Program Overview

Introduction to the École Normale Supérieure - PSL

The École Normale Supérieure - PSL is a prestigious institution that offers a wide range of programs and research opportunities.

Programs and Admissions

• Admission-Concours: The admission process for the École Normale Supérieure - PSL involves a competitive examination.
  • Admissibles / Sciences: Candidates are selected based on their academic performance in sciences.
  • Admissibles / Lettres: Candidates are selected based on their academic performance in letters.
  • Concours voie CPGE: This is a special admission pathway for students from preparatory classes.
    • Concours voie CPGE Lettres: Admission to the letters program through the CPGE pathway.
    • Concours voie CPGE Sciences: Admission to the sciences program through the CPGE pathway.
    • HDR: The Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches is a diploma that recognizes a candidate's high-level scientific expertise.
• Formations: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL offers various training programs.
• Départements: The institution is organized into several departments.
• Carrières: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL provides career guidance and support.
• Un concours, et après ?: Information on what to expect after the admission exam.

Research at the École Normale Supérieure - PSL

• La recherche à l'ENS - PSL: The institution is committed to cutting-edge research.
• Les unités de recherche en lettres: Research units focused on letters and humanities.
• Les unités de recherche en sciences: Research units focused on sciences.
• Les Labex: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL is involved in several Labex projects.
• Équipes de recherche: Research teams working on various projects.
  • Chercheurs: The institution has a team of experienced researchers.
• Les bibliothèques de l'ENS: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL has extensive library resources.
• Les ressources de la recherche: The institution provides various resources to support research.
• Soutenances de thèses: Defense of theses is an essential part of the research process.
• Portail HAL: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL uses the HAL portal for research dissemination.
• Actualité de la recherche: Updates on the latest research news and developments.

Campus Life

• Les lieux de vie: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL has a vibrant campus life.
• Santé et handicap, l'ENS mobilisée: The institution is committed to health and disability support.
• Lutte contre les discriminations, le harcèlement et les violences sexistes et sexuelles: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL has a strong policy against discrimination and harassment.
• Vie de Campus: Campus life is diverse and engaging.
• Traditions et particularismes: The institution has a rich history and traditions.
• Le Monde vu par l'ENS: The École Normale Supérieure - PSL has a unique perspective on the world.

Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR)

The Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches is a diploma that recognizes a candidate's high-level scientific expertise and their ability to supervise research. This diploma is essential for those who wish to become professors or research directors. The HDR is defined by the arrêté of November 23, 1988, and is open to both internal and external candidates.

Agenda of Presentations

The École Normale Supérieure - PSL hosts various presentations and seminars throughout the year. These events cover a wide range of topics, from science and technology to humanities and social sciences. Some of the recent presentations include:

• Some progress on the use of the variational method in quantum field theory by TILLOY Antoine
• Algorithmes et structures de données d'approximation et probabilistes pour le traitement de chaînes de caractères by STARIKOVSKAIA Tatiana
• Hydrogéologie des aquifères volcaniques de Martinique et Mayotte by VITTECOQ Benoit
• Statistical Physics of two-layer neural networks : from kernels to feature learning by LOUREIRO Bruno
• Distributions à queues lourdes en optimisation stochastique : émergence et implications by SIMSEKLI Umut
• Spin physics of proton singlet stated in aliphatic chains by SHEBERSTOV Kirill
• Metal-Organic Frameworks and Membranes: from Biomimetic to Biomedical Applications by LEPOITEVIN Mathilde
• Lightweight solutions for a secure internet of things by VUCINIC Malisa
• Transformer un concept scientifique en produit de thérapie cellulaire et génique : exemple de la reprogrammation épigénétique des CAR-T cells by ALCANTARA Marion
• Analyses statiques pour les propriétés, les programmes et le public de demain by URBAN Caterina
• Reconstituted biomimetic systems: from biomacromolecules to human brain-on-a-chip by YAMADA Ayako
• Surface Tension Across Biological Scales: relevance, multiplicity, and limits of a century-old biophysical concept by TURLIER Hervé
• Nucleus centering in the mouse oocyte : not only a polarity eraser by ALMONACID Maria
• Method Development in High-Field EPR and Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) NMR by TAN Kong Ooi
• Une étude microscopique des mécanismes auditifs de la perception du langage oral by VARNET Léo
• Advanced fluorescent reporters to study and image biological processes by DUMAT Blaise
• De la géométrie des valuations by RIDEAU-KIKUCHI Silvain
• Carbon cycle on fire: New insights in the carbon cycle of terrestrial systems by ABIVEN Samuel
• From ciliogenesis to oogenesis by MOLLA HERMAN Anahi
• NMR Approaches for Characterizing Rare Protein States and Elucidating Challenging Complexes by BOUVIGNIES Guillaume
• Lettres, langue(s), lectures : le roman médiéval en mouvement by Obry Vanessa
• Vie et histoire. De Bergson à l'anthropologie philosophique by Zanfi Caterina
• Verbally-induced shifts in perception and action : when language instructs expericence by Anllo Hernán
• Vers une esthétique de la doublure : art contemporain, cinéma, Japon by Zernik Clélia
• Expérience et philosophie naturelle au XVIIe siècle by Bellis Delphine
• Nouvelles recherches sur les sources inédites juives, latines et vernaculaires de la pensée de la Renaissance, entre philosophie et cabbale by Buzzetta Flavia

The agenda for 2024 includes:

• Linking Linguistic Theory and Brain Dynamics with Deep Neural Models by LAKRETZ Yaïr
• Early life adversity, life history, and the developpment of human psychology by JACQUET Pierre
• Modeling the interplay between biomolecules and their environment : from ion binding to ribozyme catalysis by DUBOUÉ-DIJON Élise
• Towards principled and systematic approaches to the analysis and design of optimisation algorithms by TAYLOR Adrien
• " Ecrire sur des champs de tension qui se déplacent " : Du débat de la fragmentation du droit international à l'étude des formes juridiques d'exploitation. by MARTINEAU Anne-Charlotte
• Artefacts cognitifs : une enquête interdisciplinaire sur la pensée humaine by GIARDINO Valeria
• Between model-based and visuo -motor motion control by CARON Stéphane
• Philosophie de la pensée mathématique by JAËCK Frédéric
• Études de linguistique chinoise by XIAO Lin
• Hypocoercivité, régularités et limites hydrodynamiques de quelques équations cinétiques by TRISTANI Isabelle
• Neural fate decisions in the embryonic spinal cord by TOZER Samuel
• Savoir modernes. Institutions, objets, pratiques by LACOUR Pierre-Yves
• Regimenting cognitive control by BUEHLER Denis
• L'élévation du niveau de la mer et les risques d'érosion côtière et de submersion marine by LE COZANNET Gonéri Frédéric
• Decision and control in networks with stochastic demand and supply by BUSIC Ana
• La nature associée. Histoire et politiques de la Nature. De la question sociale à la question environnementale by INGOLD Alice
• Design and control of Josephson circuits for the protection and processing of quantum by CAMPAGNE-IBARCQ Philippe
• Liens d'autorité. Travail, dépendance, droits (Italie, France, mondes coloniaux, 20è siècle) by RICCIARDI Ferruccio
• Neural representations of learning and behavior by CAYCO GAJIC Natasha Alexandra
• Opérateurs aléatoires de Schrödinger et transition entre localisation et délocalisation by DUMAZ Laure
• Circulations et Appropriations (trans)nationales des idées féministes chez les étudiant·es sur le genre en France et en Espagne by ALBENGA Viviane
• Sign language semantics : Iconicity and the grammar by KUHN Jeremy
• De Husserl et Twardowski vers la métaphysique des artefacts. Philosophie au point de vue empirique by MISKIEWICZ Wioletta