École des Ponts ParisTech

Engineering programme (diplôme d'ingénieur)

First-year entry is through the common entrance examination after classes préparatoires (MP, PC, PSI, PT, TSI streams, and the BCPST stream with a mathematics oral), through the Concours Commun Mines-Ponts for preparatory classes abroad, or on application. Students in the final year of a Bachelor's degree in mathematics, mechanics, physics, computer science, civil engineering or engineering sciences can apply for first-year entry with at least an "Assez Bien" grade, with final admission subject to full validation of the degree. Students of École Polytechnique and the Écoles normales supérieures, and students from other engineering schools, have dedicated entry routes. Talents programme and top athlete and artist routes also exist.

International applicants to the engineering programme

Three routes exist. (1) Double-degree agreement: the applicant is pre-selected by the home institution, receives a fact sheet, then applies on the School's platform, and receives both degrees. (2) Exchange agreement (non-degree, one or two semesters): same steps; credits count towards the home degree. (3) Free mover: apply on the Institut Polytechnique de Paris platform, for students enrolled in a 3- or 4-year foreign programme with high-level scientific content, in the final year of their cycle and holding their undergraduate degree before arrival. Students from Buenos Aires University, Colombia National University, EIA University and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro apply on the IP Paris platform after pre-selection by their home institution.

Language requirements (free movers)

French level certified by DELF, TCF or TEF: for Civil and Structural Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, A2 for students from Latin-speaking countries (Latin America, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Romania) and B1 for other countries; for City, Environment, Transportation and Economics, Management, Finance, B1 for Latin-speaking countries and B2 for others. English level B1 certified by TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge. Certificates must reach the School by early June before arrival; they are not required at the time of application.

Masters

Most Masters are run within the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. For M1, a Bachelor's degree or equivalent (180 ECTS) is required. French and EU nationals, or applicants who have studied a year in France, apply on Mon Master; other applicants apply on the IP Paris registration platform. For M2, applicants need 60 ECTS credits in a Master's programme, a degree corresponding to 240 ECTS, or a Master's degree, and apply on the IP Paris platform. IP Paris platform sessions for 2027 entry: 28 October 2026 to 14 January 2027; 15 January to 31 March 2027; 1 April to 31 May 2027. The two M2 programmes in economics (Analysis and Political Economy; Public Policies and Development) are applied for on the Paris School of Economics website.

Executive Masters (Mastère Spécialisé®)

Programmes last 12 to 15 months with at least 350 hours of classes. Admission requires a CTI-approved engineering degree, a CEFDG-approved management degree, a post-Bachelor's university degree or equivalent at Bac+5 level, or an M1/Bac+4 with three years of work experience; equivalent foreign qualifications are accepted. Admission is by application form followed by an oral interview. Applicants from the 73 countries covered by the Études en France procedure (including Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, India and China among others) must follow the Campus France procedure; other non-EEA applicants apply for a long-stay student visa (VLS-TS).

PhD

Doctoral candidates register with one of four doctoral schools via the paperless ADUM platform, with the administrative period for 2026-2027 running from 6 July to 31 October 2026. The PhD leads to the Diplôme de Docteur de l'École nationale des ponts et chaussées and includes a two-month outgoing mobility. Of 218 PhD students enrolled in the School's research centres in 2024-2025, 50% were international; 47 theses were defended.

Registration

Annual administrative registration includes payment of the CVEC for students in initial training, civil liability insurance, the online registration form and payment of tuition fees. First-year students return on 1 September 2026 and second- and third-year students on 2 September 2026.

• Cité Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne (Marne-la-Vallée): main campus at 6-8 avenue Blaise-Pascal. The Carnot building (1997) houses the School and the École nationale supérieure de géographie; the Coriolis building houses the CEREA, LIGM and CERMICS laboratories and d.school Paris. Access by RER A (Noisy-Champs station), A4 motorway and RATP buses; free access Monday to Friday 7:30 to 19:30 and badge access seven days a week. Facilities include lecture halls, the Médiatek library and documentation service, sports facilities and student association premises.
• Maison des Ponts, 42 rue Boissière, Paris 16e: alumni association Ponts Alliance and the lifelong-learning activities of Ponts Formations Conseil.
• Jardin Tropical campus, Nogent-sur-Marne: CIRED laboratory.
• Île de Chatou (EDF R&D site): Saint-Venant Hydraulics Laboratory (LHSV).
• Boulevard Jourdan, Paris 14e: Paris-Jourdan Economics Laboratory (PjSE).

Accommodation: partner residences Meunier, Perronet and Campuséa (five minutes' walk), CROUS rooms at Montesquieu, Torcy and Lognes, the international Cité Descartes residence for PhD candidates and researchers, and rooms at the Maison des Mines et des Ponts in the Latin Quarter. About 15 student associations and clubs operate on campus.