What is École Nationale des Chartes?
{{Infobox University |name = École nationale des chartes |image =Ecole des Chartes, entree.jpg |established = 1821 |type = Public |students= |city = [[Paris]] | campus = |country = [[France]] |coor = {{coord|48|52|2.246|N|2|20|15.33|E|region:FR_type:edu}} |affiliations= [[PSL Research University]] |website = http://www.chartes.psl.eu/ }} '''École nationale des chartes''' is a French [[grande école]] and a constituent college at the [[PSL Research University]], specializing in historical sciences. It was founded in 1821.<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/weekend/spectacles-musique/les-chartes-plongee-dans-la-plus-meconnue-des-grandes-ecoles-francaises-1285493 Les Chartes : plongée dans la plus méconnue des grandes écoles françaises]</ref> The students, who are recruited by competing exams and have the status of civil servant trainees, receive the qualification as archivist-paleographer after completing a dissertation. They generally pursue careers as cultural heritage curators in the archives and visual fields, as library curators or as lecturers and researchers in the humanities and [[social sciences]]. In 2005, the school also introduced master's degrees, to which students were recruited based on an application portfolio, and in 2011 [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degrees.<ref>[https://actualitte.com/article/98988/vie-litteraire/un-timbre-pour-celebrer-les-200-ans-de-l-ecole-nationale-des-chartes Un timbre pour célébrer les 200 ans de l'École nationale des Chartes]</ref> == Notable Graduates == * [[René Girard]], French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == {{Commons|École nationale des chartes}} * [http://www.chartes.psl.eu/ Official website] {{Europe-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole nationale des chartes}} [[Category:Technical colleges and universities in Paris]] [[Category:1821 establishments in Europe]]