Grands établissements

Grand établissement ( German " Large institution " ) is an administrative designation of the French higher education landscape. It is a kind of state institutions for higher education and research.

Legal embedding

The French education law ( Code de l' éducation) defined in the seventh book (Les d' enseignement supérieur établissements ) higher education institutions. This includes the Grands établissements a type of so-called " public institutions with scientific, cultural and berufsbildendem character " ( EPSCP ):

• Universities and Institute nationaux polytechniques ( 2)
• Écoles et institute extérieurs aux universités (14 ), eg, technical universities, Écoles Centrales, INSA
• Écoles normal supérieures ( 4)
• Grands établissements
• French foreign universities ( 5)

• Institute universitaires de formation of maîtres ( IUFMs ) ~ Teacher training colleges

• Agricultural and veterinary universities
• Schools of architecture
• Graduate Schools
• Universities for mining ( écoles national des mines )
• Military high schools
• Colleges for health and social
• Universities in the merchant navy
• The National Foundation for Political Science ( Fondation nationale des sciences politiques )
• Universities for music, dance, theater and circus arts
• Colleges of Fine Arts

List of " grands établissements "

References

• Science (France)
• University in France
• Grand établissement