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

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d.school Paris trains and supports innovation leaders through learning and practicing user-centered design.

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Moving Stories Unboxed - 2nd Edition

Come and share your journey and your EELISA experience! Let's create a short video featuring your personal story and shine a spotlight on the people who help make EELISA a dynamic reality. Join us for this event dedicated to sharing experiences, with a...
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Publications

The publishing activities of the Documentation, Archives and Heritage Department are at the heart of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées' mission to disseminate scientific knowledge and promote its educational productions. This includes the...
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12th edition of One Night to Innovate

L'École nationale des ponts et chaussées launches the 12th edition of One Night to Innovate together with the EELISA European Alliance. This business creation event encourages students to develop their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. It is also an...
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School distinctions

École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, which features in international rankings, is also in the top five in national rankings, alongside École Polytechnique, École Centrale, and École des Mines Paris-PSL. Its researchers, teachers, and students are...
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Masters

In addition to the engineering program, École nationale des ponts et chaussées runs or co-runs master's programs that train experts for entry into the job market or for further doctoral study. Most of the School's master's programs are run within the...
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Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Economics program

M2 Economics of Sustainable Development and the Environment - 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...
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EELISA Quiz Game: Test Your Knowledge of Europe!

Think you know Europe well? Take on the challenge of the EELISA Quiz Game! The Médiatek of the School will host the second edition of the EELISA Quiz game, an activity combining knowledge about the EELISA Alliance, European culture, and the School in a...
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2nd edition EELISA Student-led bootcamp 2026

From 8 to 10 November 2026, ZHAW – Zurich University of Applied Sciences will host the second edition of the EELISA Student-led Bootcamp in Winterthur, Switzerland. Organised as an international hackathon, the event will bring together 30 students from...
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Corporate brochures

Academic programs Engineering program 2026-2027 (French) Polytechnic curriculum 2025-2026 (French) Student life: Alpha 2026 (French) The School in figures The School in figures 2025-2026 The School in facts and figures - 2025-2026 at a glance Faculty...
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Welcome to the School

École nationale des ponts et chaussées provides a very high-level education in general engineering. In addition to civil engineering and urban and regional planning – fields which have historically earned the School its reputation – the School is...
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Research

2026 key figures 11 research laboratories, including 6 UMR CNRS (National Research Center units) 509 researchers and academics 718 PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows 1,121 rank A publications €15.2 million in revenues from research partnerships...
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Encouraging entrepreneurship

The School encourages the spirit of enterprise by offering an entrepreneur option in the engineering program, a structure of support and experimentation (business incubator, FabLab), and by fostering real-world entrepreneurial initiative as a route to...
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