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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 Athens Programme

École nationale des ponts et chaussées is a member of the ATHENS Network (Advanced Technology Higher Education Network SOCRATES) made up of 14 leading European technological universities and nine ParisTech Graduate Schools of Engineering. ParisTech is...
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EELISA Grand meeting in Istanbul

The Board of Directors and the Executive Board of EELISA European University will meet in Istanbul, Turkey, from November 17 to 19. Alongside these two governing bodies, three other committees will gather to advance the Alliance’s work: Working Group 9 on...
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Career opportunities

Recruitment opportunities All current recruitment opportunities are available on our dedicated website (in French). Visit the website Faculty positions Find our more on the French website.
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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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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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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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Advanced Master in Advanced Public Action Morocco (MAPA-M)

Background From Jules Dupuit and his pioneering work in public economics, to Jean Tirole and his findings on the economics of the common good, École nationale des ponts et chaussées has been recognized for its expertise in public action. MAPA-M draws on...
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Advanced Master in Public Policies and Actions for Sustainable Development

Background The two ministries responsible for architecture and ecology asked AgroParisTech and École nationale des ponts et chaussées to provide a course that would meet their needs for senior managers capable of acting in public policies and action on...
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Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Objective: to become research engineers or design engineers for the development of new products, materials, and robotics. A solid understanding of the concepts and tools of continuum mechanics under transformation; A pedagogical approach that emphasizes...
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