The École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) ("National school of Bridges and Roads"), often referred to as les Ponts, is one of the The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... French Grandes Écoles of engineering.

It is located in the 6th arrondissement of The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a dé... Paris and in Marne-la-Vallée ( Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. (The form of the word may tempt... suburb of The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a dé... Paris).

With traditional core competences in civil engineering, environment, transport, town and regional planning, mechanics, industrial management and logistics, ENPC offers high-level programmes in an extensive range of fields, from applied mathematics to economics and management.

Three major types of programmes are on offer :

• Engineering programmes: leading to a 5-year postgraduate engineering degree (accessible, after competitive examinations, by both undergraduate-graduate curriculum and the 2-year master course) or to masters of science
• Doctoral programmes: DEA is an abbreviation of the following, among others: Data Encryption Algorithm Dance Educators of America (USA) Davis Education Association (USA) Drug Enforcement Administration (USA) Diplôme détudes approfondies, a former French graduate degree Deutsche Erdöl-Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) Directorate of Environmental Affairs (Namibia) This is a disambiguation page... DEAs and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), an abbreviation for the Latin Philosophiæ Doctor, or in non-Anglo-Saxon (e.g. German and Scandinavian) usage Doctor philosophiæ, Dr. phil.) was originally a degree granted by a university to a learned individual who had achieved the approval of his peers and... Ph.D.s
• Professional programmes for postgraduates: Mastères spécialisés (M.S.), Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. Originally designed to provide engineers with management skills, todays MBA draws applicants from a range of disciplines. An MBA is considered a professional Masters degree rather than a traditional or academic Masters degree. However, completion... MBA.

ENPC is also an application school of École Polytechnique, and provides education for the The Corps of Bridges (Corps des Ponts) is a great technical corps of the French state. It is formed of the State Engineers of the Bridges. People entering the Corps are educated at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Most of them are from École Polytechnique; these are... Corps of Bridges and Roads.

Alumni include:

• Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy (August 21, 1789 – May 23, 1857) was a French mathematician. He started the project of formulating and proving the theorems of calculus in a rigorous manner and was thus an early pioneer of analysis. He also gave several important theorems in complex analysis... Augustin Louis Cauchy
• Augustin Fresnel Augustin-Jean Fresnel (pronounced [] in AmE, [] in French) ( May 10, 1788 – July 14, 1827), was a French physicist who contributed significantly to the establishment of the wave theory of light and optics. Fresnel studied the behaviour of light both theoretically and experimentally. Fresnel was the son of... Augustin-Jean Fresnel
• Marie François Sadi Carnot
• Prince Prince Tiao Souphanouvong (July 13, 1909 - January 9, 1995) was, along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champassack, one of the Three Princes who represented respectively the neutralist, royalist and communist political factions in Laos. He was president of Laos from 1975 to 1986... Souphanouvong

Past and present faculty include:

• Étienne-Louis Boullée

See also

• École nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris

External link

• Official site (http://www.enpc.fr/english/int_index.htm)