The mission of Polytechnique Montréal is higher education as well as research and innovation in all fields, in particular the scientific and technological fields, related to the practice of engineering. It is also to provide services to the community for the benefit of society.

Due to the importance of its mission, Polytechnique expects that the members of its community know and respect the various rules of conduct applicable to their daily activities and their respective fields.

This mission incorporates the moral obligation for each member of the Polytechnique community to ascribe to and implement the highest standards of integrity in all their activities.

The management, staff and students of Polytechnique are tasked with working within the strictest standards of intellectual integrity and ethics. A person’s conduct must be guided by frankness, honesty, justice and the greatest respect for others. Polytechnique determines rules of conduct for its community as a whole, promotes them and ensures that they are respected.