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MISSION
Respectful of the principles of sustainable development and attuned to the needs of society, Polytechnique Montréal, in accordance with its values:
- educates engineers and top-level scientists to meet the challenges of an evolving world and make them key agents of change;
- conducts research that addresses major societal issues; and
- influences its environment intellectually, economically and socially.
POLYTECHNIQUE AT A GLANCE
Founded in 1873, Polytechnique Montréal is a technological university, and one of Canada’s largest engineering teaching and research institutions. It ranks first in Québec in terms of the scope of its research activities.
Polytechnique offers courses and programs in numerous engineering specialties, in which fields the institution accounts for the production of nearly one-quarter of university research in Québec. The university also conducts some of Canada’s most intensive research activities through its approximately 60 research units and faculty comprising world-renowned experts.
Polytechnique Montréal is a world-class science and technology centre. The university has agreements with more than 200 institutions across the globe, and international students account for more than one-quarter of Polytechnique’s student body. Polytechnique’s Lassonde buildings have become a benchmark in sustainable construction, as the first Canadian university buildings to be awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold international certification.
POLYTECHNIQUE FACTS AND FIGURES
- Over 10,000 students as of Fall 2022
- 29% women (consult the Website Women and Engineering for more statistics)
- 29% international students
- 24% graduate students
- 2,150 diplomas awarded in 2021-2022
- 57,106 graduates since 1873
- Over 120 programs
- Over 300 professors
- 19% women
- 1,500 employees
- Annual institutional budget of $300 million
RESEARCH
- $100 million annual research budget
- 32 Industrial Research Chairs (including 8 NSERC Chairs)
- 24 Canada Research Chairs
- 1 Canada Excellence Research Chair
- 105 concrete improvements to existing technologies
- 56 Patents held
- 27 Active spinoff companies
Facts and Stats Video
Information sheet
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English Version (.pdf)
French Version (.pdf)
November 2022
Poly 2023: Let's Create the Future
A plan that is oriented to three major directions and additional development drivers that seek to affirm Polytechnique's status and the goals that it will achieve over the upcoming five years. Each of the directions encompassses four major objectives and developmental axes, translated into concrete acts that flow from the implementation of the Strategic Plan.
Consult the (.pdf)
Jean Choquette
Director, Strategic Planning
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Mrs Jia Zhou
Analyst - Institutionnal Data Office
514-340-4711 extension 3127
Pavillion Principal
As of 2016 Polytechnique Montréal has committed to a transparent and accessible budgetary process known as a Structurally Balanced Budget (SBB), as per criteria set by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). Implementation of an improved bugetization process and its alignment with the Polytechnique's Strategic Plan began in autumn 2015. We were granted GFOA certification in 2017.
Consult the document for 2018-2019 (.pdf)
Consult the document for 2017-2018 (.pdf)
Consult the document for 2016-2017 (.pdf)
*In French only
Financial Governance
- États financiers de la Corporation de l'École Polytechnique
- Politique de rémunération pour les dirigeants et conditions d’emploi (.pdf)
PROCEEDINGS - AUGUST 19, 2015
![]() 1er octobre 2019 (.pdf) *In French only |
Document Bilan et perspectives - December 7, 2014 (.pdf)
Présentation du DG lors de l'audition - August 19, 2015 (.pdf)
Vidéo de l'audition - Hôtel du parlement - August 19, 2015 at 16h30 (.mp4)
PROCEEDINGS - AUGUST 19, 2010
Document Bilan et perspectives - May 21, 2010 (.pdf)
Présentation du DG lors de l'audition - August 19, 2010 (.pdf)
*In French only