The main vocation of ENTPE is to train engineers who will serve as technical managers within the French civil service into the State Public Works Engineering Corps or "Ingénieurs des Travaux Publics de l'Etat (ITPE)", even though nowadays half of the students are intended for the private sector, in particular in large French companies in the construction or transport sectors (Eiffage, Bouygues, Vinci, Keolis ...).

The training goes the following way : The ENTPE also proposes a large panel of complementary courses, mainly enabling students to obtain a second degree.

It is for instance possible for students to obtain degrees from the following schools: The ENTPE is also entitled to deliver PhDs inside one of the 6 laboratories it shelters.

After School, they are mainly hired by large civil engineering firms such as Egis, Eiffage, Vinci, Arcadis, Bouygues...

Thanks to an agreement with the local HLM office, students are housed in cheap and comfortable apartments near the school.