Chimie ParisTech (officially École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (''National Chemical Engineering Institute in Paris''), also known as ENSCP or Chimie Paris), founded in 1896 within the

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, is an

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and a constituent college of

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specialised in

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. It is located in the 5th arrondissement of

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. Most of the students enter the school after highly competitive exams known as the '' Concours commun Mines-Ponts'', following at least two years of '' classes préparatoires''. There is also a small number of excellent students from French universities admitted to the school. Chimie ParisTech is known as France's most selective chemical engineering college The school is a research center hosting ten laboratories which conduct high level research in various fields of chemistry.

History

The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris was founded in 1896 by

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, a chemist and mineralogist who headed the school until 1899. At the time, the school was called the Laboratoire de chimie pratique et industrielle. It was located in the

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(rue Michelet), where it stayed until 1923. After the death of Friedel,

Henri Moissan Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan (28 September 1852 – 20 February 1907) was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Moissan was one of the original mem ...

took the reins of the school. He was awarded the

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for chemistry in 1906, while he was director. Moissan made student admission subject to competitive exams and renamed the school Institut de chimie appliquée (Institute of Applied Chemistry). In 1907, the school began delivering a prestigious masters of engineering. In the same year, Moissan died and a transitional directorate was created. Soon thereafter, Camille Chabrié was named director. The school closed when

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started and reopened in 1916. This was also the first year a female student was admitted; the ENSCP was one of the first engineering schools in France to do so. In 1923, the school moved to its current location, on the rue Pierre et Marie Curie (in the 5th arrondissement). The buildings were designed and built by Henri-Paul Nénot, architect of the

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. In 1932, the school became l'Institut de Chimie de Paris (Paris Institute of Chemistry). Finally, in 1948, it became the École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (ENSCP).

ENSCP directors

*1896 - 1899 :

*1899 - 1907 :

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) *1907 - 1908 : collective direction *1908 - 1928 : Camille Chabrié *1928 - 1938 :

Georges Urbain Georges Urbain (12 April 1872 – 5 November 1938) was a French chemist, a professor of the Sorbonne, a member of the Institut de France, and director of the Institute of Chemistry in Paris. Much of his work focused on the rare earths, isolating and ...

(member of the

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) *1938 - 1950 :

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*1950 - 1961 :

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(member of the

) *1961 - 1976 :

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*1976 - 1985 :

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*1985 - 1987 :

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*1987 - 1992 :

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*1992 - 1996 :

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*1996 - 2005 : Danièle Olivier *2006 - 2010 :

Alain Fuchs Alain Fuchs (born 10 April 1953) is a Swiss-born French Doctor of Science and chemistry Professor, specialized in molecular simulation. He served as the president of Chimie ParisTech - PSL from 2006 to 2010. He has served as the president of the ...

*2010 - 2015 : Valérie Cabuil *2015–present : Christian Lerminiaux

Research units

Notable research units includes: *

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, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris in association with the

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. Director Olivier Kerrec and research director Daniel Lincot.

Notable alumni

* Alain Berton *

Eugène Schueller Eugène Paul Louis Schueller (20 March 1881 – 23 August 1957) was a French pharmacist and entrepreneur who was the founder of L'Oréal, the world's leading company in cosmetics and beauty. He was one of the founders of modern advertising. Foun ...

, founder of

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Jacques Bergier Jacques Bergier (; maybe born Yakov Mikhailovich Berger (russian: link=no, Я́ков Миха́йлович Бéргер); Odessa, Paris, 23 November 1978) was a chemical engineer, member of the French-resistance, spy, journalist and writer. ...

* Olivier Kahn * Jacques Livage * Henri B. Kagan

References

External links

Official site of ENSCPENSCP Alumni associationParisTech website
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