L’X is renowned for both its academic excellence and its sports education. The campus features numerous sports facilities, including a horse-riding center, two swimming pools, a fencing room, a dojo, a semi-artificial lake, three gyms, four soccer fields, three rugby fields, six tennis courts, an athletics track, three climbing walls, a shooting range, a golf course and multi-sports fields. Ingénieur Polytechnicien students choose their sports section from among 16 different sports taught by military and sports professionals, and practice 6 hours of sport every week. The other student populations—in the Bachelor, Master’s and PhD Programs—also have access to sports classes and are selected according to their level of proficiency, motivation and availability.