Type | Grandes Ecoles |
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Established | 1882 |
Location | Paris, France |
Campus | 5th arrondissement of Paris |
Affiliations |
ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology), IDEA League, ASTech |
Website | ESPCI Paris |
Coordinates: 48°50′29″N 2°20′49″E / 48.84139°N 2.34694°E
ESPCI Paris (officially the école supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris; The City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution) is an engineer school and a constituent college of PSL Research University specialised in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. It is run by the city of Paris, France and a member of the ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology) alliance. It conducts high level research in those fields.
Two thirds of the students enter the School after a competitive examination (concours X-ESPCI-ENS) following at least two years of Classes Préparatoires. The others students are recruited by file evaluation. They are called Pécéen or PC1(boys) and Pécéenne or PCN(girls). The School itself is also known as Physique-Chimie or simply PC.
The ESPCI Paris is one of the founding members of ParisTech and more recently of PSL Research University, and a member of the IDEA League and the UNITECH International Society.