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L'X strengthens US academic partnerships with first Harvard University agreement
France's École polytechnique signed its first agreement with Harvard University on 19 October 2026 and held its first New York alumni gala, which drew close to 160 guests.
Why it matters: École polytechnique and Harvard University are now linked by a first agreement, and X alumni in the US were gathered to back the foundation's 'Servir la science' campaign.
Bruno Bellier, interim director general and president of École polytechnique, visited several leading US academic institutions on his first trip abroad in the role, the school said.
École polytechnique, known as L'X, signed a first agreement with Harvard University on 19 October 2026, according to the school.
The school said the agreement strengthens its network of transatlantic partnerships.
A first alumni gala in New York on 20 October 2026 gathered close to 160 guests in support of the 'Servir la science' (Serving science) campaign of the École polytechnique Foundation.
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Richard Davies, Policy and Finance Editor
École polytechnique and Harvard University have signed a first agreement, and the school's US alumni were gathered for the first time in New York to support the foundation's 'Servir la science' campaign.
