National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

The National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (French: Institut national polytechnique de Toulouse, or Toulouse INP) is a public scientific, cultural and professional institution in Toulouse, France, founded in 1969 and part of the University of Toulouse group.图卢兹国立理工学院（法文：Institut national polytechnique de Toulouse，简称 Toulouse INP）是法国图卢兹的一所公立科学、文化与职业机构，创办于 1969 年，隶属于图卢兹大学共同体。

Created as one of the French national polytechnic institutes when the old University of Toulouse was divided, it federates six engineering schools and one veterinary school with 17 research laboratories.该校最初作为法国国立理工学院之一、在原图卢兹大学拆分时创建，现联合六所工程师学校与一所兽医学院，并设有 17 个研究实验室。

It enrols more than 6,700 students, including 550 doctoral candidates, delivers the CTI-accredited engineering diploma as well as master's and doctoral degrees, and ranks 646th in the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校有逾 6,700 名学生，其中博士研究生 550 人，可授予获法国工程师职衔委员会认证的工程师文凭以及硕士与博士学位，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 646 位。

History

• Toulouse INP traces its immediate origin to the 1968 Faure law, which reorganised French higher education and created new universities together with national polytechnic institutes.图卢兹国立理工学院的直接渊源是 1968 年的富尔法，该法重组法国高等教育，设立新的大学与国立理工学院。
• In 1969 the institute was founded on the basis of the former University of Toulouse, which was divided into the universities of Toulouse I, II and III and a polytechnic institute.1969 年，该校在原图卢兹大学的基础上成立，原大学被拆分为图卢兹第一、第二、第三大学以及一所理工学院。
• It was created alongside the national polytechnic institutes of Grenoble and Lorraine, institutions intended to group the strongest engineering schools of their regions.它与格勒诺布尔国立理工学院、洛林国立理工学院同期创办，此类学院旨在整合所在地区实力最强的工程师学校。
• The new institute brought together existing schools, including the ENSEEIHT, founded in 1907 in Toulouse to train electrical and hydraulic engineers.新学院整合了多所既有学校，其中包括 1907 年在图卢兹创办、旨在培养电气与水力工程师的国立高等电力技术、电子学、计算机、水力学与电信学校（ENSEEIHT）。
• Over the following decades the institute grew to encompass the ENSAT agricultural school at Auzeville, the ENSIACET chemical engineering school and the National School of Meteorology.此后数十年间，该学院逐步纳入位于奥兹维尔的国立高等农学院（ENSAT）、国立高等化学技艺工程师学校（ENSIACET）以及国立气象学校。
• Its veterinary school, the École nationale vétérinaire de Toulouse, is one of the oldest veterinary schools in the world, founded in 1825.其兽医学院——图卢兹国立兽医学院——是世界上最古老的兽医学院之一，创办于 1825 年。
• The École nationale d'ingénieurs de Tarbes, founded in 1963, joined as a partner engineering school, extending the institute's reach to the city of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées.创办于 1963 年的国立塔布工程师学校作为伙伴工程师学校加入，使该学院的影响力延伸至上比利牛斯省的塔布市。
