Keys figures
The School plays a significant role in terms of the quality of its research, the education of normalien students and the performance of its industrial collaborations.
- 1723 students
- 294 researchers and academics
- 12 laboratories
- 11 academic departments
- 80% of normalien students undertake a PhD after their master's degree
- 90% pass rate for the agrégation competitive examination
- 285 PhD students
- 181 foreign students (many of whom are funded by scholarships)
- 60 industrial agreements
- Among the top 10 in France for citations per faculty (source: QS World University Rankings 2016)
- 3rd in France for staff-to-student ratio (source: Times Higher Education 2016)
- 7th in France for income generated by research collaboration (source: Times Higher Education 2016)
Founding member of Université Paris-Saclay
- 65,000 students
- 45 master's programmes
- 20 doctoral schools
- 360 laboratories
- 15% of French research