GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS - PSL
ÉCOLE NORMALES U P É R I E U R E/ GUIDE FORINTERNATIONAL STUDENTS2017-2018
/ A WORD FROMTHE DIRECTORHow can I present the École normalesupérieure in just a few words? I shouldspeak of its tradition, name some of itsmost famous students (from Césaire toBourdieu, Sartre, Foucault or Jacquelinede Romilly, from Kastler to Cohen-Tannoudji, Ngô Bao Châu and Jean-PierreSerre); I should mention the charm ofits legendary buildings (a school of theFrench Republic housed in a kind ofmedieval cloister); I should also mention its singularity, because in spite ofits small size (2,400 students, includingthe doctoral students and internationalstudents) the ENS stands out as oneof the world’s very best universities. Ishould also mention its situation at thecore of a network of Parisian universities and institutions and its involvement in the setting up of PSL ResearchUniversity Paris; I should also go backover its tremendous growth during thelast decades, thanks to its exceptionalresearch centers in which students aredirectly in contact with the major issuesof cutting-edge research.Nevertheless I think that, in spite of allthese elements, the essential would bemissed: intellectual freedom, customized courses, synergies betweenArts and Humanities and Sciences, adhoc seminars, the priority given to thetutorships, the rich Parisian intellectuallife, and, of course, those all-night discussions between the rosebushes andthe pond in the Cour aux Ernests (withits legendary goldfish) But the École is first and foremost whatits students and researchers who workthere make of it. As you prepare toenter this place for the first time, youcan be sure of being truly a part of thecommunity of our École, you will helpto make it lively, to shape it, to enrichit through your eyes, your ideas, yourexpectations; and from now on, we relyon you: welcome to the ENS, we hopeyou will feel at home!Marc Mézard
/ SUMMARYRMOLE NOT H E ÉC R I E U R ESUPÉALEWhat is the École normalesupérieure? . 6A French grande école . 7The different statuses of internationalstudents . 7The French academic system . 9PRACNFORMTICAL IAT I O NThe start of the academic year . 24Before you arrive: for new students . 26Administrative formalities . 27What to bring with you . 28Insurance . 29Classes at the university . 10Licence (bachelor), master anddoctorat (Ph.D.) . 10Studying at École normale supérieure . 12Procedures for Erasmus students . 30Educational support . 14How to get to the ENS . 32International Affairs Department,Directors and representatives . 15Reminder of the benefits for pensionnaires and international students . 19Other teaching and researchinstitutions . 20From the airports . 33From Paris . 33Your arrival at the students’ residence . 34Before your arrival . 31When you arrive . 31Before you leave . 31Accommodation . 35Reception at the ENS . 36Equipment . 36Equipment available on the campuses . 37Everyday life . 38Meals .Mail and e-mail .Bank account .Public transport .39394040Life at ENS . 41Adminsitrative reception . 42The students’ association: the COF . 42Information weeks . 42/ THE ÉCOLENORMALE SUPÉRIEURE
/ A FRENCHGRANDE ÉCOLEThe École normale supérieure is a French"grande école". It was founded in 1794,during the French Revolution, and its mainpurpose was to train secondary-school teachers. The present form of ENS dates backto 1985, with the merging of the École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm, for youngmen, and the École normale supérieure dejeunes filles, for young women (founded in1882 and located in the Jourdan and Montrouge campuses). Now the École normalesupérieure is a co-ed school preparing itsstudents to teach and do research, but alsoto work in the government and even inpublic firms.ELOCÉHETSITE?RUEWHAIRPÉUSELANORMThe French élèves normaliens receive a stipend during their four years of studies, butin return they have to work for the Frenchstate for six years after they have finishedtheir studies at the École.Since 2005, the École normale supérieurehas also recruited 120 normaliens étudiantseach year, on examination of their application. Most of these students come fromuniversities or the French "classes préparatoires"; they receive no pay and theircourses last three years./ THE DIFFERENTSTATUS OF THEINTERNATIONALSTUDENTSMore than 20% of ENS students are international students, who contribute towardsthe vitality of the institution. The international students are divided into two groups:those who study at the ENS to obtain adegree, and those who study at ENSwithout obtaining a degree.The following students will obtain a degree: Elèves normaliens from the InternationalSelection: 20 are recruited each year, after successfully