• « Rencontres Renouard » 2025 : le livre à Paris au XVIᵉ siècle

    From 10 April 2025 to 11 April 2025

    Colloque et journée d’étude

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  • Postulez à la Prépa Talents 

    Monday 3 March 2025

    Enseignements

    Candidatures ouvertes du 3 mars au 18 avril 2025

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  • Création de la « bourse internationale Fondation Chambrun » 

    Monday 17 February 2025

    École

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  • Nouveau DU « Érudition - Fondamentaux de l’École des chartes - PSL »

    Monday 3 February 2025

    Enseignements

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  • DU « Histoire des familles et généalogie »

    Thursday 30 January 2025

    Enseignements

    Dépôt des candidatures du 1er mars au 22 mai 2025

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  • Trésors de Richelieu (2024-2025)

    From 1 October 2024 to 26 May 2025

    Conférence

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  • Decorative image: view of the “Gravity Ripples ENC” work installed in the library lobby © ENC - cl. Didier Plowy
  • Decorative image: view of the façade of the library at 12, rue des Petits-Champs © ENC - cl. J.C. Ballot

The École’s Curricula

The École delivers education in the analysis and conservation of historical sources, sciences auxiliary to history and in the use of digital technologies for data exploitation.

  • The Archiviste paléographe degree

    This degree delivers high-level education for future civil servants in preparation for careers as curators of written, graphic and monumental heritage.

  • Master’s Degrees

    The École offers three Master's degrees: ‘Digital Technologies Applied to History’, ‘Transnational History’ and ‘Digital Humanities’.

  • Les diplômes universitaires

    L’École propose deux diplômes universitaires : « Histoire des familles et généalogie » et « Érudition - Fondamentaux de l’École des chartes - PSL ».

  • Doctoral Studies

    The École offers doctoral courses in history, art history, archaeology, law and literature. The three-year doctorate is open to anyone holding a master's degree.

  • La Prépa Talents

    L’École participe à la Prépa Talents, dispositif qui accompagne les candidats aux concours externes de conservateur du patrimoine.

A Campus in the Heart of Paris

The École nationale des chartes - PSL is located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, an area rich in history and heritage institutions. 

The École is right next to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art, the Institut National du Patrimoine, the École du Louvre, the Ministry of Culture and the Service Interministériel des Archives de France, in the Marais district.

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An Exceptional Library

The library was founded in 1846 to welcome the École’s students and academic staff. It is widely recognised for its wealth of material in sciences auxiliary to history. The library’s collections have been awarded the national CollEX label, ‘Collections d’excellence pour la recherche’.

Unusually for a study and research library, it offers open access to almost all its 145,000 volumes.

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Agenda

The École des chartes is a major player in hosting national and international conferences, and also organises a large number of lectures open to the general public.

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Continuing Education

The École offers courses and seminars throughout the year for professionals working in archives, books and heritage, higher education and research. 

It also welcomes enthusiasts and people involved in heritage valorisation who wish to learn more about the institution's specialisms.

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Centre Jean-Mabillon

Portraits of Researchers

The École’s research team, the Centre Jean-Mabillon (EA 3624), includes around one hundred researchers, with forty doctoral students and an equal number of curators.

The Centre Jean-Mabillon research areas cover all the processes that explain and promote written production from the Middle Ages to the present.

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  • Emmanuelle Bermès

    Responsable pédagogique du master «Technologies numériques appliquées à l’histoire»

  • Christophe Gauthier

    Professeur d’Histoire du livre et des médias contemporains

  • Marc H. Smith

    Professeur de Paléographie

  • Marie Puren

    Enseignante-chercheuse en histoire et humanités numériques - Laboratoire de recherche d’EPITA

Podcasts of seminars and conferences

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Latest Publications

The École pursues a unique publishing policy in the humanities and social sciences, reflecting the diversity of its teaching and specialist areas. The École’s catalogue now boasts close to 300 titles.

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The École publishes a monthly newsletter on its latest news.

Also available are two quarterly newsletters dedicated to our publications and library.

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Chartist News

Publications, exhibitions, nominations, awards, media coverage…

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