École nationale des ponts et chaussées Building the worlds of tomorrow
Share

Student / Candidate

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

Visit our campus 

Take an immersive dive with a virtual tour of the School and videos of our curriculum, our facilities, student and club life on campus, and much more!
Find out more.

You are a candidate

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.
Admission process

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.

You are a student of the School

Engineering, Advanced Masters

Reregistration at the School, see practical information
 

Basic page

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...
Read more
Basic page

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...
Read more
Basic page

The laboratories

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 ambitious scientific policy to...
Read more
Basic page

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...
Read more
Event

European electricity system planning for 2050: a serious game - 2nd edition

This activity offers a multidisciplinary team-based learning experience focused on one of the major challenges facing Europe: designing a resilient, efficient, and carbon-neutral electricity system for the decades ahead. Over five days, participants will...
Read more
News

Academic year 2026-2027: means-tested grants for engineering students to be assessed and administered by the CROUS

The École nationale des ponts et chaussées has signed an agreement with the Créteil CROUS: from the start of the 2026–2027 academic year, means-tested grants for engineering students will be processed and administered by the CROUS Créteil. Apply for a...
Read more
Basic page

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...
Read more
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...
Read more
Basic page

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...
Read more
News

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...
Read more
Basic page

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...
Read more
News

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...
Read more