passing two competitiveexaminations specifically for International Students, one in Arts and Humanities, the other in Sciences. Successfulapplicants receive a grant from ENS anda room on one of the School’s campuses.Their courses last three years. Elèves normaliens étrangers: they havepassed one of the national competitiveexams – all in French – to gain admissionto the École. Successful applicants (all citizens of one of the European countries)benefit from the same status as theFrench normaliens and are remunerated.They receive a grant from ENS and aroom on one of the School’s campuses.Their courses last four years. Normaliens étudiants étrangers: they arerecruited upon application and a motivation interview. They study here for threeyears, are not remunerated but they canobtain a room on one of the School’scampuses on social grounds (and if aroom is available). Students who are enrolled in the67
School’s Master’s courses. Doctoral students who prepare a Ph.D. atENS, in the doctoral school Paris Scienceset Lettres Research University: Physicsin the Île-de-France doctoral school, theInterdisciplinary arts and humanities/sciences doctoral school, and the Astronomy and Astrophysics doctoral school.The following students will not obtain adegree at ENS and do not have to validateECTS credits:The following students will not obtain anENS degree but have to validate ECTS credits, under an agreement with their Homeuniversities: ERASMUS students and interns (about30 per year). Students enrolled in the History andliterature Master’s at Columbia University (about 10 per year). Pensionnaires étrangers: these students(about 100 each year) are enrolled attheir home university (located abroad),and stay at ENS for up to a year. Theycome to ENS on an exchange programand obtain accommodation on one ofthe ENS campuses (in most cases).CHNERFTHEEMTSYSICMEDAC Auditeurs étrangers, who are at theÉcole for one semester or one year onan exchange program or without anexchange program. Post-doctoral researchers, who come toENS after obtaining their Ph.D.8A9
/ LESSONS ATTHE UNIVERSITYThe French academic system is made up ofdifferent institutions. Among them two areprominent: universities and grandes écoles.The grandes écoles select their students onthe basis of the knowledge of a particularfield, while universities offer a variety ofcourses, which are general or specialized.The École normale supérieure is special inthat it is a Grande École working with theuniversities. ENS students are selected oncompetitive examination or after an interview, but they are obliged to attend coursesat ENS and also to be enrolled in a nationaldegree course at the university. Only thePensionnaires Étrangers who come hereunder a specific bilateral agreement do nothave to attend the university.Students in Arts and Humanities have tofollow a whole program at the university,as soon as they enter the ENS. They thusobtain a Bachelor’s degree and then aMaster’s degree. Science students benefitfrom a tailored program that allows themto validate their Bachelor’s degree with theclasses they attend at ENS. Afterwards, theyattend their first year of Master’s classes atthe ENS in conjunction with the university,while during the second year of Master’sthey are at the university and will obtain adegree from both the university and ENS./ LICENCE (BACHELOR),MASTER AND DOCTORAT(PH.D.)There are three French university degrees:the licence (bachelor’s), the master and thedoctorat (doctorate). French people counteach year separately starting from the yearthe baccalauréat (high school degree) waspassed: thus the licence is called “Bac 3”,the master “Bac 5” and the doctorat “Bac 8”. The licence and master programs arestrongly differentiated. Under the Bologna process, each successfully-completedsemester earns 30 ECTS credits (EuropeanCredits Transfer System); consequently,each academic year earns 60 credits. Thusthe licence degree comprises 180 creditsand the master degree comprises 120 additional credits. The licence is prepared in three yearsafter obtaining the baccalauréat. Theseyears are known as L1 (first year oflicence), L2 (second year of licence) andL3 (third year of licence). The aim ofthis program is to give students a basicgrounding in a given discipline. Most ofthe students who enter the first yearat ENS have already completed the L2and prepare their L3 at ENS. Universities offer two types of licences: generallicences and licences professionnelles(professional licence).ENS students maynot enroll in a licence profesionnelle. The master is prepared in two years: M1(first year of master) and M2 (secondyear of master). In Arts and Humanities,students have to attend lessons eachyear and also write a research paperof about a hundred