Poly-World (in

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: Poly-Monde, russian: Поли-Мир, ua, Полі-Світ) - is a student committee based in a French-Canadian engineering school,

Polytechnique Montréal Polytechnique Montréal () (previously ''École polytechnique de Montréal''; ) is an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In English it may occasionally be referred to as "Montreal Polytech ...

, in

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). This committee was founded in 1990 by a group of young students from different engineering fields that wanted to develop their knowledge of

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on an international level. These students, François Nadeau, Claude Benoît and Normand Gadoury, therefore organized Poly-Japan, the first mission of what became an independent engineering program orientation at undergraduate level at École Polytechnique. The primary objective of this student committee is to enable its members to discover competitiveness, innovation and business processes in Quebec companies and then compare their findings on foreign soil through industrial visits to counterpart companies. Each year, the Poly-World council, which includes all coordinators of previous missions and a few teachers, is responsible for the selection of the different

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that will be studied. These sectors are judged competitive for Quebec and Canada and include

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List of past missions

For more details or to consult official documents relative to the missions, visit the Poly-World website. * 2020 Poly-World: Iceland and Norway * 2019 Poly-World: Japan * 2018 Poly-World: India * 2017 Poly-World: Baltic States and Finland * 2016 Poly-World: United Kingdom and Ireland * 2015 Poly-World: South Korea * 2014 Poly-World: Germany * 2013 Poly-World: Australia * 2012 Poly-World: South Africa *2011 Poly-World: France (visit to Japan canceled due to the

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) *2010 Poly-World: Denmark, Netherlands *2009 Poly-Russia *2008 Poly-World: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore *2007 Poly-India *2006 Poly-World: Poland, Czech Republic *2005 Poly-China *2004 Poly-Switzerland *2003 Poly-Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland *2002 Poly-Brazil *2001 Poly-Spain *2000 Poly-Korea: South Korea *1999 Poly-Benelux: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg *1998 Poly-America: American west coast *1997 Poly-France *1996 Poly-Germany *1995 Poly-Japan Poly-Japan (Poly-World 1995) website
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References

External links

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Poly-World official website
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Polytechnique Montréal official website
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