• The École d'ingénieurs de Purpan, an agricultural engineering school founded in 1919 in Toulouse, is associated with the institute as a partner institution.1919 年创办于图卢兹的普尔潘工程师学校是一所农业工程师学校，作为伙伴机构与该校保持联系。
• In 1996 Alain Costes, a professor attached to the ENSEEIHT, was appointed president of Toulouse INP, where he promoted dialogue between universities.1996 年，ENSEEIHT 的教授 Alain Costes 获任命为图卢兹国立理工学院院长，任内推动院校间的对话。
• By 2015 the institute had consolidated its role within the Groupe INP network of public engineering schools, expanding English-taught master's programmes and summer schools.至 2015 年，该校已巩固其在公立工程师学校网络「INP 集团」中的角色，并扩展英语授课硕士项目与暑期学校。
• A decree of 1 September 2018 listing the French engineering schools authorised to award the engineering diploma confirmed Toulouse INP's accreditation to deliver the degree.2018 年 9 月 1 日公布的一份法国工程师学校名录，确认了图卢兹国立理工学院授予工程师文凭的资格。
• Since 2019 the institute has pursued a formal policy of ecological transition, described on its website as placing environmental responsibility at the heart of its activities.自 2019 年起，该校正式推行生态转型政策，其官网称将环境责任置于各项活动的核心。
• The institute is one of the founding members of the Groupe INP, whose shared two-year preparatory programme, La Prépa des INP, admits students by continuous assessment.该校是「INP 集团」的创始成员之一，该集团共享的两年制预科项目「La Prépa des INP」以持续考核方式录取学生。
• On 30 June 2026 Toulouse INP took part in the inauguration of Kairos, a new regional supercomputer serving research in Toulouse.2026 年 6 月 30 日，该校参与启用「Kairos」，这是一台服务图卢兹科研的新型区域超级计算机。
• In 2026 the institute inaugurated the LabCom MFTS, a joint laboratory in fluid mechanics with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.2026 年，该校启用 LabCom MFTS，这是与法国原子能与替代能源委员会共建的流体力学联合实验室。
• In July 2026 the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics held its general assembly in Toulouse, organised by Jacques Magnaudet, its president and a researcher at the institute's fluid mechanics laboratory.2026 年 7 月，国际理论与应用力学联合会在图卢兹举行代表大会，由该会主席、本校流体力学实验室研究员 Jacques Magnaudet 筹办。
• In October 2026 the institute hosted the eighth edition of ESARS-ITEC, an international conference on electrical systems for aircraft, railway and ship propulsion.2026 年 10 月，该校主办第八届 ESARS-ITEC 国际会议，主题为飞机、铁路与船舶推进的电气系统。
• Also in 2026 nearly 400 researchers and doctoral students gathered at the ENSEEIHT for the NBM and CEIC conferences on business models and the circular economy.同样在 2026 年，近 400 名研究人员与博士生齐聚 ENSEEIHT，参加探讨商业模式与循环经济的 NBM 与 CEIC 会议。
• The institute is a member of the federal University of Toulouse and of the Toulouse community of universities and establishments, alongside 14 other higher education institutions.该校是联邦式图卢兹大学以及图卢兹高校与机构共同体的成员，与另外 14 所高等教育机构并列。
• In 2027 Toulouse INP entered the QS World University Rankings for the first time, taking 646th place in the world.2027 年，图卢兹国立理工学院首次进入 QS 世界大学排名，位列世界第 646 位。

