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At École nationale des ponts et chaussées, all students have to spend some of the course abroad, whether studying or in a placement or internship.

A requirement

A minimum requirement has been introduced for students admitted by examination: they must spend a minimum of eight continuous weeks abroad during their course. In practice, École des Ponts students spend an average of one year of their course programme outside France.

Possibilities abroad

On the scientific placement : three-month initiation into research at the end of the first year. 67% of first-year students choose to carry out their scientific placement in a laboratory or partner university research centre abroad.
On the short placement : two-month work experience on a functional project between the 2nd and 3rd years. More than 50% of short placements take place abroad.
On the long placement corporate work experience as a novice engineer, for one year between the 2nd and 3rd years. More than 25% of long placements take place abroad.
For the end of course project : va genuine professional project, one semester at the end of the 3rd year.
Under the double-degree process: academic programme through which students can obtain both the École nationale des ponts et chaussées degree and the partner university degree.
As part of a third year abroad : one or two semester academic programme in a foreign university. Almost half the students who enter the School via examination will spend a year at a partner university during their degree.