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École normale supérieure de Lyon

The École normale supérieure de Lyon (also known as ENS de Lyon, ENSL or Normale Sup' Lyon) is a French grande école located in the city of Lyon. It is one of the four prestigious écoles normales supérieures in France. The school is composed of two academic units —Arts and Sciences— with campuses in Lyon, near the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers.

For other uses, see École normale supérieure (disambiguation).

Motto

L'enseignement par la recherche, pour la recherche

Education through research, for research

1880, 2010 in its current form

130 million[1]

Emmanuel Trizac[2]

528[3]

2,361

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ENSL's students usually enjoy a special civil servant status in the wake of highly competitive exams, providing they pursue careers in public service.[4] Although it maintains extensive connections with the University of Lyon and external research institutions, including the CNRS, the school remains independent.

History[edit]

Training teachers for normal schools[edit]

L'École normale supérieure de Lyon is the descendant of two top educational institutions founded by Jules Ferry:

Biology

Chemistry

Computer science

Earth science

Mathematics

Physics

Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (IGFL)

Laboratory of molecular and cell biology (LBMC)

Laboratory of plant reproduction and development (RDP)

Laboratory of human virology (VIRO)

Laboratory of Earth Sciences (LST)

Joliot-Curie interdisciplinary laboratory (LJC)

Laboratory of Pure and Applied Mathematics (UMPA)

Laboratory of chemistry

Computer science laboratory (LIP)

Laboratory of physics

Astronomy research center (CRAL)

Center for high field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (CRMN)

Studies[edit]

First year[edit]

Students prepare the third year of Licence, the equivalent of a UK Bachelor's degree. The ENS de Lyon offers numerous courses which are conceived as preparations for Masters.

Second and third years[edit]

Students prepare in two years their Master's degree. 5 research Masters are proposed in Sciences, 36 in Humanities.

Fourth year[edit]

During this year, students can prepare the agrégation teacher recruitment examination in 16 different subjects. Students can also start their PhD, go studying for one year or more in a foreign country, or follow during one year courses in other subjects.

Gap years[edit]

Between the first and fourth year, normaliens can also spend up to 2 free years called années sans solde, during which they can study other disciplines or do a long internship, sometimes in foreign countries. Each année sans solde project needs the approval of the ENSL supervisors.

Doctoral studies[edit]

The ENS de Lyon welcomes over 400 PhD students from all over the world.[16] Normaliens can apply to specific doctoral contracts, as long as the thesis is undertaken within a French research institution.

(1936–2007) – mathematician

Jean Giraud

(born 1937) – geochemist (Arthur Holmes Medal, 2001)

Francis Albarède

(born 1942) – chemist (Rumford Medal, 2006)

Jean-Pierre Hansen

(born 1957) – mathematician

Jean-Claude Sikorav

(born 1959) – historian and Germanist

Hélène Miard-Delacroix

(born 1961) – mathematician

Emmanuel Giroux

(born 1965) – computer scientist and mathematician

Claire Mathieu

(born 1973) – mathematician (Fields Medal, 2010)

Cédric Villani

(born 1975) – mathematician (European Mathematical Society Prize, 2008)

Laure Saint-Raymond

(born 1979) – mathematician (European Mathematical Society Prize, 2012), first female getting tenured in mathematics at Harvard.

Sophie Morel

(born 1970) – mathematician (European Mathematical Society Prize, 2000)

Emmanuel Grenier

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