The École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées (English: EPITA School of Engineering and Computer Science), more commonly known as EPITA, is a private French grande école specialized in the field of computer science and software engineering created in 1984 by Patrice Dumoucel.

It is a private engineering school, member of IONIS Education Group since 1994,[2] accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) to deliver the French Diplôme d'Ingénieur, and based at Le Kremlin-Bicêtre south of Paris.

During these two years, students study mathematics, physics and electronics as well as algorithmics and computer science.

This year is also famous for its first month, during which students will be asked to make several projects, which generally lead them to code more than 15 hours per day.

[citation needed] During the fourth and fifth years students have to choose one of the nine majors: