Epitech

Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation
École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies (EPITECH)
Other name
Epitech Technology
MottoThe school of expertise in computer science
TypePrivate institution of higher education in general computer science
Established1999 (1999)
Parent institution
IONIS Education Group[1]
PresidentMarc Sellam
DirectorGildas Vinson
Students6,000
Location,
48°48′55″N 2°21′47″E / 48.81528°N 2.36306°E / 48.81528; 2.36306
Campusmultiple sites, 20 campuses in 5 countries (2024)
LanguageEnglish, French
Websiteepitech.eu
EPITECH Paris.
EPITECH Strasbourg.

The Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation (French: École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies, or EPITECH), formerly European Institute of Information Technology, is a private institution of higher education in computer science and software engineering that was founded in 1999.[2][3][4]

Headquartered in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, south of Paris, the school has campuses in Bordeaux, Rennes, Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Saint-André, Réunion.[5] The school also has locations in Barcelona (Spain),[6] Tirana (Albania),[7] Berlin (Germany),[8] and Brussels (Belgium).[9]

The school has the particularity to teach with practical cases instead of theoretical.[10]

Epitech also have an executive pole, Epitech Executive, with an Executive MBA in IT and entrepreneurship course targeting executive managers in computer science,[11][12] and shares its network since 2020 with Epitech Digital School, a 50%-tech 50%-business school.[13]

The institution is part of IONIS Education Group.

  1. ^ Epitech-Transforming computer science passion into expertise
  2. ^ (in French) EPITECH: l’Ecole de l'Expertise Informatique
  3. ^ (in French) EPITECH Paris — Ecole pour l’informatique et les nouvelles technologies
  4. ^ "Epitech". Epitech (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  5. ^ (in French) Epitech: des stages en entreprise de 3 jours par semaine
  6. ^ (in Spanish)EPITECH : escuela superior de informática
  7. ^ "EPITECH". Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  8. ^ (in German)
  9. ^ (in French)
  10. ^ (in French) Informatique et Internet: nouveaux profils recherchés
  11. ^ (in French)Executive MBA EPITECH
  12. ^ "Epitech Executive". Epitech Executive (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  13. ^ "Epitech Digital : l'école digitale 50% tech, 50 % business". L'Etudiant (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-13.