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Polytechnic School, also known as École Polytechnique , was founded on September 28, 1794 by Gaspard Monge , Lazare Carnot , and Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois . The school is located in Palaiseau, France .
Polytechnic School operates as a public educational institute . It is accredited by the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France and is affiliated with the Grandes Écoles Confederation and Grandes Écoles de la Défense . The institution is active in the industries of education, higher education, university , and military academy .
Polytechnic School is headquartered in Paris, France and has several subsidiaries including Saclay Nuclear Research Centre , Luli , and Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée . The school's motto is "Pour la Patrie, les Sciences et la Gloire" .