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Æbleskiver Æbleskiver (Danish meaning apple slices in English (singular: æbleskive)) are traditional Danish cakes, somewhat similar in texture to American pancakes. Æbleskiver are cooked in a special æbleskive pan, a cast-iron pan with several hemi-spherical indentations in the bottom of the pan.
Ægidius Elling Jens William Ægidius Elling (also Aegidus or Aegidius) (born July 26, 1861 - died 1949) was a Norwegian inventor who is considered to be the father of the gas turbine. His first gas turbine patent was granted in 1884.
Ægypt Ægypt is a (projected) sequence of four novels by John Crowley detailing the work and life of Pierce Moffett, who prepares a manuscript for publication even as it prepares him for some as-of-yet unknown destiny, all set amidst strange and subtle Hermetic manipulations among the Faraway Hills of New York. The narrative of the manuscript in question, historical fiction following the briefly intersecting adventures of Italian heretic Giordano Bruno and of British occultists John Dee and Edward Kelley, mingles with the narrative of Pierce's real and dream life in 1970s America.
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgar (died 1062) was son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, possibly by his well-known wife Godgifu (Godiva), although more probably by an earlier marriage. He succeeded to his father's title and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057.
Ælfric Ælfric (also known as Aelfric of Abingdon or Aelfric of Wessex) (d. 16 November 1005) was a late 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as previously holding the offices of abbot of St Albans and Bishop of Ramsbury, all of which are in England.
Ælnoth of Canterbury Ælnoth or Ailnoth was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk from Canterbury who settled in Denmark, and is known as author of a legend of the Danish king Saint Canute (Canute IV), who had been killed in Odense in 1086 and was canonized by the Pope 1100 or 1101.For the dating problem see Gábor Klaniczay, Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), p.
Æon Flux (video game) Æon Flux is the video game adaptation of the 2005 science fiction film of the same name, with elements of the Æon Flux cartoon series. The game was released on November 15, 2005 in North America for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox gaming consoles.
Ærø Ærø (from Danish Ær = maple and à = island) is one of the Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of Funen County. The western portion of the island was the municipality of Ærøskøbing; the eastern portion of the island was the municipality of Marstal.
Ærøskøbing municipality Ærøskøbing municipality, is a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the island of Ærø in southern Denmark. Since January 1, 2006, it has been a part of Ærø municipality The municipality covered an area of 74 km², and had a total population of 3,731 (2005).
Æsir In Old Norse, the Æsir (singular Ăs, feminine Ăsynja, feminine plural Ăsynjur, Anglo-Saxon Ă“s, from Proto-Germanic *Ansuz) are the principal gods of the pantheon of Norse mythology. They include many of the major figures, such as Odin, Frigg, Thor, Baldr and Tyr.
Æthelberht II of East Anglia Æthelberht (died May 20, 794 at Sutton Wells, Herefordshire) was king of East Anglia. His reign may have begun in 779 - the date provided for the beginning of his reign on the uncertain authority of a much later saint's life.
Æthelberht of Hwicce Æthelberht, was a possible King of Hwicce jointly with his presumed brothers Æthelheard, Æthelweard, and Æthelric. It is probable that they were all sons of Oshere, although the paternity of Æthelheard and Æthelberht is not explicitly stated in surviving documents.
Æthelheard of the Hwicce Æthelheard, King of Hwicce (one of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms of England) jointly with his presumed brothers Æthelweard, Æthelberht, and Æthelric. It is probable that they were all sons of Oshere, although the paternity of Æthelheard and Æthelberht is not explicitly stated in surviving documents.
Æthelmod Æthelmod was possibly a King of Hwicce, perhaps a son of Osric, reigning jointly with his uncle Oshere. In October 680, Æthelmod granted land to Abbess Beorngyth, but he is not actually styled king in the charter S 1167.
Æthelred I of East Anglia AEthelred (I) is reputed to have been an eighth-century King of East Anglia who ruled for some time between 760 and 790, and was the father of Æthelberht II of East Anglia. If he existed at all he held East Anglia during the overlordship of Offa of Mercia.
Ça Ira (review) Ça ira was the Belgian monthly magazine that featured avant-garde art, literature and politics. It was founded by a group of young artists, who came out of the smoking war-wrecked world of 1919 with a new élan.
Ça Va Ça Va (French for "okay", literally "that goes") is an album by German/British avant-garde pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in London in 1997. Slapp Happy had reunited to make this album and (unlike all their previous albums) they played all the instruments themselves.
