In French law, établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPSCP; English: public scientific, cultural or professional establishment) is a formal category of more than one hundred and thirty public higher education institutes in the fields of sciences, culture and professional education. EPSCP have legal, administrative and financial autonomy in the French education system.
EPSCP category includes:
public universities, per se
four groups of other institutes with an operational status equivalent to a university.
EPSCP have full scientific autonomy to organise their research area, their curricula and degrees, up to and including doctoral degrees. They operate on the basis of a four-year objective roadmap that they define and agree with the national fund-granting authority and their achievements are assessed by a national evaluation agency for research and higher education. They also have the ability to create their own research foundations.
Different types of EPSCPedit
The law establishes different groups of EPSCP, which are described below.
The 81 universities and institutes of technology are EPSCP led by a president and administered by a board of directors. They deliver bachelor, master and doctoral degrees as well as continuous education. They also contribute to national research programmes.
These higher education institutes with a university-equivalent status are managed by a board of directors, assisted by a scientific council and a board of studies and academic life. Chairman of the Board of Directors is elected from among persons outside of the institute. The director is appointed by the Minister of Higher Education for a period of 5 years. The following institutions have this status:
The ENS have a board of directors and a scientific council, and are headed by an appointed director.
French institutes abroadedit
There are five French institutes operating outside France, hosting world-class researchers. These institutes are intended to provide an intellectual and material support to such researchers, including the presence of resource materials in French language. Some of these institutes can also provide accommodation for researchers.
École française d'Athènes
The following institutions are included in this sub-group :
Twenty large institutions with diverse roles are included in this sub-group.
External linksedit
Décret no 2000-250 du 15 mars 2000 portant classification d'établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (in French).
December 15, 2023
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