École des Ponts ParisTech

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• École des Ponts ParisTech is present on various campuses in addition to its primary location on the Descartes Campus.
• The greatest higher education and research hub in eastern Paris, the Cité Descartes campus, is where École des Ponts ParisTech is located in Champs-sur-Marne.
• Several organizations associated with the School are based in Paris at Maison des Ponts, including the alumni group Ponts Alliance and the Ponts Formation Conseil, which oversees all lifelong learning programs.
• Several laboratories affiliated with the School are also housed at various locations in the Paris area.

SPORTS FACILITIES

• The School has a gymnasium, a grass rugby stadium, and an artificial turf soccer/rugby stadium all nearby (dance hall, gymnastics room, team sports, badminton court).

• Daily athletic activity is possible thanks to all these amenities. Additional sports including swimming, rowing, golf, tennis, rock climbing, and many others are also accessible nearby or 15 minutes away by vehicle. 

STUDENT CLUBS 

• Campus life is available to students at École des Ponts ParisTech approximately 20 minutes by RER A express train from the center of Paris, thanks to a wide variety of student organizations and top-notch sports facilities. The School is a center of vibrant student life with about 15 associations and the different clubs offered by the Student Office.
• These organizations seek to foster student interaction, plan extracurricular or sporting events, represent students in interactions with the administration, and enhance the social scene in the School's specific geographic and cultural context.

Each year, École des Ponts ParisTech and partner houses work together to host between 350 and 400 students, half of whom are international. All first and second-year engineering students are accommodated on campus in one of the student dormitories run in partnership with the School if they want.

The Maison des Mines et des Ponts and the campus offer housing choices for third-year engineering students and students in other disciplines. You can also arrange your housing in private student housing, through private landlords, or in houses managed by the CROUS (Centre régionale des oeuvres universitaires et sociales). This public organization that specializes in managing student housing.