University in France
Paris, Île-de-France, France
University profile
Chimie ParisTech – PSL (École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris) is a public graduate school of chemistry and chemical engineering in the Latin Quarter of Paris, a member of PSL University (Paris Sciences et Lettres). It was founded in 1896 by Charles Friedel and describes itself as the first French school of chemical engineering. It has around 600 students, about 120 faculty members and researchers and more than 4,000 alumni.
The school occupies a single building at 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, in the 5th arrondissement, completed in 1920 with funding from the City of Paris and the University of Paris. The building houses the whole engineering cycle and two research laboratories, the Chemistry Research Institute of Paris (IRCP) and the Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences (i-CLeHS), alongside a library, NMR and mass spectrometry platforms and the Paris Flow Tech continuous-flow chemistry platform.
Teaching is organised in three cycles rather than faculties. The three-year engineering cycle (diplôme d'ingénieur, awarded by PSL University and prepared by Chimie ParisTech) has a scientific common core in year one, applied options in year two (analytical biochemistry and materials are taught in English, with chemical engineering and molecular chemistry also available) and specialisations in year three, including apprenticeship routes. The school takes part in five PSL master's programmes (Chemistry, Energy, BioMedical Engineering, Nuclear Energy in co-accreditation with Paris-Saclay University, and Materials Science and Engineering) and prepares doctoral students through four doctoral schools.
Student life centres on about twenty clubs and associations, including the student union (BDE), sports department (BDS), arts department (BDA), the junior enterprise Chimie Perspectives and the Forum Horizon Chimie business forum. PSL membership gives access to the libraries of the network, cultural activities, and more than 70 sports classes a week. The school has no residences of its own; students use the PSL Housing platform, CROUS and the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, and can eat at CROUS restaurants, including the Châtelet restaurant five minutes from the school.
About 20% of students are international and 100% of engineering students study abroad during the programme. The school has 23 dual-degree agreements and Erasmus+ agreements with around fifty institutions, and coordinates the Chimie Pékin programme with Beijing University of Chemical Technology. The engineering degree is accredited by the Commission des titres d'ingénieur (CTI) and holds the EUR-ACE label.
Degree-seeking international students outside inter-institutional agreements pay differentiated registration fees of €3,941 per year if they are non-EU and do not already hold a French degree. The fees may be reduced for holders of a merit-based scholarship from an international organisation or foundation, or by decision of a special committee, and holders of French government scholarships are exempt. Students admitted under a double-degree agreement are exempt from registration fees for their two years in Paris. Third-year apprenticeship training costs, borne by the employer, are €10,500 per year (2026/2027).
The best students admitted to the double-degree engineering programme and, depending on recruitment timing, the double-degree master's can be put forward for the Eiffel scholarship by the International Relations Office. Other applicants are advised to contact the French embassy in their country and the Campus France scholarship catalogue; students from Brazil, Argentina and Mexico may be eligible for FITEC grants. ParisTech has a PhD agreement with the China Scholarship Council.
Erasmus+ grants for studies and internships in Europe pay between €390 and €510 per month depending on host country, plus travel allowances (€285 to €535 for eco-friendly travel, €211 to €395 otherwise) and an inclusion supplement. Holders of CROUS grants can receive a Ministry of Higher Education and Research international mobility grant of €400 per month. Applications are made in February for second-semester mobility, with decisions in March and 80% paid on arrival.
Official page: Mobility grants; Scholarships and practical information.
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View scholarships for Chimie ParisTech – PSL →About 100 places. Most students enter through the concours after classes préparatoires: Concours Commun Mines-Ponts (68 places PC/PC*, 3 PSI), AGRO-VETO bank A PC Bio (3 places, BCPST), TPC (2 places), integrated preparatory classes of the Fédération Gay-Lussac on ranking (6 places) and ATS for BTS/BUT chemistry holders (1 place). Up to 15 places are open on academic qualifications to holders of an L3 or BUT (or equivalent for international applicants) with a chemistry-focused curriculum including physics and mathematics, through either the GEI-UNIV procedure (registration 6 January to 19 February 2026) or the school's own selection on application and interview (applications 16 February to 2 April 2026; committee mid-April; interviews end of May; final results beginning of June). Only one of the two routes may be used, and applicants who have already sat the grandes écoles entrance exams or are at BUT 2 level are not eligible.
Five places for holders of an M1 (or equivalent) in a chemistry-focused programme with physics and mathematics, through GEI-UNIV or the school's application and interview procedure, on the same calendar as above. Students of AgroParisTech and ESPCI – PSL and of the Pharmacy Faculty of Université Paris Cité (formerly René Descartes) are admitted under dual-degree agreements. Third-year places for international students are available only through Erasmus or international study exchanges.
The file includes a CV, cover letter, photo, identity document (plus birth certificate for international applicants), diplomas and transcripts since the baccalauréat, at least one confidential letter of recommendation submitted through the portal, and a non-refundable €50 application fee. For international applicants, registration on the Campus France website is not sufficient: a separate application to the school on academic qualifications is required.
Dual-degree students (around twenty partner institutions in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa) are nominated by their home institution or selected through the ParisTech international programme, and the process begins one year before arrival. Exchange students must have completed at least 180 ECTS, with deadlines of 30 April (autumn semester or full year) and 31 October (spring semester) and a recommended B2 level in the course language (French or English); applications go through the PSL University platform. Free movers have the same status as French students and enrol for the whole academic year starting in September.
Master 1 programmes are open to holders of an L3 or equivalent and Master 2 programmes to holders of an M1 or equivalent, in the PSL master's programmes in which the school participates: Chemistry, Energy, BioMedical Engineering, Nuclear Energy and Materials Science and Engineering. A Specialised Master's in business engineering and technology projects is open to scientists and engineers with 5 to 8 years of post-baccalauréat study.
Candidates must hold a Master 2 and obtain the agreement of the doctoral school and the thesis supervisor; registration is through ADUM and the school's thesis department. Doctoral schools: ED 397 Physics and Chemistry of Materials, ED 388 Physical and Analytical Chemistry of Paris Centre, ED 621 ISMME and ED 406 Molecular Chemistry Paris Centre. Candidates contact research team leaders directly, since most thesis subjects are advertised by the doctoral schools and laboratories. The thesis lasts three years with a remunerated contract (ministry doctoral contract, CIFRE, CFR, research contract or a foreign government scholarship); international joint supervision (cotutelle) is available.
Students have access to CROUS restaurants and the student-run Keft café on the school grounds, and to PSL sports and cultural facilities.
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