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Training through research
The training of the normaliens is based upon:

• an internationally recognised research centre ;
• a diploma open to the world (lien vers “Diplôme ENS”) anchored in disciplinary training through research, completed by:
• linguistic and international openness (more than 20 modern languages taught, built-in stays in other countries) ;
• beyond the walls experiences (in associations, professional environment, utilities, NGO, private companies…) ;
• multidisciplinary training ;
•  intensive international mobility, with numerous foreign visitors, who are students, researchers or professors ;
• tailored and original study paths.

While the world of work undergoes profound changes and seeks profiles capable of anticipating, adapting, presenting arguments, innovating, the normaliens’ training opens them a wide variety of openings in France and abroad. More than 80% of the normaliens continue studying for Ph.D programmes, which stand for international passports to high-level careers

Admission
The admission to the Ecole normale supérieure - PSL goes through 3 different kinds of competitive examination:
•    the élèves normaliens have the status of trainee civil servants and are recruited after a 2 or 3 years course in the preparatory classes to the elite schools (classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles)
•    the normaliens étudiants, French or foreigners, recruited through the competitive examination for students (concours étudiants) or through the International selection

Campus
Located in the heart of Paris, the Ecole normale supérieure - PSL boasts all the key features for student campus life: living and study spaces, libraries, sports and cultural facilities, etc.

Partnerships
The Ecole normale supérieure - PSL maintains close relationships with various partners, in France or abroad, in particular within the framework of international agreements, corporate sponsorship and initiatives taken by private individuals, relying on partner foundations.

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The École normale supérieure is a member of ������̳. This institution has been founded by 25 prestigious institutions established in Paris which have gathered together. All these institutions have in common to train their students through research and are all willing to create disciplinary convergences, make innovation and creativity more dynamic, attract and train the best students and make of research a real growth driver.