Polytechnic Montreal

Description

SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING, AT THE HEART OF A COMMITTED UNIVERSITY

With the goal of minimizing its environmental footprint and enhancing its social impact, Polytechnique Montréal is directing its development toward sustainability. Efforts are being pursued across all the institution’s activities: education, research, operations, food services, community, knowledge sharing and governance.

Already decorated with several awards and certifications in this field, Polytechnique has also earned the most prestigious recognition. The University has in fact obtained the international STARS accreditation (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System), at the gold level, following an exhaustive review of its achievements.

Founded in 1873, Polytechnique Montréal, an engineering university, is one of the largest teaching and research institutions in engineering in Canada and remains the leading institution in Quebec in terms of the scale of its research activity.

By the numbers

More than 10,000 students enrolled (Fall 2023)
29% women
29% are international
25% are in graduate programs
Nearly 60,000 degrees awarded since 1873
More than 120 programs
300 faculty members, 19% of whom are women

Research

Annual research budget of $107.6 million
116 research units
31 industrial chairs
22 Canada Research Chairs
1 Canada Excellence Research Chair
68 technologies being commercialized
158 patents held
22 active spin-off companies

Research chair(s) related to TEI

Sustainable transport is part of Polytechnique Montréal’s research centres of excellence. Two research chairs are dedicated to it and serve as privileged sites for experimentation. Both are held by Professor Catherine Morency.

- Mobility Chair
  Active since 2010, this Chair is supported by a consortium of Quebec transport authorities and focuses on the assessment and implementation of transport sustainability
- Canada Research Chair in Human Mobility
  Active since 2016, this Chair receives Canadian funding under the Canada Research Chairs program. This Chair focuses on modelling the interactions between different modes of transport.

Technical group(s) related to TEI

Esteban(solar car)
Formule Polytechnique (electric race car)
Exocet(boat powered by renewable energy)
PolyLoop(hyperloop capsule)

Courses related to TEI

Middleware and IP application protocols
Mobile computing
Online course Introduction to Machine Learning ('Machine Learning')