It snows in Paris!

Il neige à Paris! Today was a the most beautiful day in Paris. I woke up to a snowy morning with -1ºC and everywhere was covered with snow. It is the first time in many years it snows in Paris like this and, of course, I registered the event! All of the medias in this … Continue reading It snows in Paris!

Grande Écoles?

According to France's Minister of National Education, that's a "college level education institution that recruits its students by tender and ensures high-level graduation". Not easily found by its original and classic legal name, they're also known as Écoles Supérieures or just École, like the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA) or the École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques … Continue reading Grande Écoles?

Studying in Paris

School year: September-June Paris University is not just one University called Sorbonne. They are 13 universities, independent from each other. Some of them fall within the Créteil or Versailles education authorities instead of the Parisian one. Some residual administrative functions of the thirteen universities are formally supervised by a common chancellor, the rector of the … Continue reading Studying in Paris