Çağdaş Atan Çağdaş Atan (born 29 February 1980 in İzmir) is a central defender playing for the Turkish football team Trabzonspor, based in the Black Sea port city of Trabzon; the club is part of the Turkish Premier Super League. He played for Altay SK, Marmarisspor, and Denizlispor before signing for Trabzonspor on June 1, 2006, upon a transfer from Beşiktaş.
Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (1871-1910) is a Turkish outlaw, who was active in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya, from 1893 to 1910. Born in Ödemiş in 1871, he went out to the Aegean mountains at the age of 22 seeking revenge of his father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe, who was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.
Çakkıdı (Kenan Doğulu Song) Çakkıdı is a hit single which was released by popular Turkish singer Kenan Doğulu from his latest album Festival. The song captured the number one spot in many music lists in Turkey during the summer of 2006 and it received massive airplay.
Çalım Çalım /cha-LEM/ was a citadel and a staff of Tatar troops, which was constructed during the war against the Russian occupation of Khanate of Kazan in 1552-1556. The citadel was constructed by the people under Mameshbirde at the right bank of Volga at the Sundır hill in 1555.
Çamardı Çamardı is a quiet isolated district of Niğde Province of Turkey, at the foot of Aladağ in the Taurus Mountains and reached by winding mountain roads. Population 20,302 of which 4,086 live in the town of Çamardı.
Çanakkale Çanakkale (pronounced ), is a town and seaport in Turkey, in the Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asiatic) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont). Çanakkale is the second province (first one is Istanbul) in Turkey that has lands on two different continents (Europe and Asia).
Çandarlı Çandarlı is a sea-side town with own municipality depending the Dikili district center in Turkey's İzmir Province and an important tourist's resort. It is situated on the northern coast of a gulf that carries the same name as the town (Gulf of Çandarlı) and opposite the important industrial center of Aliağa.
Çandarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha Çandarlı (Chandarly) Halil Pasha was a highly influent Ottoman grand vizier under the Sultans Murat II and, for the first years of his reign, under Mehmet II (from 1439 to 1 June 1453 precisely). He was a member of the Çandarlı family, considered to have contributed nearly as much as the ruling Ottoman dynasty, to laying the foundations of the Ottoman Empire.
Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha was the first vizier of Murad I's reign, the first in Ottoman history who held the title "Grand Vizier", the first who had a military background (the previous ones under Orhan I were issued from the class of learned men, the "ilmiye") and the first member of the illustrous Çandarlı family to hold high office. His family was to mark the rise of the Ottoman Empire between 1360-1450.
Çatalada Çatalada, aka Çatal Ada, (formerly known as Volo) () is a Turkish island located in the Aegean Sea, 3 miles off the town Turgutreis, west of Bodrum peninsula in southwestern Turkey. An island with three conical hills, its name means literally "fork island".
Çatalhöyük Çatalhöyük (also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the three without diacritics; çatal is Turkish for "fork", höyük for "mound") was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, dating from around 7500 BC for the lowest layers. It is perhaps the largest and most sophisticated Neolithic site yet uncovered.
Çayönü Çayönü is a Neolithic settlement in southern Turkey, forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies near the Bogazcay, a tributary of the upper Tigris and the Bestakot, an intermittent stream.
Çà et là du Japon was the last original studio album by Pizzicato Five. It was released by ********* (Readymade) Records on the first day of the first month of 2001, and rereleased with different artwork and a lower price in 2006.
Çük Çük (Çuq; [] or []; Cyrillic: ) was a holiday of Keräşen Tatars, Chuvashes, Udmurts, preserved before the beginning of 20th century. It was celebrated as summer, before the Whitsunday or at the Poqraw eve (The Intercession).
Çırağan Palace Çırağan Palace (Turkish: Çırağan Sarayı), a former Ottoman palace in the past, is a five-star hotel of the Kempinski Hotels chain located on the European shore of Bosporus between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey.
ÇeĹźme ÇeĹźme (Greek: ΚĎηνη) is a town on the west coast of Turkey and one of the districts of Ä°zmir Province. It is a prominent center of international tourism in Turkey and is famous for its clubs, beaches and fish restaurants.
