Grande école
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A grande école is a specialized top-level educational institution in France and some other countries such as Algeria and Morocco. Grandes écoles are part of an alternative educational system that oper
Gate of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris
The Lycée Louis-le-Grand, in Paris, is one of the most famous lycées providing preparatory classes for grandes écoles. (It is on the right side of the rue Saint-Jacques; on the left is the Sorbonne.)
Lycée Henri IV
Lycée Henri IV rue Clovis
The Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles, commonly called classes prépas or prépas, are part of the French post-secondary education system. They consist of two years of study which act as an inten
Grande école
…French Ministry of Education. While anyone can register for concours, successful candidates have almost always completed two or three years of dedicated preparatory classes (classes préparatoires) prior to admission. As they are separate from universities, most of them do not deliver the undergraduate degree of the Licence…
Front entrance of Lycée Henri-IV, in Paris, one of the famous Lycées providing access to Grandes écoles.