Polytechnique Montréal is a world-class centre of science and technology. The university has agreements with more than 200 institutions from all over the world, and international students account for more than one-quarter of its student body.

POWER OF ATTRACTION

• 29% of students enrolled at Polytechnique come from outside Canada and represent 128 countries, including France, Morocco, Iran, Cameroon, China and Brazil.
   
• 46% of our graduate students come from abroad. These students want to come to Polytechnique because they know they will find excellent professors/researchers in the discipline of their choice, world-class research labs, and high-tech industry collaborations.
   
• From the biomedical and aerospace fields to artificial intelligence, renewable energy and new materials, Polytechnique has developed partnerships with key leaders in several sectors, such as MEDTRONIC (biomedical), SAFRAN Group (aerospace) and TOTAL (energy).
   
• Polytechnique hosts an average of 525 exchange students each year: 375 in engineering training and 150 in double-degree programs at the master’s level. It also receives an average of 150 international research interns per year in its laboratories.¹
   
• Each year, some 20 students complete a co-supervision at Polytechnique with major university partners from countries such as France, Italy and China.²

_{¹ Bureau des relations internationales and Service aux étudiants, February 2017
² Bureau des relations internationales and Registrariat, Fall 2017}