The departments

The departments

The departments at the heart of your training


Training at the School is structured within fifteen teaching and research departments, to which students are attached. ENS-PSL also has three transversal training centers:
  • The Centre for modern languages and cultures (ECLA)
  • The Centre for environmental and social studies (CERES)
  • The Centre for interdisciplinary strategic studies (CIENS)

Discover the departments during the back-to-school conferences


Each department of the School mobilizes at the start of the school year and offers conferences and presentation times . You will find all the activities offered by the departments in the calendar on this site.

The start of the school year is a unique opportunity for everyone to discover all of the School's departments, and for some it is the time to choose their future department.

Find all the teaching, research programs and contacts of your interlocutors on the department sites.