Çenebaz Osman Efendi Çenebaz Osman Efendi (Osman Efendi the Chatterer or the Loudmouthed), formally named as Yenişehirli Osman Efendi (from Yenişehir) in Ottoman sources, was an Ottoman diplomat who was the first plenipotentiary in the first peace conference, held in Focşani, today in Romania, starting 19 August 1772, among the several that were organized during the ten month truce (10 May 1772 - 21 March 1773) in the course of the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774). His Russian counterparts were Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov, Catherine II's lover and counselllor, and Aleksey Mikhailovich Obreskov (1720-1787), Russia's peacetime ambassador in İstanbul.
Çerkezköy Çerkezköy is a district of Tekirdağ Province of Turkey, in inland Thrace just to the west of the outlying Istanbul districts of Çatalca and Silivri. Çerkezköy is an industrial area and the most populous district of Tekirdağ.
Çiğdem Talu Çiğdem Talu (1939-1983) was a renowned Turkish pop music songwriter. She wrote her first song "Ağlıyorum Yine", which was sung by Nilüfer and released on her single, "Kalbim Bir Pusula".
Çiftlik Çiftlik is a district of Niğde Province of Turkey, 67km from the town of Niğde, and 65km from Aksaray (there is a much shorter route over the mountains to Niğde but that road is often under snow and closed in winter. Population (2000) 32,151 of which 4,627 live in the town of Çiftlik.
Çorlu Çorlu (pronounced 'chor-lu') is a city in Tekirdağ Province in inland Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey. It is a rapidly developing industrial centre in a flat area on the road from Istanbul to Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria.
Çorovodë Çorovodë, also written as Çorovoda is the main city of Skrapar, Albania with a population of around 7,000. The city name Çorovoda comes from the Bulgarian Черна вода (Cherna voda) and means "black water".
Çoruh River The Çoruh River or Ch'orokhi River is a river in north-eastern Turkey and south-western Georgia, which runs through the town of Artvin. The Çoruh makes its way through many towns and villages before joining the Black Sea.
Çukurova Çukurova is the modern name for the ancient region of Cilicia (or to be more precise, of Cilicia Pedia, "the flat Cilicia") in southern Turkey. The region forms parts of the modern day provinces of Adana, Osmaniye and Mersin.
Çukurova University Çukurova University () occupies a foremost place among other Turkish universities with its 10 faculties, 3 colleges, 7 vocational colleges, 3 institutes and 26 research and application centers. The university campus is located 10 kilometers away from the city center, and is situated in a serene environment conducive to learning.
É (temple) ÉThe word is phonologically simply /e/, the acute accent is an assyriological convention specifying the corresponding cuneiform sign. is the Sumerian for "house" or "temple", written ideographically with the cuneiform sign (Borger nr.
Éamon Ă“ CuĂv Éamon Ă“ CuĂv (born June 23, 1950) is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently the Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway West since 1992 and has previously been a member of Seanad Éireann.
Ébrié Lagoon The Ébrié Lagoon lies in Côte d'Ivoire, separated for most of its length from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow coastal strip. The 100 km long lagoon is linked to the sea by the Vridi Canal, while the Comoë River flows into it.
Éclaireurs Neutres de France The Éclaireurs Neutres de France (ENF, Neutral (= interreligious) Scouts of France) is a non-aligned French Scouting association, founded in 1947 by Marcel Lepage and serving 3,000 ot 4,000 members of both genders.
Éclairs sur l'au-delà … Éclairs sur l'au-delà … ("Flashes on the beyond…") is an orchestral piece by the French composer Olivier Messiaen composed between 1987-1991 and is his last work. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for their 150th anniversary in 1992, it was first performed by them, conducted by Zubin Mehta, at the Lincoln Center on the 5th November of that same year.
École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel The Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel of Paris or EABJM was founded in 1955 by Jeannine Manuel. Situated in the heart of Paris, EABJM accommodates students from their younger years to high school graduation.
École élémentaire catholique Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau École élémentaire catholique Pierre-Elliot-Trudeau is a Catholic french elementary school in the Barrhaven community of Ottawa, Ontario. It opened in September 2000 and was the first school of Ontario to be named after Trudeau.
École Centrale de Pékin In 2005, the French leading universities (Grandes Ecoles) of engineering "École Centrale" helped to open at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China a new partner of their network.
École de Management de Lyon École de Management de Lyon or EM Lyon (that means "Lyon Management School"), was founded in Lyon (France) in 1872 by the local business community, and is affiliated to the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. EM Lyon is a leading French management school accredited EQUIS by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Education), AMBA for the International MBA programme and by the AACSB.
