Ecole Centrale Paris

training leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators in order to understand and confront the major challenges of the 21st century, the world increasingly needs engineers and, especially, "three dimensional" ones: engineers who are scientifically and technically trained to the highest standard, who are also experts at initiating and overseeing innovative projects, and fully prepared to work in diverse international contexts. companies, governments and institutes need personnel capable of creating balanced development strategies that integrate the major environmental and social issues of our time. the ultimate aim is to provide access to energy, water, food, healthcare and information to the 9 billion men and women who will people this planet by 2050, two thirds of whom will live in cities. this is the challenge that école centrale paris took up when it decided to thoroughly overhaul its pedagogical program: each subject is now situated in a global context, taking care to present students