Academics

• The institute federates seven schools, of which six are engineering schools, together with 17 research laboratories.该校联合七所学校，其中六所为工程师学校，另设 17 个研究实验室。
• Its disciplines span agronomy, chemistry, electronics, electrical engineering, computer science, hydraulics, telecommunications, mechanics and meteorology.其学科涵盖农学、化学、电子学、电气工程、计算机科学、水力学、电信、力学与气象学。
• The engineering schools are the ENSEEIHT, the ENSIACET, the ENSAT agricultural school, the ENIT of Tarbes, the École d'ingénieurs de Purpan and the National School of Meteorology.这些工程师学校包括 ENSEEIHT、ENSIACET、国立高等农学院（ENSAT）、塔布国立工程师学校（ENIT）、普尔潘工程师学校以及国立气象学校。
• The seventh school is the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, one of the four French national veterinary schools.第七所学校是图卢兹国立兽医学院，为法国四所国立兽医学院之一。
• Toulouse INP is authorised by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur to award the engineering diploma, and it also delivers master's degrees and doctorates.图卢兹国立理工学院获法国工程师职衔委员会授权授予工程师文凭，同时可授予硕士学位与博士学位。
• Its doctoral training is organised through the doctoral schools of the University of Toulouse, and some 550 PhD students work in the institute's laboratories.其博士培养通过图卢兹大学的博士学校组织，约有 550 名博士研究生在该校实验室工作。
• La Prépa des INP, a two-year programme assessed by continuous examination, enables students to enter one of the 40 public engineering schools of the Groupe INP without a competitive entrance examination.「La Prépa des INP」是两年制项目，以持续考试方式考核，使学生无需竞考即可进入 INP 集团 40 所公立工程师学校之一。
• The institute is a joint supervisor of major laboratories, including the Toulouse Institute of Fluid Mechanics, the Chemical Engineering Laboratory and the LAPLACE laboratory on plasma and energy conversion.该校是多个重要实验室的共同主管单位，包括图卢兹流体力学研究所、化学工程实验室以及研究等离子体与能量转换的 LAPLACE 实验室。
• Research at the Toulouse Institute of Fluid Mechanics covers turbulence, environmental flows and industrial processes, and is shared with the CNRS and the University of Toulouse.图卢兹流体力学研究所的研究涵盖湍流、环境流体与工业过程，并与法国国家科学研究中心及图卢兹大学共享。
• The institute offers master's programmes taught in English, Erasmus+ exchanges and summer schools, and hosts a large community of international students.该校开设英语授课硕士项目、伊拉斯谟+交换项目与暑期学校，并接纳大量国际学生。
• Continuing and professional education is a further activity, alongside apprenticeship tracks that combine study with industry placements.继续教育与职业教育是该校的另一项业务，与结合学业与业界实习的学徒制项目并行。
• The institute operates industrial chairs that join companies with its laboratories for research and training.该校设有多个产业讲席，联合企业与其实验室开展研究并培养人才。
• Its laboratories work closely with the French National Centre for Scientific Research and with other national research organisations.其实验室与法国国家科学研究中心以及其他国家级研究机构密切合作。
• The ENSEEIHT, one of the largest French engineering schools, specialises in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science, hydraulics and telecommunications.ENSEEIHT 是法国规模最大的工程师学校之一，专长于电气工程、电子学、计算机科学、水力学与电信。
• The ENSIACET trains engineers in chemical engineering and industrial process engineering, with strong links to the regional chemical and aerospace industries.ENSIACET 培养化学工程与工业过程工程方向的工程师，与地区化学与航空航天产业联系紧密。
• The ENSAT, based at Auzeville-Tolosane, covers agricultural science, food science and environmental management.位于奥兹维尔的国立高等农学院涵盖农业科学、食品科学与环境管理。
• The institute's Biblio'Tech library network serves students and researchers across its campuses.该校的 Biblio'Tech 图书馆网络为其各校区的学生与研究人员提供服务。
• Members of the French Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Technologies work in its laboratories and supervise doctoral research.法国科学院与法国技术院的院士在该校实验室工作并指导博士研究。
• Research at the institute is concentrated in several fields, including fluid mechanics, chemical and process engineering, agronomy, electrical engineering, computer science and meteorology, supported by laboratory facilities shared with national research organisations.该校的研究集中于若干领域，包括流体力学、化学与过程工程、农学、电气工程、计算机科学与气象学，并依托与国家研究机构共享的实验室设施。
• Each year the institute's laboratories award dozens of doctorates in engineering, agronomy and the natural sciences, and its research teams publish regularly in leading international journals.该校实验室每年在工程、农学与自然科学领域授予数十个博士学位，其研究团队定期在权威国际期刊发表论文。

