École polytechnique

École Polytechnique (EP or "l'X") is a engineering graduate school in France.Classement des écoles d’ingénieurs 2015 : Polytechnique indétrônable  It is in a campus of Palaiseau (Northern France).

Its different curricula lead to the following French & European degrees :
 Ingénieur Polytechnicien (Polytechnique Graduate engineer Masters level program)
 Master of Science & PhD doctorate studies
 Mastères Spécialisés (MS)
 Massive Online Open Courses.École Polytechnique

Academic activities and industrial applied research are performed  in French and English languages. Students from a lot of nationalities participate to the different curricula at École Polytechnique.

 Notable Graduates 

 Caroline Aigle, French fighter jet pilot
 Paul-Louis Arslanian, Former head of Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile
 Michel Bernard, French public servant
 Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematiker
 Yves Carcelle, French businessman
 Auguste Comte, French thinker
 Valérie Cornetet, head of the Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées
 Philippe Crébassa, French public servant
 Jacques Friedel, French physicist, educator and material scientist
 Carlos Ghosn, French-Lebanese businessman
 Patrick Ky, French Manager
 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, mathematician and astronomer
 Yves Lambert, French aerospace engineer
 Edmond Malinvaud, French economist
 Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF Suez
 Guy du Merle, French aerospace engineer, pilot and writer
 Louis Pailhas, French politician and aerospace engineer
 Yves Poilane, French manager
 Siméon Denis Poisson,  French mathematician and physicist
 Jean Robieux, French Physicist
 Gérard Rozenknop, French aerospace engineer
 Jean-Paul Troadec, French aerospace engineer
 Jacques Villiers, French aerospace engineer and public servant
 Michel Wachenheim, French ambassador
 Farid Zizi, French aerospace engineer

 Related pages 

 École Polytechnique massacre

 References 

 Further reading 

 Official website

Category:Technical colleges and universities in Paris
Category:1794 establishments
Category:1790s establishments in France
Category:Grandes Ecoles