pages, under thesupervision of a dissertation director. Atthe end of each academic year, studentshave to present their work. The M210research subject is in most cases thesame as the one in M1, although is it stillpossible to change subjects and even thefield of study between the two years ofmaster. In Sciences, students attend lessons during the first semester and do aninternship, in France or abroad, duringthe second semester. The doctorat is prepared in three or sometimes four years. Students are calleddoctorants (or colloquially thésards) andhave to write a doctoral thesis of about300 pages on a specific subject. Theyconduct thorough research in a laboratory for Science students and generallyin a library for Arts and Humanitiesstudents. The thesis is supervised by athesis director and doctorants defendthe outcome of their research during thethesis defense. After the thesis has beensubmitted and defended, the doctorantbecomes a docteur and is able to applyfor post-doctoral positions or for maîtrede conferences (university lecturer) positions. Ph.D. students can prepare theirdegree either at the university or at ENS.guage in which the thesis is written must berecognized as such in both institutions. After defending their thesis, the new doctorsreceive a dual degree or two joint degrees,according to the institutions’ regulations.Students can also sign a Ph.D. contract inpartnership with a firm: these contractsare called contrats Cifre and are managedby the ANRT (Association nationale de larecherche et de la technologie, the Frenchnational association for research andtechnology). Future doctoral students cansubmit their applications at any time for ascientific research project in a firm, an association, a French regional administrationor a consular chamber, provided that thechosen structure is established in France. Toset up the contract, students must contactthe pôle Contrat-recherche at ENS. Studentsfrom outside the European Union must geta visa to obtain a "scientifique-chercheur"(scientific research) residence permit, validfor more than three months.There are different types of Ph.D. contracts.Some offer remuneration to doctoralstudents, who in turn have to give lessons,or are assigned to the dissemination ofscientific information, or to the development of research results, or receive aconsultancy assignment. Doctoral studentswho receive no remuneration are not eligible for these assignments.It is also possible to prepare a Ph.D. thesiswith joint international tutors. In this case,the thesis is supervised by two directors,one from a French academic institutionand the other from a foreign one. Doctoralstudents under joint tutorship are enrolledin both institutions and prepare their thesisalternatively in each institution. The lan-11
/ STUDYING AT ÉCOLENORMALE SUPÉRIEUREACADEMIC STUDIESAll students enrolled at the École normalesupérieure must take at least two coursesper semester and one modern languagecourse per academic year.The ENS offers a wide range of courses,spread out in 15 different departments inSciences or Arts and Humanities: Biology,Chemistry, Cognitive science, Computerscience, Earth sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, History, History and theoryof art, Geography, Literature and languages,Philosophy, Social sciences.There are several types of lessons, depending on the public and the department thatorganizes them.In the Sciences, lessons are mainly coursmagistraux, i.e. lectures for a class ofstudents, travaux pratiques, i.e. lab work,travaux dirigés, i.e. supervised practicalwork, and research seminars on a precisesubject. Training through research is validated when students do an internship in alaboratory, under the supervision of the ENSor a partner institution.In the Humanities, lessons can take variousforms: induction courses are for students,especially first-year students, wishing tobecome familiar with a general subject.Research seminars cover a specific subjecton which several speakers share their pointsof view. There are also numerous classesin between. Training through researchin humanities is validated by writing anddefending a research paper, during eachyear of their Master’s course.12TERMS AND CONDITIONS FORDOING AN INTERNSHIPThe French grading system is based mostlyon a 20-point grading scale. The lowestmark is 0/20, the highest mark is 20/20 andthe pass mark, which allows the validation of the exercise or the semester of theacademic year, is generally 10/20 (howeverit may be 12/20 in some specific cases). Theminimal grade for a research paper to beaccepted is 14/20.Numerous foreign languages are taught,including some rare languages. The choiceincludes Arabic, Bambara, Chinese, Danish,English, French Sign