Motto | Servir (French) |
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Motto in English
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To Serve |
Type | Private, Catholic |
Established | 1854 |
Affiliation | Jesuit |
Location | Versailles, France |
Website | BGinette |
Coordinates: 48°48′13″N 2°09′19″E / 48.80361°N 2.15528°E
The Lycée Sainte-Geneviève is a private lycée, located in Versailles and providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. It was founded in Paris, April 1854. It is often nicknamed Ginette and sometimes BJ, standing for Boite à Jèzes - Box of Jesuits.
Sainte-Geneviève is famous for having the highest success rates at the entrance exams of the most selective French Grandes Écoles in the fields of engineering – École Polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, École des ponts ParisTech, École Centrale Paris – and business – HEC Paris, ESSEC Business School and ESCP Europe.
Ginette provides PC/PC*, MP/MP*, PT/PT*, PSI*, ECS and BCPST classes.