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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are excellent French engineering schools which award students with a Bachelor’s degree (in English)  in 3 years, with outstanding outcomes : students go on to grad schools like MIT, Caltech, Stanford,…
Check out the Ecole Polytechnique, CentraleSupelec (joint with McGill).[/quote]

I didnt realize that these French Unis are rated top in Math, apparently the teaching is in English--does anyone have any experience?[/quote]

The Masters programs at Polytechnique and Centrale are the most elite programs in France. (The French system is different and the top students do high school -> two years of “prepa” where they study like crazy for entrance exams -> a three year masters program at one of 6-7 top business or engineering schools).

I know many masters grads of polytechnique/ centrale and they do indeed go on to top phd programs, get recruited into top consulting/ finance, etc. Some enormous percentage of French CEO’s went to polytechnique. Basically these schools are the MIT/ Harvard of France along with the top 2-3 business schools.

Recently, both these engineering schools have started bachelor’s programs taught in English to try to be more globally relevant (I assume). Polytechnique has some partnerships with Columbia, which is a good sign. The teaching is presumably top notch but they are definitely new programs so jury’s kind of still out in terms of how “elite” they are and how the graduates fare. I am following progress closely (my kids are 8-10 years out). Worth looking into![/quote]

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