École Normale Supérieure (ENS)

The École normale supérieure (ENS) is an elite higher education institution (graduate school) for advanced undergraduate and graduate studies, and a prestigious French research center. It encompasses fourteen teaching and research departments, spanning the main humanities, sciences and disciplines. Unique among France’s grandes écoles for its training in the humanities and sciences, the ENS prepares its students for their role as future leaders in every imaginable professional field: in research, media, public service and private industry.

Research policy at the École normale supérieure aims at reinforcing its major fields of excellence, at developing innovative research at the crossroads of various disciplines, and at fostering the fruitful interaction and synergy between research topics.