École polytechnique
Public university in Palaiseau
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| 2021 | École polytechnique marginally declined to 61st place, losing 1 position in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2020 | École polytechnique slightly improved to 60th place, recovering 5 positions in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2020 | The university was ranked 509th in the world by the University Ranking by Academic Performance. |
| 2020 | École polytechnique was ranked 475th globally in the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, with its 'Engineering Subjects' placed at 451–500th in the world. |
| 2019 | École polytechnique continued to drop to 65th place, declining another 6 positions in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2018 | École polytechnique further declined to 59th place, losing 6 more positions in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2017 | École polytechnique significantly declined to 53rd place, dropping 13 positions in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2017 | École polytechnique launched its three-year Bachelor program, which is fully taught in English and designed to be open to both French and international students. The program features a pluridisciplinary curriculum focused on mathematics in the first year. |
| 2017 | The school introduced bachelor's degree programs, completing its comprehensive range of academic degree offerings. |
| 2016 | École polytechnique dropped to 40th place, losing 5 positions in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2015 | École polytechnique improved its ranking to 35th, moving up 6 positions in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2015 | École polytechnique achieved third place in the Times Higher Education Small Universities Rankings, following Caltech and École normale supérieure (Paris). |
| 2014 | École polytechnique ranked 41st in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2012 | École polytechnique began being headed by a Senior General Engineer of Armament, replacing the previous tradition of having a general from the French Armed Forces as director. |
| 2011 | École polytechnique rose to a ranking of 7, marking a significant improvement of 5 positions from the previous year. |
| 2011 | École polytechnique was ranked seventh globally in the Mines ParisTech Professional Ranking World Universities for CEO education, and second among French institutions behind HEC Paris. |
| 2010 | École polytechnique achieved a ranking of 12, improving by 2 positions from the previous year. |
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