Ecole Polytechnique
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Ecole Polytechnique
(French: "Polytechnic
School"), engineering school located originally in
Paris but, since 1976, in Palaiseau, Fr., and directed by
the Ministry of Defense. It was established in 1794 by the
National Convention as the École Centrale des
Travaux Publics ("Central School of Public
Works") under the leadership of Lazare Carnot and
Gaspard Monge. It took its present name in 1795 and absorbed
the state artillery school in 1802.
Originally under the
direction of the Ministry of the Interior, it was
transformed into a military school by Napoleon (1804). In
the past, most graduates became technical officers in the
military forces; today most go into government service or
business. There are faculties of mathematics, mechanical
engineering, physics, chemistry, economics, and humanities
and social sciences.
[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]
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