École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris
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| Type | Grandes Écoles |
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| Established | 1896 |
| Director | Christian Lerminiaux |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Campus | 5th arrondissement of Paris |
| Affiliations |
ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology), IDEA League, PSL - Quartier Latin |
| Website | http://www.chimie-paristech.fr/ |
Coordinates: 48°50′38″N 2°20′37″E / 48.84389°N 2.34361°E
Chimie ParisTech (officially École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (National Chemical Engineering Institute in Paris), also known as ENSCP or Chimie Paris) is an elite chemical science and engineering college founded in 1896, located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. It is one of the founding members of ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology), and Paris Sciences et Lettres – Quartier latin. The students enter the school after highly competitive exams known as the , following at least two years of classes préparatoires. The school is known as France's most selective chemical engineering college
The school is a research center hosting nine laboratories which conduct high level research in various fields of chemistry.
The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris was founded in 1896 by Charles Friedel, a chemist and mineralogist who headed the school until 1899. At the time, the school was called the Laboratoire de chimie pratique et industrielle. It was located in the 6th arrondissement (rue Michelet), where it stayed until 1923.
After the death of Friedel, Henri Moissan took the reins of the school. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1906, while he was director. Moissan made student admission subject to competitive exams and renamed the school Institut de chimie appliquée (Institute of Applied Chemistry).
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