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Programme structure
Key figures
- 1,300 normalien students
- About 800 non normalien students
- Over 200 international and exchange students
- 200 permanent teaching staff
- 450 external contributors
ENS System
1st year of study
Last year of Bachelor's - "Licence" (L3)
2d year of study
First year of Master's - M1
3d year of study
Preparation for the Agrégation or a year's research or professional training
4th year of study
Second year of Master's - M2
Three doctoral years
International System
BA/BSc degree
M1 + M2 = Master's degree
Ph.D
Agrégation (professional teaching qualification)
Highly competitive national examination to enter the teaching profession at secondary and higher education levels as a civil servant. The examination is open equally to French and EU students. The preparation of the examination is carried out over the course of one year and it does not result in a degree.
Partner Universities
- University Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne
- University Paris 4 - Sorbonne
- University Paris 5 - René Descartes
- University Paris 6 - Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
- University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot
- University Paris 10 - Nanterre
- University Paris 11 - Paris-Sud
- University Rennes 1
- University Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne