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ENS Ulm
Name	ENS Ulm
Native name	École normale supérieure d'Ulm
Established	1794
Type	Grande École
City	Paris
Country	France
Students	~250

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ENS Ulm

École normale supérieure, commonly known as ENS Ulm, is a French grande école located on Rue d'Ulm in Paris, founded during the French Revolution and historically linked to the French Republic, Université de Paris, and the development of the French educational system. ENS Ulm has educated multiple prizewinners and public figures associated with institutions such as the Académie des Sciences, the Collège de France, the Conseil d'État (France), and international bodies like the United Nations and the Nobel Prize. The institution has produced graduates who went on to careers at the École Polytechnique, Musée du Louvre, CNRS, and ministries including the Ministry of National Education (France).

History

ENS Ulm was established in 1794 during the era of the French Revolution and later reorganized under the Consulate (French) and the First French Empire. Throughout the 19th century ENS Ulm became associated with intellectual movements including figures tied to the Enlightenment, the Romanticism, and the Positivism of the Auguste Comte. Alumni and faculty intersected with personalities from the Dreyfus affair, the Third French Republic, and scientific currents linked to the French Academy of Sciences and the Académie française. During the 20th century ENS Ulm hosted scholars connected to the World War I, the World War II, the Vichy Regime, and the postwar reconstruction that involved the Fourth French Republic and the Fifth French Republic. The school’s history includes ties to research that crossed paths with institutions such as the Collège de France, the Sorbonne, the Institut Pasteur, and networks spanning to the Prussian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society, and the Max Planck Society.

The Ulm campus occupies historic buildings on Rue d'Ulm near landmarks like the Panthéon (Paris), the Jardin du Luxembourg, and the Quartier Latin. Facilities include libraries comparable to collections at the Bibliothèque nationale de France and reading rooms used by scholars from the École pratique des hautes études and visiting fellows from the British Museum and the Library of Congress. Laboratories collaborate with infrastructure at the CNRS, the Collège de France, the Institut Henri Poincaré, and the Institut Pasteur. Residential buildings house students alongside researchers affiliated with the École Polytechnique and visiting professors from the Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, and the Princeton University networks.

ENS Ulm runs programs in fields historically connected to the Mathematics tradition exemplified by links to the Élie Cartan, Henri Poincaré, Évariste Galois, and modern figures associated with the Fields Medal and the International Congress of Mathematicians. Curriculum offerings extend into humanities with scholarship across topics studied at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, the Collège de France, and the Sorbonne University. Courses and seminars echo the legacies of thinkers related to the Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre traditions. Partnerships link ENS Ulm degrees to doctoral supervision within the CNRS, the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, and cooperative programs with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Università di Bologna, and the University of Tokyo.

Research at ENS Ulm spans mathematics, physics, computer science, literature, philosophy, and social sciences, collaborating with entities such as the CNRS, the CEA, the INRIA, and the Institut Pasteur. Joint projects have engaged scholars from the Max Planck Society, the Royal Society, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the European Research Council. Research themes intersect with work associated with prizes and institutions like the Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal, the Légion d'honneur, and the Prix Goncourt, and initiatives coordinated with universities including Oxford University, Columbia University, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley. ENS Ulm promotes exchange programs with the École normale supérieure de Lyon, the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, and international partners such as the Sciences Po, the London School of Economics, and the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Student life at Ulm features societies and clubs that align with cultural institutions like the Comédie-Française, the Opéra National de Paris, and museums such as the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée du Louvre. Student associations liaise with professional networks including the Association des Anciens Élèves, the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, and international student bodies connected to the European Students' Union and the International Congress on Mathematical Education. Extracurricular activities include publications and revues in dialogue with journals from the Académie des Sciences, the Revue des Deux Mondes, and academic presses associated with the Presses Universitaires de France. Sporting and cultural events occur in venues near the Stade de France, the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, and municipal centers in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.

ENS Ulm’s alumni and faculty list overlaps with major figures from science, literature, and politics. Notables include mathematicians and scientists whose careers intersect with the Fields Medal, Nobel Prize laureates, and members of the Académie française and the Académie des Sciences. Alumni have held offices at the European Commission, served as ministers in cabinets under leaders linked to the Charles de Gaulle and François Mitterrand eras, and occupied posts at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Faculty have contributed to scholarship alongside colleagues from the Collège de France, the Institut Pasteur, the Max Planck Society, and the Royal Society.

Category:Universities and colleges in Paris Category:Grande écoles