Education in Paris
In the early 9th century, the emperor
Twelve centuries later, education in Paris and the Paris region (Île-de-France région) employs approximately 330,000 people, 170,000 of whom are teachers and professors teaching approximately 2.9 million children and students in around 9,000 primary, secondary, and higher education schools and institutions.[1]
Primary and secondary education
Paris is home to several of France's most prestigious high-schools such as
The
Higher-education
In the academic year 2004–2005, the Paris Region's 17 public universities, with its 359,749 registered students,
Universities
The cathedral of
Already famous by the 13th century, the University of Paris had students from all of Europe. Paris's
In 1991, four more universities were created in the suburbs of Paris, reaching a total of seventeen public universities for the Paris (Île-de-France) région. These new universities were given names (based on the name of the suburb in which they are located) and not numbers like the previous thirteen:
Students also have the opportunity to study abroad in North America via the MICEFA[6] program.
Grandes écoles
The Paris region hosts France's highest concentration of the prestigious
The Paris area hosts 55 grandes écoles, including a high number of engineering schools, some of them led by the prestigious Paris Institute of Technology (
The grandes écoles system is supported by a number of preparatory schools that offer courses of two to three years' duration called
Private foundations
The Pasteur Institute (French: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines.
Miscellaneous education
The École de langue japonaise de Paris (パリ日本語補習校 Pari Nihongo Hoshūkō), a
References
- ^ La Préfecture de la Région d'Île-de-France. "L'enseignement" (in French). Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ^ Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris –Île-de-France (2006). "Paris Region : key figures 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 22 July 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2006.
- ^ Tellier 2009, p. 283.
- ^ Compayré 2004, p. 205.
- ^ "Paris-Sorbonne University". MICEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ http://micefa.org/
- École Normale Supérieure. Archived from the originalon 7 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^ "Accès" (in French). Celsa.fr. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "L'étudiant League Table 2008". Letudiant.fr. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ^ Power, Angie (17 November 2003). "France's educational elite". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "欧州の補習授業校一覧(平成25年4月15日現在)" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Retrieved on May 10, 2014. "パリ ECOLE DE LANGUE JAPONAISE DE PARIS Ecole Maternelle et Primaire Saint Francois d'Eylau 20 av. Bugeaud 75116 Paris,France"
- ^ "パリ日本語補習校 概要." École de langue japonaise de Paris. Retrieved on April 2, 2015. "教 室 水曜・土曜クラスともに Ecole Saint Francois教室 Ecole Maternelle et Primaire Saint Francois 住所:20 Av. Bugeaud 75116 Paris メトロ:Victor HUGO(2号線) 徒歩5分 / BOISSIERE(6号線) 徒歩9分" - PDF version (Archive)
- ^ "日本人会「パリ日本語補習校」2013~14年度申込書" (Archive). École de langue japonaise de Paris. Retrieved on 10 May 2014. "AARJF 19, rue de Chaillot 75116 Paris"
Works cited
- Compayré, Gabriel (2004). Abelard And the Origin And Early History of Universities. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4179-4646-4. Archivedfrom the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- Tellier, Luc-Normand (2009). Urban World History: An Economic and Geographical Perspective. PUQ. ISBN 978-2-7605-2209-1. Archivedfrom the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
External links
- Media related to Education in Paris at Wikimedia Commons