental challenges of the 21st century...
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Advanced Master in Supply Chain Design & Management

Background In recent years, logistics and subsequently supply chain management have come to play a fundamental role in business. The tough economic environment in which companies now operate has further reinforced the importance of logistics functions...
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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. Context and Objectives - New Executive Master! Critical...
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