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