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The Ingénieur degree awarded in France may be unfamiliar in other countries, where the international standard is the Doctor of Science degree. In offering a four-year curriculum that combines theory and practice, ESPCI Paris- PSL naturally prepares graduates to pursue doctoral studies leading to a PhD, in a broad range of topics from Chemistry, Physics and Biology and in between.
Approach to education
Students participate actively in the learning process, through:
- laboratory work (typically in two-person teams)
- tutorial work, which was introduced by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes: students work in groups of four on a topic proposed by a teacher/researcher; the topic must be based on actual research work and go beyond the related classroom lectures.
Student-faculty relations
The limited size of each graduating class (85 students) and the presence of teachers who conduct their research work on-campus foster rewarding informal contact with faculty.
Faculty
Virtually all the teaching in classrooms and laboratories is provided by the faculty of approximately seventy ESPCI Paris professors and lecturers.
Some twenty outside instructors teach in other areas, particularly languages, business and economics.
The tutorial system draws on the expertise of one hundred additional researchers from laboratories on the campus or nearby.
Admissions
If you want to study at ESPCI through an existing agreement with your home institution, and only in this case, contact < international@espci.psl.eu >.
Instructions for the general admission to ESPCI, including international students outside official agreements, are available, in French, at this page.
Masters and Graduate Programs
ESPCI Paris is also involved in several other degrees delivered by the PSL University, including Master programs, and Graduate Programs at a larger scale.