Ecole pour l'Informatique et les nouvelles Technologies

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Located in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, Epitech is a prominent private institution renowned for its innovative, hands-on approach to computer science and information technology education. The school's academic focus centers entirely on software engineering and digital innovation through its flagship five-year Master's-level program, which bypasses traditional lectures in favor of project-based, experiential learning and peer-to-peer collaboration. For international students, the institute offers robust support through its dedicated international relations office, which assists with orientation, visa procedures, and administrative integration into Parisian student life. While proficiency in French is beneficial, the curriculum increasingly incorporates English-taught elements and exchange opportunities across its network of global partner universities. A distinctive characteristic that sets Epitech apart is its famous "Piscine" (swimming pool)—an intense, immersive coding bootcamp designed to test resilience and jump-start technical proficiency from day one.

Background

The Paris Graduate School of Digital Innovation (French: École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies, or EPITECH), formerly European Institute of Information Technology, is a private institution of higher education in computer science and software engineering that was founded in 1999. Headquartered in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, south of Paris, the school has campuses in Bordeaux, Rennes, Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Saint-André, Réunion. The school also has locations in Barcelona (Spain), Tirana (Albania), Berlin (Germany), and Brussels (Belgium). The school has the particularity to teach with practical cases instead of theoretical. Epitech also have an executive tier, Epitech Executive, with an Executive MBA in IT and entrepreneurship course targeting executive managers in computer science, and shares its network since 2020 with Epitech Digital School, a 50%-tech 50%-business school. The institution is part of IONIS Education Group.

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