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Ecole Normale Supérieure

With 14 Nobel Prizes, the Ecole Normale Supérieure is the “world’s leading Nobel Prize factory,” according to a ranking established by Joathan Wai of Duke University and Stephen Hsu of Michigan State University. 

At the same time a French grande école and a university, located in the heart of Paris’s Latin Quarter, the Ecole Normale Supérieure provides excellent research-based training that prepares students for teaching and research careers, and contributes to developing senior executives for public administration as well as French and European companies. The ENS also defines and implements scientific and technological research policies from a multidisciplinary and international perspective.  

Intellectual freedom, multidisciplinarity in the humanities and sciences, individual attention to students, and a bountiful campus life that brings together students and professors from all disciplines form the heart of what makes the Ecole Normale Supérieure unique. For more than two centuries, the ENS has prepared its students for various career opportunities and the highest responsibilities, while being fully invested in the intellectual, scientific, and cultural debates of its time.

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Eligible Programs for Lafayette Fellows

List of Programs

All of the following Master’s programs are open to Lafayette Fellows and may be entered at the Master 1 or Master 2 level, for a period of one to two years, except for the Master in Cognitive Science, which is only open at the Master 1 level:

Disciplines and Fields of Study

Cognitive Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, and Physics

Economics and Philosophy

 

Admissions Information

Admissions Calendar
  • Admissions calendars are specified for each Master’s program on their website. Lafayette applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as applications open, as their files need to be reviewed in a timeframe compatible with the Fellowship program.
  • Please note that for the Quantum Master’s program, Master 1, candidates must apply according to the Round 2 schedule (from January to March 13). 
Admissions Process

Please check the admission procedures on the webpages of the Master’s programs.

Reminder: The awarding of the Lafayette Fellowship is conditional upon admission to one of the eligible partner institutions. Applicants must complete both the Lafayette Fellowship application and apply to at least one program at one of the partner institutions.

 

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