École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris
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| Established: | 1896 |
| Type: | Public university |
| Director: | Alain Fuchs |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Website: | http://www.enscp.fr/ |
The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris or ENSCP (Paris National Higher School of Chemistry) is an elite chemistry engineering college founded in 1896 and located in the Ve arrondissement of Paris. It is one of the founding members of ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology). The students enter the school after a highly competiting examination (concours commun polytechnique) following at least two years of Classes Préparatoires. The school is a research center hosting 9 research laboratories conducting high level research in various fields of chemistry.
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[edit] History
The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris was founded in 1896 by the chemist and mineralogist Charles Friedel, who is its director until 1899. At that time, the school is named Laboratoire de chimie pratique et industrielle and it is located temporarily in buildings of the VIe arrondissement (rue Michelet), where it will stay until 1923.
After the death of Friedel, the next director is Henri Moissan, who receives the Nobel Prize while in office, in 1906. Moissan makes student admission subject to a competiting examination and renames the school into the Intitut de chimie appliquée (Institute for Applied Chemistry). Starting in 1907, the school is authorized to deliver the Engineer title and diploma. In 1907, Moissan dies and a collective direction put in place for a short period of time. Soon after that, Camille Chabrié is named director. The school is closed when World War I starts and reopens in 1916. It is then one of the first engineer schools in France to admit female students.
In 1923, the school moves to its current location, rue Pierre et Marie Curie (in the Ve arrondissement). The buildings were designed and built by Henri-Paul Nénot, architect of the Sorbonne. In 1932, the school becomes the l'Institut de Chimie de Paris (Paris Institute of Chemistry). In 1948, it is renamed into its current name, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (ENSCP).
[edit] Directors of the ENSCP
- 1896 - 1899 : Charles Friedel
- 1899 - 1907 : Henri Moissan (Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- 1907 - 1908 : collective direction
- 1908 - 1928 : Camille Chabrié
- 1928 - 1938 : Georges Urbain (member of the French Academy of Sciences)
- 1938 - 1950 : Louis Hackspill
- 1950 - 1961 : Georges Chaudron (member of the French Academy of Sciences)
- 1961 - 1976 : Jacques Bénard
- 1976 - 1985 : Fernand Coussemant
- 1985 - 1987 : Jean Talbot
- 1987 - 1992 : Claude Quivoron
- 1992 - 1996 : Bernard Trémillon
- 1996 - 2005 : Danièle Olivier
- 2006 - : Alain Fuchs
[edit] Notable alumni
- Eugène Schueller, founder of L'Oréal
- Jacques Bergier
- Olivier Kahn
- Jacques Livage