Language, German,Modern Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian,Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Yiddish.Lessons in French as a Foreign Language arealso taught for foreign students wishing tolearn French or to improve their level.The course description book, the Brochuredes enseignements, is available on the ENSwebsite.While the competitive examinations admitstudents to ENS, the diplôme de l’Écolenormale supérieure (the ENS diploma)signals the end of their studies at the École.To obtain the diploma, graduating studentsmust have been enrolled at least threetimes for the diploma, must already haveobtained their Master’s degree and musthave obtained at least 36 credits at ENS. Atleast one-third of these 36 credits must bein the same discipline as the department towhich they belonged and as the Master’sdegree.Internship regulations in France are verystrict. Only students enrolled on a nationaluniversity degree or the diplôme de l’Écolemay do an internship supervised by theENS, generally in a scientific laboratory, apublic administration or a firm. Before beginning the internship, students must complete a contract called convention de stage,signed by themselves, the ENS Director andthe hosting organization. Interns must bepaid (they receive an internship ‘allowance’rather than a salary) if the internship lastsmore than two months. Nevertheless, theamount of this allowance may not exceed 500 per month.These conditions are compulsory for internships because the convention de stage playsthe role of insurance. In order to obtain aconvention de stage students must contactthe Service de la scolarité et des concours(SAE).Students who are not administrativelyenrolled at ENS but wish to do an internship, in France or abroad, must have theirinstitutions of origin sign the convention destage.UNIVERSITYLicence (Bachelor)MasterDoctorat (Ph.D.)1st year2nd year3rd year1st year2nd year1st year1st year2nd year1st year2nd year3rd year4th yearPreparatory classes2nd year3rd yearÉcole normale supérieureCompetitive examination13
/ INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT,DIRECTORS AND REPRESENTATIVESARTS AND HUMANITIESLILA (LITERATURE AND LANGUAGES)Marc PORÉE - Tel. 33 1 44 32 31 65 - marc.poree@ens.frAgnès DERAIL - Tel. 33 1 44 32 38 10 - agnes.derail@ens.frRoland BÉHAR - Tel. 33 1 44 32 30 05 - roland.behar@ens.frDéborah LEVY BERTHERAT - deborah.levy-bertherat@ens.frPHILOSOPHIE (PHILOSOPHY)ALNOITEDUCA RTSUPPOMarc CRÉPON - Tel. 33 1 44 32 30 66 - marc.crepon@ens.frMathias GIREL - Tel. 33 1 44 32 30 11 - mathias.girel@ens.frJean-Paul MONOD - Tel. 33 1 44 32 30 04 - jean-claude.monod@ens.frHISTOIRE (HISTORY)Sylvia ESTIENNE - Tel. 33 1 44 32 38 15 - sylvia.estienne@ens.frJean-François LASSALMONIE - Tel. 33 1 44 32 38 19 - jean-francois.lassalmonie@ens.frJulien ZURBACH - Tel. 33 1 44 32 30 15 - julien.zurbach@ens.frGÉOGRAPHIE ET TERRITOIRES (GEOGRAPHY AND TERRITORIES)Emmanuele CUNNINGHAM-SABOT - Tel. 33 1 44 32 25 93 - emmanuele.sabot@ens.frFrank DEBIÉ (Geostrategy) - Tel. 33 1 44 32 29 92 - franck.debie@ens.frPauline GUINARD - Tel. 33 1 44 32 61 93 - pauline.guinard@ens.frPauline GUINARD - Tel. 33 1 44 32 61 93 - pauline.guinard@ens.frHead of department Director of studies Representative of the International Affairs Department1415
SCIENCES SOCIALES (SOCIAL SCIENCES)Jérôme DEAUVIAU - Tel. 33 1 43 12 62 26 - jerome.deauviau@ens.frJulien BONHOMME - Tel. 33 1 43 12 62 02 - julien.bonhomme@ens.frBlaise WILFERT-PORTAL - Tel. 33 1 43 12 37 71 - blaise.wilfert@ens.frÉCONOMIE (ECONOMICS)Daniel COHEN - Tel. 33 1 43 12 62 08 - daniel.cohen@ens.frMathilde VIENNOT - Tel. 33 1 43 12 62 07 - mathilde.viennot@ens.frMarc GURGAND - Tel. 33 1 43 12 63 05 - marc.gurgand@ens.frSCIENCESBIOLOGIE (BIOLOGY)Antoine TRILLER - Tel. 33 1 44 32 37 20 - antoine.triller@ens.frPatrick CHARNAY (AD) - Tel. 33 1 44 32 36 07 - patrick.charnay@ens.frAndrea DUMOULIN - Tel. 33 1 44 32 23 06 - andrea.dumoulin@ens.frDenis THIEFFRY - Tel. 33 1 44 32 23 52 - denis.thieffry@ens.frCHIMIE (CHEMISTRY)SCIENCES DE L’ANTIQUITÉ (CLASSICS)François BERARD - Tel. 33 1 44 32 30 17 - francois.berard@ens.frCamille RAMBOURG - Tel. 33 1 44 32 31 28 - camille.rambourg@ens.frAnne-Catherine BAUDOIN - Tel. 33 1 44 32 30 03 - anne-catherine.baudoin@ens.frHISTOIRE ET THÉORIE DES ARTS (ART HISTORY AND THEORY)Nadeije LANEYRIE-DAGEN - Tel. 33 1 44 32 20 98 - nadeije.laneyrie-dagen@ens.frAntoine de BAECQUE - Tel. 33 1 44 32 20 95 - antoine.de.baecque@ens.frBéatrice JOYEUX-PRUNEL - Tel. 33 1 44 32 35 75 - beatrice.joyeux-prunel@ens.frÉTUDES COGNITIVES (COGNITIVE SCIENCES)Sharon PEPERKAMP - Tel. 33 1 44 32 26 24 - sharon.peperkamp@ens.frBenjamin SPECTOR - Tel. 33 1 44 32 26 62 -
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