The Ecole normale supraieure is both a grand ecole and a university. It provides excellent training through research leading into the various teaching and research professions. It also implements a multidisciplinary, international scientific and technological research policy.
The Ecole normale supraieure is renowned for its intellectual freedom, multi disciplinarity and ability to follow up in science and letters, personal follow-up and a campus life that includes students and professors from all disciplines. It has been preparing students since more than two centuries for the most diverse and highest responsibilities. While fully engaged in the intellectual, scientific, and cultural debates, he also takes part in the many commitments of the normaliens.