École polytechnique
French engineering grande école (selective higher education institution)
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Summary
École polytechnique is a grande école[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of grande cole entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,049 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Conférence des Grandes Écoles[3], Conference of the Directors of French Engineering Schools[4], Couperin Consortium[5], Medicen Paris Region[6], Renater[7], EuroTeQ[8], Agence universitaire de la Francophonie[9], EuroTech Universities Alliance[10], Network of Excellence in Engineering Sciences of the French-speaking Community[11], France Universités[12], PAUSE Program[13], Bienvenue en France[14], High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education[15], Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur[16]
- Country: France[17]
- Instance of: military school[18], engineering college[19], polytechnic[20], academic publisher[21]
- Founder: Gaspard Monge[22], Jacques-Élie Lamblardie[23], Lazare Carnot[24], Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois[25]
- Headquarters location: Palaiseau[26]
- Child organization or unit: Centre for Applied Mathematics[27], Irradiated Solids Laboratory[28], CEA Paris-Saclay[29], Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique[30], Laboratoire d'optique appliquée[31], LULI[32], Chemistry and Organic Synthesis Department[33], Centre de Gestion Scientifique[34], Leprince Ringuet laboratory[35], Centre de mathématiques Laurent Schwartz[36], Fédération de Recherche PhotoVoltaïque[37], Laboratory of Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films[38], Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique[39], Solids Mechanic Laboratory[40]
- Commons category: École polytechnique[41]
- Industry: higher education[42]
- Chairperson: Laura Chaubard[43]
- Inception: September 28, 1794[44]
- Participated in conflict: Battle of Paris[45]
- Located on street: rue Descartes[46], rue Clovis[47], rue du Cardinal-Lemoine[48], rue d'Arras[49], rue Monge[50], rue des Bernardins[51], rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève[52]
- Located in/on physical feature: École Polytechnique campus[53]
- Parent organization or unit: Polytechnic Institute of Paris[54]
- Official website: https://www.polytechnique.edu/[55]
- Topic's main category: Category:École Polytechnique[56]
- Commons gallery: École polytechnique[57]
- Web feed URL: https://www.polytechnique.edu/rss.xml[58]
- Director / manager: Laura Chaubard[59]
Why It Matters
École polytechnique has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]