Campus

• Toulouse INP has six campuses spread across the Toulouse metropolitan area, at Toulouse, Auzeville-Tolosane and Labège, with an additional school in Tarbes.图卢兹国立理工学院在图卢兹大都市区设有六个校区，分布于图卢兹、奥兹维尔-托洛桑与拉贝日，另有一所学校位于塔布。
• Its head office is located at 6 allée Emile Monso in Toulouse.其总部位于图卢兹埃米尔·蒙索小道 6 号。
• The ENSEEIHT occupies a campus on rue Charles Camichel in central Toulouse.ENSEEIHT 位于图卢兹市中心夏尔·卡米谢尔街的一处校区。
• The ENSAT campus lies at Auzeville-Tolosane on the south-eastern edge of the city, amid agricultural research facilities.国立高等农学院校址位于城市东南边缘的奥兹维尔-托洛桑，周边为农业研究设施。
• The ENIT is located in Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées, about 120 kilometres south-west of Toulouse.塔布国立工程师学校位于上比利牛斯省的塔布，距图卢兹西南约 120 公里。
• The National Veterinary School of Toulouse has its own campus with teaching hospitals for animals.图卢兹国立兽医学院拥有独立校区与动物教学医院。
• The campuses are connected by the city's metro and bus networks, and several of the schools run their own student residences and sports facilities.各校区由图卢兹的地铁与公交网络相连，多所学校自设学生宿舍与体育设施。
• The institute's main site lies at approximately 43.60 degrees north and 1.44 degrees east in the Haute-Garonne department.该校主校区位于上加龙省，北纬约 43.60 度、东经约 1.44 度。
• The ENSIACET chemical engineering school and the National School of Meteorology are located on the Toulouse site, the latter close to the headquarters of Météo-France, the French national meteorological service.国立高等化学技艺工程师学校与国立气象学校位于图卢兹校区，后者邻近法国国家气象局的总部。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Toulouse INP is placed 646th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，图卢兹国立理工学院位列世界第 646 位。
• Toulouse INP did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 main table.图卢兹国立理工学院未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名主榜。 ^[1]
• The U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 places the institute 1509th in the world.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 1509 位。
• The institute did not enter the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 published by ShanghaiRanking.该校未进入上海软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名。
• The OpenAlex database attributes 22,279 works to the institute with 1,362,384 citations.OpenAlex 数据库为该校收录 22,279 篇成果、被引用 1,362,384 次。
• Toulouse INP is one of the national polytechnic institutes of France and a founding member of the Groupe INP, whose schools are among the country's leading public engineering schools.图卢兹国立理工学院是法国国立理工学院之一，也是「INP 集团」的创始成员，该集团的学校位居法国顶尖公立工程师学校之列。
• Its location in Toulouse, the European capital of aerospace, gives its schools close links with Airbus, the French space agency CNES and the regional research ecosystem.该校坐落于欧洲航空航天之都图卢兹，使其学校与空中客车、法国国家太空研究中心以及地区科研生态紧密相连。
• The institute's laboratories are shared with the CNRS and other national bodies, and the institute is associated with major research infrastructure such as the Kairos supercomputer.其实验室与法国国家科学研究中心及其他国家机构共享，并与「Kairos」超级计算机等重大科研基础设施相关联。
• Its engineering diploma, accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur, is recognised throughout France and by employers in industry.其工程师文凭获法国工程师职衔委员会认证，在法国全国及工业界雇主中均获认可。
• With 550 doctoral students and 17 laboratories, the institute is one of the larger research concentrations in south-western France.该校拥有 550 名博士研究生与 17 个实验室，是法国西南部规模较大的科研集群之一。
• The institute belongs to a regional academic network that also includes the Toulouse Business School and the Toulouse School of Economics within the University of Toulouse.该校属于地区学术网络，该网络在图卢兹大学之内还包括图卢兹商学院与图卢兹经济学院。

