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

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that was founded in 1999. Headquartered in

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, south of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

, the school has campuses in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectu ...

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departme ...

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the No ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the department of Hérault. In 2018, 290,053 people l ...

, Nancy,

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Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative ...

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and fr ...

and Saint-André, Réunion.Epitech: des stages en entreprise de 3 jours par semaine
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(

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(

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(

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), and

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

(

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). The school has the particularity to teach with practical cases instead of theoretical. Epitech has also an

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in IT and

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course targeting executive managers in computer science. The institution is part of

IONIS Education Group IONIS Education Group is a private, for-profit, higher education group in France. It was created in 1980 and by 2021 had more than 30,000 students and 80,000 alumni. There are 26 further education colleges in the group. History Marc Sellam ...

History

Epitech was created in 1999, taking advantage of the keen interest of the '' École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées EPITA'' to train students with a specific interest for computer sciences related matter only. In 2007, Epitech opened new campuses in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on ...

and

. Since January 2008, the degree delivered has been recognized by the ''

Commission nationale de la certification professionnelle #REDIRECT Commission Nationale de la Certification Professionnelle {{R from other capitalisation ...

'', as level 1. In 2008, the campuses of

, Nancy,

and

were opened.

New campuses abroad

In early 2013, Epitech announced it would open a campus in

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in September 2013 and further international branches in

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and

by September 2014.

Partnership

EPITECH has partnered with the ''Zup de Co'' association to create the ''

Web@cademie Web@cademie is a private, nonprofit and tuition-free computer programming school created and funded by French IONIS Education Group with several partners including Epitech and Zup de Co association. The school was first opened in Paris in 2010. H ...

'', a 2-year training completely free for students without the French Baccalaureate and with a strong motivation in

. This course has the goal to attain a job of

software developer Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. Software development invo ...

for young people who have stopped their regular studies. They are trained by EPITECH teachers at

and in

Notable alumni

* Solomon Hykes (2006), CEO of Docker, Inc.;Solomon Hykes (Docker) : ce Français qui pourrait révolutionner l'informatique mondiale
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies 1999 establishments in France Computer science education Education in Bordeaux Education in Île-de-France Education in Lille Education in Lyon Education in Montpellier Education in Nancy, France Education in Nantes Education in Nice Education in Rennes Education in Strasbourg Education in Toulouse Education in Réunion Education in Barcelona Educational institutions established in 1999 Technical universities and colleges in France