Ecole Polytechnique

École polytechnique is a grande école located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mathematician Gaspard Monge during the French Revolution and was militarized under Napoleon I in 1804. It is still supervised by the Fren…
École polytechnique is a grande école located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mathematician Gaspard Monge during the French Revolution and was militarized under Napoleon I in 1804. It is still supervised by the French Ministry of Armed Forces. Originally located in the Latin Quarter in central Paris, the institution moved to Palaiseau in 1976, in the Paris-Saclay technology cluster.
  • Other name: l'X
  • Former name: École centrale des Travaux publics (Central School of Public Works)
  • Motto: Pour la Patrie, les Sciences et la Gloire
  • Motto in English: For the Homeland, Science, and Glory
  • Type: Grande école
  • Established: 1794
  • Parent institution: Polytechnic Institute of Paris
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