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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
- 369 teachers in charge of course modules
- 98 École nationale des ponts et chaussées professors, 7 assistant professors and 82 lecturers
- 1,223 part-time non-tenured teaching staff
Student numbers
- 939 engineering students
- 169 master’s and master of science students, including 75 on dual-degree courses
- 178 PhD students registered with École des Ponts ParisTech
- 350 students on the advanced “mastère” and specialist training courses
- 324 MBA students
- 15 registered on the post-competitive exam program for State Urban Planning architects (AUEs)
A total of 1,900 students altogether, 33% female students
Internships and work placements in engineer training programs
1st year:
- Consolidation of scientific and general knowledge, projects (research and departmental)
- Work experience internship: a 4-week practical in-company internship completes the year
Year 2: Internship
- Between Years 2 and 3, 80% of the cohort complete a year-long internship, with around 30% going abroad.
- The other students complete a short (3-month) internship in a company or laboratory, 20% of them abroad
3rd year
End of studies project (PFE): For a period of at least 4 months, students apply the skills acquired during their course to a particular scientific or technical problem, in a company or a research laboratory.
This Multidisciplinary Engineering Project may be carried out individually or in groups
DEGREES awarded IN 2020
- 252 engineering degrees
- 135 master's degrees
- 54 PhDs
- 289 specialist programs: "mastère spécialisé" and Master of Science
- 103 École des Ponts Business School MBAs
CAREER opportunities
Source: 2021 survey of 2020 graduates (excl. civil servants)
- Construction: 28%
- Telecoms/IT: 19%
- Banking/Insurance/Finance: 13%
- Design/Consulting: 10%
- Transport/Environment/Urban Services: 8%
- Industry: 5%
- Energy: 5%
- Engineering consultancy (excl. construction): 4%
- Innovation/Research: 3%
- Public sector: 1%
- Others: 5%
Average starting salary:
- €43.1K
- €46.7K with bonuses and gratuities
staff AND RESOURCES
560 members of staff employed by the School and its subsidiaries on 31 December 2020 (excluding part-time non-tenured teaching staff and public employees in training)
€47.8 M of resources of including a €27.3 M public service subsidy from MTES (French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition)