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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris was founded in 1896 by <a href="/facts/Charles_Friedel/NmpjE35F">Charles Friedel</a>, a chemist and mineralogist who headed the school until 1899. At the time, the school was called the Laboratoire de chimie pratique et industrielle. It was located in the <a href="/facts/6th_arrondissement_of_Paris/V1jqptT2">6th arrondissement</a> (rue Michelet), where it stayed until 1923.
</p><p>After the death of Friedel, <a href="/facts/Henri_Moissan/h4lE3nda">Henri Moissan</a> took the reins of the school. He was awarded the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize/3z1Y3oFL">Nobel Prize</a> for chemistry in 1906, while he was director. Moissan made student admission subject to competitive exams and renamed the school Institut de chimie appliquée (Institute of Applied Chemistry).
</p><p>In 1907, the school began delivering a prestigious masters of engineering. In the same year, Moissan died and a transitional directorate was created. Soon thereafter, Camille Chabrié was named director. The school closed when <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a> started and reopened in 1916. This was also the first year a female student was admitted; the ENSCP was one of the first engineering schools in France to do so.
</p><p>In 1923, the school moved to its current location, on the rue Pierre et Marie Curie (in the <a href="/facts/5th_arrondissement_of_Paris/JbRk1Dxz">5th arrondissement</a>). The buildings were designed and built by <a href="/facts/Henri-Paul_N%25C3%25A9not/o7dljFI9">Henri-Paul Nénot</a>, architect of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Paris/yXAx8nlG">Sorbonne</a>. In 1932, the school became l'Institut de Chimie de Paris (Paris Institute of Chemistry). Finally, in 1948, it became the École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (ENSCP).
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<h2 id="enscp-directors">ENSCP directors</h2>
<ul><li>1896 - 1899 : <a href="/facts/Charles_Friedel/NmpjE35F">Charles Friedel</a></li>
<li>1899 - 1907 : <a href="/facts/Henri_Moissan/h4lE3nda">Henri Moissan</a> (<a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry/8Nb8Ajjy">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a>)</li>
<li>1907 - 1908 : collective direction</li>
<li>1908 - 1928 : Camille Chabrié</li>
<li>1928 - 1938 : <a href="/facts/Georges_Urbain/pYchaA3w">Georges Urbain</a> (member of the <a href="/facts/French_Academy_of_Sciences/zF42DYQv">French Academy of Sciences</a>)</li>
<li>1938 - 1950 : Louis Hackspill</li>
<li>1950 - 1961 : Georges Chaudron (member of the <a href="/facts/French_Academy_of_Sciences/zF42DYQv">French Academy of Sciences</a>)</li>
<li>1961 - 1976 : Jacques Bénard</li>
<li>1976 - 1985 : Fernand Coussemant</li>
<li>1985 - 1987 : <a href="/facts/Jean_Talbot/RxwUl9xh">Jean Talbot</a></li>
<li>1987 - 1992 : Claude Quivoron</li>
<li>1992 - 1996 : Bernard Trémillon</li>
<li>1996 - 2005 : Danièle Olivier</li>
<li>2006 - 2010 : <a href="/facts/Alain_Fuchs/qH9XACeF">Alain Fuchs</a></li>
<li>2010 - 2015 : Valérie Cabuil</li>
<li>2015–present  : Christian Lerminiaux</li></ul>
<h2 id="research-units">Research units</h2>
<p>Notable research units includes:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Photovoltaic_Energy_Development_and_Research_Institute/YSecLlHk">Photovoltaic Energy Development and Research Institute</a>, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris in association with the <a href="/facts/French_National_Centre_for_Scientific_Research/z8RBcY1j">CNRS</a>. Director Olivier Kerrec  <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> and research director <a href="/facts/Daniel_Lincot/z8RBcY1j">Daniel Lincot</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="notable-alumni">Notable alumni</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Pedro_Nel_Ospina/mAoBhoeW">Pedro Nel Ospina</a>, former <a href="/facts/President_of_Colombia/lbVztU8x">President of Colombia</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alain_Berton/dfAmrgqt">Alain Berton</a>, chemical engineer</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Eug%25C3%25A8ne_Schueller/c98zxzfp">Eugène Schueller</a>, founder of <a href="/facts/L%2527Or%25C3%25A9al/pUkFnueA">L'Oréal</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Bergier/kdvuWCvC">Jacques Bergier</a>, chemical engineer</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Olivier_Kahn/q6UsW4tR">Olivier Kahn</a>, French chemist</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Livage/gjDeNWYa">Jacques Livage</a>, French chemist</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rapha%25C3%25ABl_Quenard/8pVGExF8">Raphaël Quenard</a>, French actor</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Henri_B._Kagan/xepznGaX">Henri B. Kagan</a>, French chemist</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.chimieparistech.psl.eu">Official site of ENSCP</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.chimie-paris.org/">ENSCP Alumni association</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.paristech.org/">ParisTech website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>CCP : un concours pour écoles d'ingénieurs Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. Ccp.scei-concours.fr (2013-09-16). Retrieved on 2014-06-16. <a href="http://ccp.scei-concours.fr/sccp.php?page=cpge/statistique/statistique_accueil_cpge.html&onglet=statistiques" target="_blank">http://ccp.scei-concours.fr/sccp.php?page=cpge/statistique/statistique_accueil_cpge.html&onglet=statistiques</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Chimie ParisTech Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Chimie-paristech.fr. Retrieved on 2014-06-16. <a href="http://www.chimie-paristech.fr/spip.php?article206" target="_blank">http://www.chimie-paristech.fr/spip.php?article206</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: Expert". Archived from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2008. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080910015544/http://www.physorg.com/news139844301.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080910015544/http://www.physorg.com/news139844301.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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