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Space Education Catalogue

Ingénieur polytechnicien

• Organisation : Ecole Polytechnique
  (Institut Polytechnique de Paris)
• Way of training : Initial education
• Language(s): French
• Place: Paris (French Regions: Ile-de-France)
• Prepared diploma/grade/title: Diplôme d’ingénieur (French national engineering degree)
• 1st required level : French baccalauréat + 2

Course Details

Objectives : Both general and specialized training
The engineering cycle of the École Polytechnique is unique with a training course that takes place over 4 years: 3 years to obtain the title of engineer and 1 year to obtain the Diploma of the École Polytechnique.
This 4-year course offers students at the same time:
-A multidisciplinary scientific training that benefits students from a broad scientific base (basic sciences, engineering sciences, social economics).
-Human, military and athletic training that allows students to develop their behavioural and relational skills.
-a training as specialized as that offered in any other engineering course.

Degree Level (EU) : 7 - (EQC level or equivalent)

Duration and terms : 3 years

Dedicated web site : https://www.polytechnique.edu/fr/cycle-ingenieur

Disciplines

• Engineering Sciences

Topics

• 1 - Environment and Physical Measurement: Radiation, Particles, Solar Wind, Debris, Mechanical and Thermal environment, Aerology, Meteorology, Climate, Environmental Measurements and Analysis, Physico-chemical Analysis, Sensors, Metrology, Vacuum Techniques, etc.
• 2 - Dynamics and Kinematics: Reference Systems, Flight Mechanics, Trajectography, Space Dynamics, Perturbations, Orbit Restitution, Attitude and Orbit Control, Rendezvous, Formation Flying, Constellations, Interplanetary Trajectories, etc.
• 5 - Fluid Physics: Fluids, Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics, Acoustics, Hydraulics...
• 11 - Data Sciences: Applied Mathematics, Signal and Image Processing, Cryptography, Artificial Intelligence (machine learning, big data, etc.), Computer Science, Cloud, Software Engineering, Virtual Reality, Virtualization, Digital Twins, Metaverse, etc.