France

Robert de Sorbon's college for poor theology students opened in 1257, giving the Latin Quarter its eternal name. Centuries of revo...

Created by the Revolution to train teachers, ENS Ulm admits a few hundred students yearly through fearsome entrance exams who then...

Founded by the National Convention during the Revolution, Polytechnique was militarized by Napoleon with its famous motto for coun...

Created by the Paris Chamber of Commerce to train commercial science, HEC Paris became France's leading grande ecole of business. ...

Georges Doriot, the Harvard professor father of venture capital, founded INSEAD in Fontainebleau as an Ivy-quality school for post...