EPITA, the IT intelligence school, ranks among France’s top engineering schools
EPITA’s awards and rankings among engineering schools in 2019 and 2020.
EPITA is once again honored by the media!
Each year, multiple media outlets release reviews and rankings of France’s best engineering schools. In 2019 and 2020, EPITA, the school for IT intelligence engineers, was again a winner. See below for more information on these honors.
Challenges awards EPITA four stars
EPITA is listed among the 10 best engineering schools, according to Challenges Magazine.
Challenges magazine released its 2019 ranking of engineering schools at the end of December.
This year, with four stars once again, EPITA is ranked as the best private undergraduate engineering school in France, according to the following criteria:
- selectivity and admissions procedure
- salaries of recent graduates
- international exchange programs
- tuition costs
| POST BACCALAUREATE: | POST PREPARATORY SCHOOL: | ||
| UTC COMPIEGNE | ★★★★★ | CENTRALE SUPELEC PARIS | ★★★★★ |
| ECAM LYON | ★★★★ | ISAE-SUPAERO TOULOUSE | ★★★★ |
| EPITA VILLEJUIF | ★★★★ | MINES PARISTECH | ★★★★★ |
| ESTACA MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX | ★★★★ | PARISPOLYTECHNIQUE PALAISEAU | ★★★★★ |
| INSA TOULOUSE | ★★★★ | ENSIMAG GRENOBLE | ★★★★★ |
| EBI CERGY | ★★★ | ESTP PARIS CACHAN | ★★★★ |
| EFREI VILLEJUIF | ★★★ | TELECOM SUDPARIS EVRY | ★★★★ |
| EIGSI LA ROCHELLE | ★★★ | ARTS ET METIERS PARISTECH 8 CAMPUS | ★★★★ |
| EISSAR | ★★★ | INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM ALBI | ★★★ |
| HEI LILLE | ★★★ | SUPMECA SAINT-OUEN | ★★★ |
The number one computer engineering school focused on the digital sector!
2020 Ranking from Usine Nouvelle
Each year, the French business magazine Usine Nouvelle publishes its list of the best engineering schools in France. This year, EPITA was honored to receive 15th place in the general ranking of 130 French engineering schools, behind the higher general engineering schools.
It also took first place in the category of computer engineering schools focused on the digital sector!
| Rank | School | Global Score | Professional insertion rank | International rank | Entrepreneurship rank | Research rank |
| 1 | Polytechnique | 57,50 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 12 | INSA Lyon | 42,60 | 82 | 21 | 9 | 21 |
| 13 | Télécom ParisTech | 41,80 | 22 | 50 | 42 | 17 |
| 14 | Centrales Nantes | 41,70 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
|
15 |
EPITA |
41 |
1 |
6 |
39 |
104 |
| 16 | Centrale Lyon | 40,60 | 31 | 26 | 55 | 16 |
| 17 | ENSAE | 40,30 | 9 | 23 | 95 | 42 |
| 18 | UTC | 39,70 | 38 | 40 | 34 | 15 |
| … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
Spotlight on EPITA graduates’ employment prospects: EPITA is a leader when it comes to its graduates’ career prospects – a major reason for choosing a school. This year, EPITA ranked first among 130 engineering schools in terms of internships and employment – required internship length, percent employed in less than two months, annual gross salary, and percent permanently employed within 18 months.
| Rank | School | EPITA graduate’s employment prospects | Required internship length (in weeks) | Percent employed in less than two months | Annual gross salary (in euros) | Percent permanently employed within 18 months |
|
1 |
EPITA
|
79,00 |
56 |
91,40 |
49560 |
63,30 |
| 2 | EISTI | 77,90 | 60 | 95,70 | 47000 | 100,00 |
| 3 | CESI | 72,80 | 34 | 88,40 | 48000 | 78,70 |
| 4 | Polytechnique | 72,20 | 56 | 98,10 | 44407 | 100,00 |
| 5 | ESTACA | 72,20 | 56 | 98,10 | 44407 | 100,00 |
| 6 | ESILV | 71,90 | 56 | 97,80 | 44299 | 100,00 |
| 7 | EFREI Paris | 71,90 | 58 | 96,50 | 44317 | 97,60 |
| 8 | ECE | 71,50 | 54 | 95,20 | 44507 | 98,30 |
1st place digital engineering school
L’Etudiant ’s 2020 rankings of French engineering schools once again singled out EPITA, the IT intelligence school, as a top-ranked institution.
Each year, L’Étudiant unveils a new list of the best engineering schools in France and asks high school students to draw up their own rankings, based on a selection of criteria that they consider important. In 2019, EPITA is once again ranked as the leading digital engineering school, according to the 5 criteria listed below.
- Information technology industry
- Salary after graduation
- Number of Alumni on LinkedIn
- Level of English required
- Instructors with a teaching background
| Information technology industry |
Salary after graduation |
Number of Alumni on Linkedin |
Level of English required |
Instructors with a teaching background |
TOTAL | |
|
EPITA |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
23
|
| Télécom ParisTech |
4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| CentraleSupelec (Central degree) |
2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| Ecole des Mines ParisTech | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| Efrei Paris | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| ECE – Paris | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Ecole polytechnique – Palaiseau | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| ENSTA Paris | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| EPF – Sceaux – Troyes – Montpellier | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| ESME | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| ESTP – Paris | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| ISEP- Paris | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| CESI Ecole d’ingénieurs | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
EPITA, as compared to six engineering schools with AI programs
In February 2020, the Journal du Net released a ranking of French engineering schools offering Master degrees in AI, or AI concentrations. From schools such as Polytechnique to Mines ParisTech, the JDN focuses on data science and artificial intelligence majors, offered as part of an engineering degree, and the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Systems offered to French and international students.
EPITA: number one in “Sciences et Avenir”’s cybersecurity program rankings
In the February 2020 issue (no. 876) of “Sciences et Avenir,” EPITA was ranked first among cybersecurity programs that offer a major in Security Systems and Networks. “Sciences et Avenir” notes that this is one of two high-growth sectors -the other being Artificial Intelligence – offering “an abundance of career opportunities.”
Top post-secondary engineering school for IT and digital technologies, according to “Eduniversal.”
EPITA took the top spot in the Eduniversal Group’s 2019 rankings of “Engineering Schools, and Schools Specializing in IT and Digital Technologies”.” EPITA’s engineering diploma received four stars.
