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 public graduate school. Like its counterparts, this grande école is devoted to research and education, training teachers, professors, scientists and some public administrators.

The school is composed of two academic units—Arts and Sciences—with campuses near the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône. 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. According to 2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ENSL was the 5th best "small university" in the world.

Training teachers for normal schools

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

L'École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses, for girls, founded in 1880.

L'École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, for boys, founded in 1882.

Recruiting among the most brilliant French students, these two schools used to train the future professors of the French normal schools. Whereas these schools were largely regarded as meritocratic, their sisters - the eldest, l'École Normale Supérieure de la Rue d'Ulm, and her feminine counterpart, l'École normale supérieure de jeunes filles de Sèvres -, which trained academics, were de facto dedicated to the heirs of the Parisian elites.

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Address : 15, parvis René-Descartes Cedex 07 Lyon, France

ContactMobile : +33 4 72 72 80 00

Email : fabienne.dumontet@ens-lyon.fr

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École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

The École normale is a French public graduate school. Like its counterparts, this grande école is devoted to research and education, training teachers, professors, scientists and some public administrators