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A grande école (French: [ɡʁɑ̃d ekɔl]; lit. ' great school ') is a specialized top-level educational institution in France and some other previous French colonies such as Morocco or Tunisia.
Une grande école est un établissement de l'enseignement supérieur français hors du système universitaire, public ou privé, qui recrute ses élèves sur concours. Le concept de grande école est créé au XVIII e siècle pour former les cadres techniques et militaires de l'État.
Jan 3, 2024 · 1. École Normale Supérieure Paris. There are four ENS in France, the best known being in the capital. There is another one near Paris, and one each in Lyon and Rennes. Some of the students are civil servants who are dubbed ‘normaliens’. 2. École Nationale de Chartes
- Nick Inman
Grande école, (French: “great school”) Any of several preeminent specialized institutions of higher learning in France. The École Polytechnique was founded in 1794 to recruit and train technicians for the army. The École Normale Supérieure serves mainly to prepare future university and lycée.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Understanding the Grandes Écoles system. In France, scientific and technical training at Master’s level are provided: either by the university stream according to the B.M.D. organization which follows the harmonization of European higher education programs.
Grande École is a 2004 French erotic drama film directed by Robert Salis , based on the stage play The Best of Schools by Jean-Marie Besset. The film is about education, class, race and homosexuality.
The main grandes écoles are those of the Ecoles d'ingénieur and Ecoles de commerce. There are also more specialist (and prestigious) Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) and Ecoles Nationales Vétérinaires (ENV).
