Arriving on Campus
View the various École Polytechnique Campus Maps
Consult the list of administrative departments
To visit the École Polytechnique campus by car or public transportation, simply follow the instructions listed below:
- Arriving from Porte d'Orléans or Porte d'Italie: by highway A6
- Arriving from Pont de Sèvres: via the N118
> information on traffic conditions
- RER B: from Paris towards Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, a 30 min ride from Châtelet to Massy-Palaiseau
- RER C: Massy-Palaiseau station
- TGV: Massy-Palaiseau TGV station
From the RER B
Massy-Palaiseau Station:
(station map)
From the RER B
Lozère Station:
Take the 91.06
TransEssonne bus
(Schedule) and get
off at any of the
following stops:
- Les Joncherettes
- Lozère
- Laboratoires
de l'École.
Includes a 15-minute
walk from the station
(including a stairway
of about 300 steps).
Difficult if carrying
heavy baggage and
may be slippery in
inclement weather.
From Monday to Friday, starting at 7:05 a.m. Attention: the bus transfer is NOT FREE, except with a Carte Orange zone 4.
> Plan des arrêts du 91.06
towards the St-Quentin-Massy direction
> Arriving from
Lozère station
- Aéroport d'Orly (via the RER B and Orly Val)
- Aéroport de Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (direct via the RER B)
- Aérodrome de Villacoublay
- Aérodrome d'affaires de Toussus-le-Noble
>Airports, train and RER
Outside of regular operating hours, a student/personnel badge is required to enter the campus. Security barriers are posted at the campus entrances (Lozère, Joncherettes, Laboratory). Visitors must present themselves at the main entrance (gate P5) to obtain a temporary access pass.
The laboratories have restricted access. Visitors without a badge may use the telephones outside the entrances to call their contact within the laboratory; these phones are marked in yellow on the following map.
The primary entrances are through gate P5 or through the Lozère gate (pedestrian access only).
Gate (P5) 7:00am-8:15pm without badge, all hours with badge
Tel P5: 01 69 33 28 88
Laboratory Entrance 7:00am-8:15pm, badge required
Joncherettes gate 7:00am-8:15pm
Lozère gate (pedestrian access only), open all hours (badge required from 1:30am- 6am)