École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay

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The École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɔʁmal sypeʁjœʁ paʁi saklɛ]); also known as ENS Paris-Saclay or Normale Sup' Saclay or ENS Cachan, is a grande école and a constituent member of Paris-Saclay University. It was established in 1892. It is located in Gif-sur-Yvette within the Essonne department near Paris, Île-de-France, France.

ENS Paris-Saclay is one of the most prestigious and selective French grandes écoles. Like all other grandes écoles, this elite higher education institution is not included in the mainstream framework of the French public universities. Along with the École normale supérieure (Paris), ENS Lyon and ENS Rennes, the school belongs to the informal network of French écoles normales supérieures, forming one of the highest level of research and education in the French higher educational system.