History
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The École Normale Supérieure (ENS) was founding
in 1794 during the French Revolution.
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The University was deliberate to offer the
republic with a new group of teachers trained in the analytical and
secular spirit of understanding.
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Since then it has developed into a best institution
which has become a good platform for many of France's outstanding adolescent people
to follow high-level profession in government and academia.
Location and
Transport
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The historic Paris ENS campus is discovering
throughout the rue d'Ulm. The major building is 45 rue d'Ulm in the 5th
arrondissement of Paris.
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The ENS-Ulm has annex campuses on Boulevard
Jourdan (previously the women's college), and in the suburb of Montrouge.
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There is also a biology annex in the countryside
at Foljuif.
Entry Requirements
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The ENS conscript via a aggressive entrance exam,
or on the base of written documentation. International students can apply to the ENS
for undergraduate study by entryway exam in Sciences, or Humanities and Social
Sciences. A four-year course leads to the ENS Diploma.
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Successful, European students can accept as
civil servant trainees. These level provides a salary and on-campus arrangement.
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In this highly aggressive entrance procedure,
all students are supposed to meet the highest French language quality.
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Foreign students may also concern for the
three-year ENS Diploma. Application is in writing, with conference. There is no
payment for ENS Diploma students.
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There are also interchange agreements enabling
students to attend the ENS for a topmost of one year.
Student Mix
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ENS students come from all around France and from more than 46 other
countries to study and investigate at modern
undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.
Teaching Standards
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Nearly 1,000 professor-researchers and lasting researchers,
many from coworker institutions, universities and national research
organisations (CNRS, INSERM, INRIA), operate at or with the École Normale
Supérieure.
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ENS laboratories train a high number of doctoral
students (650); with closely as many PhD students as master’s students.
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ENS ranks more among French graduate schools. In
the sciences, the ratio of doctoral students to investigation is 400:480.
Research Standards
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Humanities and Social Sciences
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Severn departments and 12 research centre.
Approximately 250 doctoral students work in these departments and laboratories.
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The investigation is spread direct from
conference, workshops, colloquia, collective publications, exchanges and
international programmers.
Scientific Research
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Research is organized into seven departments and
21 research centres, 14 of which are support establishments, and three investigation
confederations.
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More than 400 doctoral candidates work here
alongside 430 investigator and lasting instructor-researchers, 240 managerial staff,
and almost 100 postdocs and visitors.
Student services
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The ENS has ten libraries on campus.
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An extensive documentary resource totaling over
800,000 items.
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A frequently enlarging electronic resource: 25
bibliographic databases and some thousand periodicals, dictionaries and
e-books.
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9,000 sq meters of public capacity and favor.
