Polytech Nice Sophia is the polytechnic engineering school of Université Côte d'Azur. It is a public school of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. It is part of the group of state polytechnic engineering schools within the POLYTECH network. It is accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) and certified ISO9001 v2015 by the Bureau Veritas, and is at the center of a synergy between education, research and business. It is located on the SophiaTech campus in the heart of the Sophia-Antipolis technology park.

With post-baccalaureate, Polytech Nice Sophia offers a preparatory cycle and 8 engineering courses with a solid scientific and technical base, possessing an excellent business culture and initiated to management functions. The fields covered are Buildings, Electronics, Electronics and Industrial Computing, Biology Engineering, Water Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Modeling, Robotics and Computer Sciences.

Polytech nice Sophia is the regrouping in 2005 of several engineering schools: the Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Nice Sophia Antipolis (ESINSA), the Ecole Supérieure en Sciences Informatiques (ESSI) and the Magistère de Pharmacologie of the University.

Member of the network of polytechnic engineering schools of universities

Polytech Nice Sophia is part of the Polytech network, which brings together public university engineering schools under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. These schools award engineering degrees accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI).

With a broad range of scientific disciplines, a strong alumni community, and a significant number of graduates each year, the Polytech network forms one of the major engineering training networks in France.

The close connection to high-level academic research — supported by numerous teacher-researchers — and the active participation of professionals from various sectors offer students solid preparation to meet today’s and tomorrow’s engineering challenges.