École Polytechnique

École polytechnique, also known as Polytechnique or l'X, is a grande école located in Palaiseau, France, that specializes in science and engineering. It was founded in 1794 by the mathematician Gaspard Monge during the French Revolution and was militarized under Napoleon I in 1804, and it is still supervised by the French Ministry of Armed Forces. The school stood originally in the Latin Quarter in central Paris and moved to Palaiseau in 1976, into the Paris-Saclay technology cluster. French engineering students undergo initial military training and hold the status of paid officer cadets. The school has awarded doctorates since 1985, masters since 2005 and bachelors since 2017, and it is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.