Institut polytechnique de Paris | |
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| Type | Public research university |
|---|---|
| Established | 1741 ENSTA Paris 2019 Scission from Paris-Saclay University |
| Chancellor | Christophe Kerrero |
| President | Thierry Coulhon |
| Students | 8,500 |
| Postgraduates | 1,500 |
| 950 | |
| Location | , , 48°42′42″N 2°10′17″E / 48.7117343°N 2.1712888°E |
| Campus | Paris-Saclay |
| Website | ip-paris.fr/en |
The Polytechnic Institute of Paris (French: Institut polytechnique de Paris) is a public technological university located in Palaiseau, France. It consists of six engineering grandes écoles: École polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, ENSAE Paris, École des ponts ParisTech, Télécom Paris and Télécom SudParis.
With the Paris-Saclay University, the Polytechnic Institute of Paris is part of the Paris-Saclay project, which is a research-intensive academic campus and business cluster being developed on the Plateau de Saclay near Paris. The project integrates several engineering schools and research centers that are part of the world's top research organizations in various fields.[1][2]
The technological university was formed around the École polytechnique, one of the most respected and selective grandes écoles in France. Among its alumni and teachers are five Nobel prize winners,[3] two Fields medalists,[4] three presidents of France[5] and many CEOs of French and international companies.
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- ^ Nic Mitchell "Big is beautiful for merging universities",BBC News,25 November 2015
- ^ Becquerel, Allais and Tirole.
- ^ Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1994) ; Yoccoz was not a student at Polytechnique because he chose to be educated at École normale supérieure (1975-1979), but he completed his Ph.D. under Michael Herman in 1985 in the Centre de mathématiques Laurent Schwartz of École Polytechnique, a research centre which had been created by another Field medalist and a professor at Polytechnique : Laurent Schwartz.
- ^ Sadi Carnot (who was the nephew of Carnot the physicist and the grandson of Carnot the École founder), Lebrun and Giscard.