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Educational Programs
• 1st year
• language training
• humanities and social sciences
• civil engineering and construction
• planning, environment, transportation
• mechanical engineering and materials science
• industrial engineering
• economics, management, finance
• applied mathematics and computer science
Faculty staff
- 345 teachers in charge of course modules
- 88 École nationale des ponts et chaussées professors, 8 assistant professors and 91 lecturers
- 1,324 subsitute teachers
Student numbers
- 864 engineering students
- 126 enrolled in Masters programs including 66 on double degrees
- 266 École des Ponts ParisTech PhD candidates
- 317 enrolled in Advanced Masters and specialist programs
- 246 on the MBA programs
- 14 enrolled in post-examination education as State Architects and Planners (AUE)
- 6 in master of science
A total of 1,778 students, a quarter of them women
Internships and work placements in engineer training programs
1st year:
- Consolidation of scientific and general knowledge, projects (research and departmental)
- Work experience: the year ends with a 4-weeks hands-on internship in a company
Year 2: Internship
- Between the 2nd and 3rd Year, some 80% of the year group undertake an optional long internship (1 year), more than 30% of them abroad
- The other students do a short internship (3 months) in a company or research facility (3 months), 20% of them abroad
3rd year
- For at least 4 months, students apply the skills acquired in their program to a scientific or technical problem, in a company or research facility, either individually or in a group (Multidisciplinary Engineer Project).
DEGREES awarded IN 2018
• 227 engineering degrees
• 111 Masters degrees
• 78 PhDs
• 256 advanced Masters degrees (mastères spécialisés®)
• 110 École des Ponts Business School MBAs
Job opportunities
2019 survey of graduates in 2018 (excluding civil servants):
- Construction: 25%
- Telecoms/IT: 15%
- Public Works (excl. construction): 14%
- Banking/Insurance/Finance: 13%
- Industry: 9%
- Design and Consultancy: 7%
- Energy: 4%
- Transportation/Environment/Urban Services: 4%
- Public Sector: 3%
- Innovation/Research: 3%
- Commerce/Media/Tourism: 3%
Average salary in first job: €46,900, €52,500 with bonuses and allowances
Administrative staff
Staff employed by the institution and its subsidiaries as of 31/12/2018 (excluding teaching assistants and public service students):
491 including 191 researchers
School resources (excluding special operations)
►To conduct its activities, the School employed resources of €47.1 million:
- Public service subsidy from sponsoring MTES (Ministry of Ecological and Community Transition) €27.4 million
- Research contracts €9 million, including sponsorship of €1.2 million
Teaching: €6.9 million (tuition fees, partnerships)
Apprenticeship Tax €0.6 million
- Various €3.2 million
►PRE-TAX REVENUES OF SUBSIDIARIES IN 2018:
- Ponts Formation Conseil: €7 million
- MIB Développement: €2.23 million