Polytechnique Montréal ranks first, winning 24% of all funds awarded to Québec universities

February 25, 2021

New DESS unites ENAP- Polytechnique Montréal: DESS in the Management of Systems and Complex Projects for Public Interest

January 13, 2021

Brielle Chanae Thorsen: recipient of Polytechnique Montréal’s $30,000 Order of the White Rose scholarship

December 3, 2020

Week of the White Rose and December 6 1989 Commemorations at Polytechnique Montréal

November 30, 2020

From November 30 to December 6, 2020

Geothermal energy: newly-launched project will bring enviro-energy production to Québec schools faster

November 18, 2020

Printing plastic webs to protect the cellphone screens of the future

November 2, 2020

A spider web-inspired solution made possible using 3D printing

A better way to detect prostate cancer

August 18, 2020

A team from Polytechnique Montréal and the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) combines Raman microspectroscopic imaging with machine learning techniques to better detect aggressive forms of prostate cancer, making diagnosis accurate almost 9 times out of 10.

Electronic waste: a hidden gold mine

August 4, 2020

Polytechnique Montréal launches a Canada-wide collaborative research and training program for sustainable electronics and eco-design

Polytechnique posts an enrolment increase and is on track to pass the 30% mark for female students, 10 years ahead of the Canadian target

June 22, 2020

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Polytechnique Montréal is seeing impressive growth in the next generation – and semester! - of students, with enrolment surging by 8.5% for the Summer Semester. The largest increases are in Master’s and Certificate programs.

In honour of the 14 women killed during the December 6, 1989 attack, and to promote inspiring engineering role models, Polytechnique awards the Order of the White Rose to Édith Ducharme

December 5, 2019

Montréal – With pride and solemnity, Polytechnique Montréal’s Executive awards the Order of the White Rose to Édith Ducharme, and this, a day before the 30th anniversary of the December 6, 1989 tragedy. Ducharme is a Université de Laval Engineering Physics graduate. Polytechnique established the Order of the White Rose in 2014, in homage to the 14 women murdered on December 6, 1989. A $30,000 bursary is awarded annually to a female Canadian engineering student who is pursuing engineering graduate studies in Canada or elsewhere in the world.

Successful Instrument Guidance Through Deep and Convulted Blood Vessel Networks

December 3, 2019

Latest breakthrough by Professor Sylvain Martel’s team at Polytechnique Montréal opens up new horizons for endovascular surgery.

Media invitation- To render homage to the women who lost their lives December 6, 1989, Polytechnique will award its fifth annual Order of the White Rose scholarship

November 28, 2019

December 6 Commemorative Events at Polytechnique Montréal: Virtual white roses help young women from underprivileged backgrounds get acquainted with science and engineering

November 27, 2019

Montréal – With the approach of December 6, a solemn day of remembrance of the fact that 30 years ago, anti-women attack occurred, Polytechnique Montréal invites the general public to participate in symbolic and meaningful events that will take place during the Week of the White Rose.

Researchers with IBM and Polytechnique Montréal “fold” a drop of water, solving a problem that has hindered development of portable diagnostic systems

October 9, 2019

Montréal – If you’ve ever stopped to watch rain falling on a windowpane, you’ve seen what happens when two drops of water touch and merge into one. But you probably never imagined that the physics at work in this phenomenon was the key to unlocking a solution for the development of miniaturized personal biological analysis devices. An international team of scientists from IBM Research – Zurich and the Microfluidics for Oncology Laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal made this remarkable discovery, and recently published the results of their work in Nature.

Polytechnique Montréal is the first university in Canada to earn Parity Certification

September 25, 2019

Montréal – Polytechnique Montréal is unequivocally committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all – and to increasing the proportion of women on its staff and in its student body. In this spirit, it has just become the very first university in Canada to be awarded Parity Certification by the Women in Governance organization. Certified organisations will be honoured during a gala held on Wedndesday, September 25th at the Palais des congrès.

Polytechnique Montréal and HEC Montréal enter into new partnership

June 11, 2019

Montréal – With the International Economic Forum of the Americas Conference of Montréal in full swing, Polytechnique Montréal and HEC Montréal today announced the signing of a new partnership agreement under which the institutions will, among other things, create a double bachelor of business administration (B.B.A.) and bachelor of engineering (B.Eng.) degree.

Major Investment: $3M for a New Smart Mobility Research & Development project

June 3, 2019

Safran draws on Polytechnique Montréal expertise

April 24, 2019

Montréal - On the strength of a decade of successful collaboration, Polytechnique Montréal and Safran, one of the largest aerospace equipment manufacturers, are announcing the creation of two new research partnerships to design a new generation of lighter, more efficient and quieter aircraft.  

A 100% discovery made at Polytechnique Montréal in partnership with McGill University paves the way for new automated biological-sample analysis systems to accelerate and facilitate disea

April 17, 2019

Viviane Aubin, fourth recipient of the Order of the White Rose

December 3, 2018