School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Other names
EHESS
Former names
École pratique des hautes études, VI Section (1947–1975),
École libre des hautes études (1941–1946)
TypeGrand établissement
EPCSCP
Established23 January 1975; 49 years ago (23 January 1975)
Budget€60 million[1]
PresidentRomain Huret
Academic staff
830
Administrative staff
450
Students3,000[1]
Location
Paris, Marseille, Toulouse, Lyon
,
France
CampusUrban
Websiteehess.fr

The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (French: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate grande école and grand établissement in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The school awards Master and PhD degrees alone and conjointly with the grandes écoles École normale supérieure, École polytechnique, and École pratique des hautes études.

Originally a department of the École pratique des hautes études, created in 1868 with the purpose of training academic researchers, the EHESS became an independent institution in 1975.[2][3] Today its research covers social sciences, humanities, and applied mathematics. Degrees and research in economics and finance are awarded through the Paris School of Economics.

The EHESS, in common with other grandes écoles, is a small school with very strict entry criteria, and admits students through a rigorous selection process based on applicants' research projects. Scholars in training are subsequently free to choose their own curriculum amongst the School's fields of research. The école has a small student-faculty ratio; 830 researchers for 3,000 students (27.6%).

Most of the School's faculty belong to other institutions, mostly within the French National Centre for Scientific Research and schools affiliated with PSL University.[4] The School is notable for its work connected to amongst others sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, philosopher Jacques Derrida, as well as economist Thomas Piketty.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "EHESS : l'École". Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Décret n° 2005-1444 du 24 novembre 2005 relatif à l'Ecole pratique des hautes études". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 24 November 2005. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Décret n° 2019-1130 du 5 novembre 2019 portant création de l'Université Paris sciences et lettres (Université PSL) et approbation de ses statuts". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ^ Sociales, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences (7 December 2015). "Partenaires". EHESS.
  5. ^ Sociales, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences (2 March 2016). "History". EHESS. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. ^ Sociales, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences (21 February 2017). "Thomas Piketty". EHESS (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2022.