What is Grande école?
'''Grandes écoles''' are specialized [[university|universities]] in [[France]]. Each grande école only teaches a very limited number of subjects. Unlike the other universities in France, the grandes écoles can pick the students they admit. These students have to follow special courses and tests before they are admitted. The grandes écoles award degrees that correspond to a [[master's degree]]; they do not award [[bachelor's degree]]s. There is no exhaustive list, but in general, there are the following types of grandes écoles, along with some of the representative schools in each category: *Sciences: [[École normale supérieure]] *[[Engineering]]: [[École Polytechnique|École polytechnique]], [[École Centrale de Paris|École centrale Paris]], [[École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris|Mines ParisTech]], [[Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse|Institut National des Sciences Appliquées]] *[[Aviation]]: [[French Civil Aviation University|École nationale de l'aviation civile]], [[Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées|Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées]] *Politics and public administration: [[Institut d'études politiques de Paris]], [[École nationale d'administration]] *Business: [[HEC Paris|École des hautes études commerciales de Paris]], [[Emlyon Business School]] *[[Military]]: [[École navale|École Navale]], [[École de l'Air]] *[[Veterinary]]:, such as the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort *Archival science: [[École nationale des chartes]] {{france-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grande école}} [[Category:Education in France]] [[Category:Grandes Ecoles| ]]