École Polytechnique

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engineering school grande école public institution of higher education

École Polytechnique is a prestigious French grande école and engineering institution renowned for its rigorous scientific education and influential alumni in mathematics, science, and engineering.

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	engineering school → grande école → public institution of higher education →
academicFocus	applied mathematics → computer science → economics → engineering sciences → mathematics → physics →
admissionVia	competitive entrance examination →
campusType	suburban →
country	France →
foundedBy	French National Convention → Gaspard Monge →
hasAffiliation	Conférence des grandes écoles → EuroTech Universities Alliance → ParisTech (historical network) → TIME network →
hasAlumnus	Alain Aspect → André Citroën → Bernard Arnault → Cédric Villani → Henri Becquerel → Henri Poincaré → Jacques Hadamard → Jean Tirole → Jean-Louis Verdier → Laurent Schwartz → Louis Leprince-Ringuet → Louis Néel → Patrick Drahi → Paul Langevin → Raymond Poincaré → Serge Haroche → Valéry Giscard d’Estaing → Xavier Niel → Yves Chauvin → Émile Picard →
inception	1794 →
knownFor	elite engineering training → influential alumni in engineering → influential alumni in mathematics → influential alumni in science → rigorous scientific education → training French scientific and technical elites →
languageOfInstruction	English → French →
locatedIn	Palaiseau → Paris-Saclay campus → Île-de-France →
memberOf	Paris-Saclay University ecosystem →
motto	Pour la Patrie, les Sciences et la Gloire →
nickname	l’X →
notableFor	close ties with industry and research organizations → strong links with French state administration →
offersProgram	Ingénieur polytechnicien program → Master’s degrees → PhD programs →
originalName	École centrale des travaux publics →
partOf	Institut Polytechnique de Paris →
preparatoryPath	classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles →
previousLocation	Montagne Sainte-Geneviève → Paris →
selectivity	highly selective →
supervisingAuthority	French Ministry of Armed Forces → French Ministry of Higher Education and Research →
type	military-status engineering school →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert A. Michelson → Augustin-Jean Fresnel → Claude-Louis Navier → Ferdinand Foch → Gérard Huet → Henri Poincaré → Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier → Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier → Louis Pouzin → René François Armand Prudhomme →	educatedAt
André-Marie Ampère → Augustin-Louis Cauchy → Gérard Huet → Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier →	employer
Augustin-Louis Cauchy → Hippolyte Fizeau → Paul Langevin →	almaMater
Lycée Henri-IV → Lycée Hoche →	preparesFor
Essonne →	contains
Auguste Comte →	education
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier →	taughtAt