Student life

• Toulouse INP has no formal institutional motto, but its schools maintain their own traditions and identities.图卢兹国立理工学院没有正式的机构校训，但其各学校保留各自的传统与身份。
• Student life is organised through more than a hundred associations covering sport, culture, technology and humanitarian work across the schools.学生生活通过各校的百余个社团组织，涵盖体育、文化、技术与公益。
• The schools offer a wide range of sports, from rugby and football to sailing, and take part in inter-school competitions in Toulouse.各校提供从橄榄球、足球到帆船等广泛的体育活动，并参加图卢兹的校际竞赛。
• New students traditionally take part in an integration weekend and in the schools' engineering traditions.新生按传统参加迎新周末以及各校的工程师传统活动。
• Student services include the Biblio'Tech libraries, career guidance and international student support.学生服务包括 Biblio'Tech 图书馆、职业指导与国际学生支持。
• The students live in Toulouse and its suburbs, a metropolitan area with a student population of more than 100,000.学生居住在图卢兹及其郊区，这一大都市区的学生人口逾 10 万。
• Each school runs its own gala, sports tournament and open days, and the institute holds an annual graduation ceremony.各学校举办各自的晚会、体育赛事与开放日，学院则举行年度毕业典礼。
• Through the Groupe INP, students can take part in shared programmes and competitions with engineering schools in Grenoble, Lorraine and Bordeaux.借助「INP 集团」，学生可与格勒诺布尔、洛林与波尔多的工程师学校参与共享项目与竞赛。
• The institute's students also join the inter-school sports challenge and the Groupe INP games, which bring together engineering students from several French cities.该校学生还参加校际体育挑战赛与「INP 集团」运动会，后者汇聚来自法国多个城市的工程师学生。

Notable people

• Alain Costes, an engineer of the ENSEEIHT class of 1963 and professor emeritus, served as president of Toulouse INP from 1996.Alain Costes 是 ENSEEIHT 1963 届工程师、荣休教授，自 1996 年起担任图卢兹国立理工学院院长。
• Petre Roman, an ENSEEIHT engineering graduate of the 1970s, became the first Prime Minister of post-communist Romania, serving from December 1989 to October 1991.1970 年代毕业于 ENSEEIHT 的 Petre Roman 出任后共产主义时代罗马尼亚首任总理，任期自 1989 年 12 月至 1991 年 10 月。
• After his premiership Petre Roman served as a Romanian senator from 1992 to 2008 and as foreign minister in 1999-2000.卸任总理后，Petre Roman 于 1992 至 2008 年任罗马尼亚参议员，并于 1999 至 2000 年出任外交部长。
• Jérôme Seydoux, a French businessman educated at the ENSEEIHT, was chief executive and is co-president of the film company Pathé.毕业于 ENSEEIHT 的法国商人 Jérôme Seydoux 曾任电影公司百代的首席执行官，现任其联席主席。
• Bernard Parisot, an alumnus, is president and co-chief executive of JCDecaux North America.校友 Bernard Parisot 是德高集团北美公司的总裁兼联席首席执行官。
• Marc Jalabert, another ENSEEIHT graduate, has served as marketing and operations director at Microsoft France.同为 ENSEEIHT 毕业生的 Marc Jalabert 曾任微软法国公司的市场与运营总监。
• Robert Havas, an alumnus, directed the French National Agency for Industrial Innovation.校友 Robert Havas 曾任法国国家工业创新署署长。
• Jacques Magnaudet, a senior researcher at the institute's fluid mechanics laboratory, served as president of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.该校流体力学实验室的资深研究员 Jacques Magnaudet 曾任国际理论与应用力学联合会主席。
• Several members of the French Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Technologies teach and supervise research at the institute.法国科学院与法国技术院的多位院士在该校任教并指导研究。
• The institute's alumni occupy engineering and management positions in companies such as Airbus, EDF and Thales in the aerospace and energy sectors.其校友在空客、法国电力与泰雷兹等航空航天与能源企业的工程与管理岗位任职。
• As of 2024 the institute is led by its president Catherine Xuereb, who oversees its seven schools and 17 laboratories.截至 2024 年，该校由院长 Catherine Xuereb 领导，统辖其七所学校与 17 个实验室。
• The institute was shaped after 1969 by its successive directors, who consolidated the region's engineering schools into a single polytechnic institute.1969 年之后，该校历任院长将其塑造而成，把本地区的工程师学校整合为一所国立理工学院。
• Its graduates include engineers who have reached senior positions in French and international industry, as well as researchers working in its 17 shared laboratories.其毕业生中既有在法国及国际工业界担任高层职务的工程师，也有在其 17 个共建实验室任职的研究人员。