École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

Also known as Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, École des Ponts et Chaussées, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, ENPC, École des Ponts et Chaussees, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees, Les Ponts

French institution of higher education and research

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École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées is a French school for higher education and research. It is an important institution in France for training engineers and conducting research.

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Official name: ECOLE NATIONALE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES
Official website: ecoledesponts.fr
Image: Ponts-carnot.jpg
Students count: 1150
Motto: « Construire les mondes de demain »

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inception: 1747-02-14
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École nationale des ponts et chaussées ( French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal de pɔ̃ e ʃose]; transl. "National School of Bridges and Roads"; abbr. ENPC), also nicknamed Ponts ([pɔ̃] ), formerly known as École des Ponts ParisTech ([ekɔl de pɔ̃ paʁitɛk]), is a grande école in the field of science, engineering and technology, of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris, a public research university. Founded in 1747 by Daniel-Charles Trudaine, it is one of the oldest and one of the most prestigious French Grandes Écoles.

Historically, its primary mission has been to train engineering officials and civil engineers but the school now offers a wide-ranging education including computer science, applied mathematics, civil engineering, mechanics, finance, economics, innovation, urban studies, environment and transport engineering. École des Ponts is today largely international: 43% of its students obtain a double degree abroad, and 30% of an ingénieur cohort is foreign.