The School and its community

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

The Corps des Ponts et Chaussées (Bridges and Roads Corps) was created in 1716. In 1747, a decree issued by the King's Council, considered to be the founding act of the School, established a specific training program for state engineers, entrusted to Jean...

Since January 1st, 1994, École nationale des ponts et chaussées has been officially recognized in France as a public scientific, cultural, and professional institution (EPSCP), accountable to the Ministry in charge of Ecological Transition. This legal...

A mission: building the worlds of tomorrow. Tackling major societal challenges has been essential to the School’s history and continues to guide it. So building a future in a world that is becoming aware that resources are limited and that human...