Ecole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris
| Ecole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris | |
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| founding | 1882 |
| place | 10 rue Vauquelin Paris |
| country | France |
| General Director | Jacques Prost |
| Students | 300 |
| Website | www.espci.fr |
The École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI, or PC; German University of Applied Physics and Chemistry of the City of Paris ) is a prestigious engineering school that is one of the grandes écoles in France . It belongs to the Paristech association .
history
The college was founded in 1882 as the École Municipale de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris . The Strasbourg chemists Paul Schützenberger and Charles Lauth were among the founding fathers . Lauth obtained state recognition as a Grande École in 1878 . The professors included a. also Pierre Curie and Marie Curie . The name ESPCI was created in 1948. From 1976 to 2002, the Nobel Prize winner Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was President of the university.
education
The elite school is located in the Latin Quarter of Paris and offers students comprehensive technical and practical training at the highest level within four years. After a two-year specific preparatory course , the eligible candidates are determined by means of a selection process from the École polytechnique . The degree as an ESPCI engineer can be achieved after 3 years of training, the master’s degree after 4 years. The university has the right to award doctorates and often offers doctoral theses on industry-related topics.
Former students
- Paul Boucherot (4 °)
- Georges Claude (5 °)
- Paul Langevin (7 °)
- Georges Urbain (9 °)
- André-Louis Debierne (9 °)
- Fernand Holweck (26 °)
- Maurice Deloraine (35 °)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (39 °), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1935)
- Hervé This (95 °)
Professors
- Pierre Curie , Nobel Prize in Physics (1903)
- Marie Curie , Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)
- Paul Langevin
- Élie Cartan
- Henri Léon Lebesgue
- Henri Cartan
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , Nobel Prize in Physics (1991)
- Georges Charpak , Nobel Prize in Physics (1992)
Web links
- ESPCI Paris: Historique (French)
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