École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | |
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Other names | ENS Paris-Saclay,Normale Sup' Paris-Saclay |
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| Type | Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel |
| Established | 1892 (1892) |
Parent institution | Paris-Saclay University |
Academic affiliations | University of Paris-Saclay,Conférence des Grandes Ecoles,ASTech |
| Director | Nathalie Carrasco |
| Postgraduates | 1,360[1] |
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| Location | , France |
| Website | www |
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TheÉcole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (French pronunciation:[ekɔlnɔʁmalsypeʁjœʁpaʁisaklɛ]; alsoENS Paris-Saclay orNormale Sup' Paris-Saclay), formerlyENS Cachan, is agrande école and a constituent member ofParis-Saclay University. It was established in 1892. It is located inGif-sur-Yvette within theEssonnedepartment nearParis,Île-de-France, France.
ENS Paris-Saclay is one of the most prestigious and selective Frenchgrandes écoles. Like all othergrandes écoles, this elite higher education institution is not included in the mainstream framework of the French public universities. Along with theÉcole normale supérieure (Paris),ENS Lyon andENS Rennes, the school belongs to the informal network of Frenchécoles normales supérieures, forming the top level of research and education in the French higher educational system.
In 2014, ENS Paris-Saclay became a founding member of theParis-Saclay University, an initiative to integrate and combine resources from a number of differentgrandes écoles, public universities, and research institutions.
The school moved in 2019 to theSaclay campus located in thecommune ofGif-sur-Yvette on the Saclay plateau, France's "Silicon Valley," where it will be near other members of theParis-Saclayresearch-intensive andbusiness cluster.
École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay is aGrande École, a French institution ofhigher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of theFrench public university system. Similar to theIvy League in the United States,Oxbridge in the UK, andC9 League in China,Grandes Écoles are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process.[2][3][4]Grandes Écoles typically they have much smaller class sizes and student bodies than public universities in France, and many of their programs are taught in English. While mostGrandes Écoles are more expensive than French universities,École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay charges the same tuition fees: €243 annually for the Master's degree in 2021/2022.[5] International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of theGrandes Écoles.[6][7] Degrees fromÉcole normale supérieure are accredited by theConférence des Grandes Écoles[8] and awarded by theMinistry of National Education (France) (French:Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).[9] Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France.[10][11]
The main mission of ENS Paris-Saclay is to train world-class academics, but it is also a starting point for public administrative or private executive careers. It recruits mostly from the very competitive "classes préparatoires" (see alsoGrande École). Students of the ENS Paris-Saclay who passed the entrance exam are civil servants and are known as "normaliens". Normaliens are paid a monthly salary (around €1300 ) by the French government, and are required to have an academic career or work for a French public administration for six years after their four-year curriculum at the ENS is completed. ENS Paris-Saclay also recruits other university students; the latter are not required to work for a French public administration but are not paid either.
Students follow the standard university curriculum (Licence, Master, and most of the time PhD). They are encouraged -though it is not mandatory- to take then theAgrégation competitive examination.
There are 17 departments : the scientific departments of Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Fundamental Physics, Chemistry; the engineering departments of Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering; Economics and Management, Social Sciences, Languages, Design.
ENS Paris-Saclay cooperates with many foreign universities, for example in student exchange programs. One of them isMONABIPHOT developed in cooperation withWrocław University of Technology in Poland,Complutense orCarlos III University of Madrid in Spain,MIT,Oxford,Humboldt.
The admission to the ENS Paris-Saclay asnormalien is made through a highly competitive entrance examination, and requires at least two years of preparation after high school inClasses Préparatoires (Scientific (BCPST, MPSI, PCSI...), Literary (B/L) and Business sections (Economics and Management)). The ENS Paris-Saclay recruits every year 360 normaliens and 800 degree seeking students.
Thoughnormaliens follow the standard university curriculum, they have the opportunity to pursue their studies in othergrandes écoles such asSciences Po,HEC,École Polytechnique and theENSAE without having to take an entrance exam (or only a part of it).[12] Normaliens can join theGrands Corps techniques d'Etat or prepare theENA entrance exam.
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