École de technologie supérieure Created in 1974, École de technologie supérieure (Higher School of Technology) is an engineering university member of Université du Québec network. Located in Montreal specifically for students that have graduated from college technical programs (CEGEP), it offers co-op (co-operative) programs to all of its students, giving them a hands-on experience in their field of study.
École des Annales L'École des Annales (The School of Annales) is an important movement in historic discipline founded by Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch. Thanks to its evolution, the Annales will dominate practically all the French historiography of the Twentieth century.
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales The École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (French for "School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences"; EHESS) is a French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences.
École des Mines de Nantes The École des Mines de Nantes, or EMN, ENSTIMN, EMNAntes, is a French engineering school based in Nantes, in the west of France. The school was founded in 1990 by the Ministry of Industry and belongs to the prestigious network of the Ecole des Mines (GEM)
École des trois gourmandes L'école des trois gourmandes (The School of the Three Happy Eaters) was a cooking school founded in Paris, France during the 1950s by Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle. The work done by the school was later expanded into the two-volume Mastering the Art of French Cooking series, and Child wore the logo of the school as a badge for much of her television career.
École Franco-Nord École Franco-Nord is a French-language elementary school located in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The school's name is a reference to the northern geographic location of Prince George within British Columbia (nord translates to north).
École Highland Secondary School École Highland Secondary School (also known as Highland Secondary School) is a secondary school located in Comox, British Columbia, Canada in School District 71. The school opened in 1978 and educates approximately 725 students annually in grades 10–12.
École Libre des Sciences Politiques École Libre des Sciences Politiques (English: Private School of Political Studies), often referred to as the École des Sciences Politiques or simply Sciences Po (pronounced see-ahns po) was created in Paris in February 1872 by a group of European intellectuals, politicians and businessmen, which included Hippolyte Taine, Ernest Renan, Albert Sorel, Paul Leroy Beaulieu, François Guizot, and led by Emile Boutmy.
École Mondiale World School The École Mondiale World School is an accredited International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Mumbai in the primary, middle years and diploma courses. It is also authorised to offer the International General Certificate for Secondary Education (IGCSE) at year 10 levels through Cambridge International Examinations, the International Division of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.
École nationale d'administration publique The École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), or the National School of Public Administration, located in Quebec City, Quebec, was established in 1969 by the Quebec government, as a way of obtaining a professional public administration during a period when a number of social and structural changes were taking place within the province. The school is unique in that it is partly a pragmatic learning environment geared to educating Québécois for positions within the government and it is partly a "traditional" university.
École Nationale d'Administration The École Nationale d'Administration (generally known as ENA) is the school where many of France's senior officials are instructed. It is the way of choice to reach the great administrative corps of the State.
École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer The École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer (National School of Overseas France; ENFOM) was a French grande école, providing training for future colonial administrators. It was situated in Paris, avenue de l'Observatoire, 2.
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées The École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) ("National school of Bridges and Roads"), often referred to as les Ponts, is the world's oldest engineering school and remains to this day one of the most prestigious French Grandes Écoles of engineering.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires The École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (ENSAIA) is a French grande école located in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy near Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département that specialises in biological and agricultural engineering.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles The École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles is a French architectural school located at the ancient stables of the Versailles Palace. The school was founded in 1969 after the suppression of the École des Beaux-Arts architecture section.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrochimie et d'Électrométallurgie de Grenoble The École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrochimie et d'Électrométallurgie de Grenoble, or ENSEEG, is one of the French Grandes écoles of engineering (engineering schools). It has been created in 1921 under the name Institut d’électrochimie et d’électrométallurgie (IEE) (Institute of Electrochemistry and Electrometallurgy).
École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Électrotechnique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et de Télécommunications The École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Électrotechnique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et des Télécommunications (ENSEEIHT, nicknamed N7 after the phonetically equivalent French pronunciation of the acronym) is one of the top French engineering schools (Grandes écoles) in Electrical Engineering , Electronics, Computer Science, Hydraulics and Telecommunications.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, Informatique et Radiocommunications de Bordeaux The École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, Informatique et Radiocommunications de Bordeaux, or ENSEIRB - which can be translated as Graduate School of electronics, computer science and telecom of Bordeaux - is one of the French "grandes écoles " (with a level "bac+5"). It is located on the campus of the University Bordeaux 1, on the territory of the Talence town, close to the famous Bordeaux city.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Informatique Automatique Mécanique Énergétique Électronique The ENSIAME (École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Informatique Automatique Mécanique Énergétique Électronique) is one of the European "Grandes écoles" of Engineering (Equivalent Institute of Technology). It is located in the city of Valenciennes in the north of France (2 hours from Paris, 1 hour from Belgium, 2 hours from Strasbourg and 2 hours from London).
École Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation The École Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation or ENSBANA is a French "Ecole d'Ingénieurs" (Grande Ecole) specialised in Food Science and Technology, located on the campus of Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France).
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier The École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, or ENSCM, is one of the French Grandes Ecoles, situated in Montpellier. Although it may share academic staff and research activities with the University as well as research bodies such as CNRS, the ENSCM has a particular status as an independent body with its own research laboratories.
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux The École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux or ENSCPB (or "CPB" in common parlance) - which can be translated as Graduate School of Chemistry and Physics of Bordeaux - is one of the French "grandes écoles ", whose main purpose is to form chemical and physical engineers (with a level "bac+5"). It is located on the campus of the University Bordeaux 1, in the town of Pessac, close to the famous city of Bordeaux.
École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace The École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace ("SUPAERO" or "ENSAE", roughly translated as "National Higher School of Air and Space Engineering"), founded in 1909, is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France. It was the world's first dedicated aerospace engineering school and is considered to be one of the best in Europe in that field.
École Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Application École Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications (also known as ENSEA) is a prestigious graduate school (grande école) of electrical engineering and computer science, located in Cergy (in Val d'Oise department) close to Paris.
École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques The École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques (ENSMM) is one of the French "Grandes Écoles" of Engineering (Equivalent Institute of Technology). It belongs to the Polyméca network.
École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg The École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg (ENSPS) is a French engineering school. Opened in 1970, the ENSPS has been teaching R&D to engineers in specialized topics such as physics, electronics, automatic, image processing, photonics and computer science.
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne The École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (ENST Bretagne, sometimes known as Télécom Bretagne or even Télécom Brest) is a French research centre and high level training institution in Information Technologies and telecommunications. This grande école of engineering is located near Brest in Brittany.
École Nissim de Camondo The École Nissim de Camondo is a five-year school of environmental design and interior architecture, located in Paris, France. Although a private school, graduates are recognized as architects by the French state.
École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris was founded in 1919 by the pianist Alfred Cortot and his partner Auguste Mangeot. From the very beginning, the institution enjoyed a world-wide reputation for the quality of its music teaching with such faculty members as Pablo Casals, Nadia Boulanger, Wanda Landowska, Paul Dukas and Arthur Honegger.
École Normale Hébraïque The École Normale Hébraïque (Jewish Normal School) is a Jewish secondary school in Casablanca, Morocco, opened in 1945. It regularly achieves 100% success rates in the national matriculation examinations, the best record in the country.
École Normale Supérieure The École normale supérieure (also known as Normale Sup', Normale, ENS, ENS-Paris, ENS-Ulm or Ulm) is arguably the most prestigious French grande école, whose main campus is located around the rue d'Ulm (Ulm Street) in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. To avoid confusion with similarly-named grandes écoles such as the École normale supérieure de Lyon, the Paris institution is often specified as 'ENS-Paris' or 'ENS-Ulm'.
École Normale Supérieure de Cachan The École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan, Normale Sup' Cachan) is a prestigious Grande École located in Cachan, a suburb of Paris, in France. Like all the other Grandes Écoles, this higher education institution is not included in the mainstream framework of the French public universities.
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (also known as ENSL, ENS-Lyon or Normale Sup' Lyon) is an elite grande école located in Lyon, France, in the district of Gerland. Similar in status to the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, it trains researchers and teachers in the scientific fields.
École Polytechnique The École Polytechnique (the "Polytechnic School"), often referred to by the nickname X, is the best-known French grande école of engineering and management. Initially located in the Quartier Latin in central Paris, it was moved to the suburb of Palaiseau in 1976.
École Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes École Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes, part of the Université de Nantes, is one of the leading French Grandes écoles, a School of Engineering which provides academic and research programmes in a variety of scientific and technological fields: electrical engineering, electronic systems and computer engineering, computer science, thermal sciences, and material sciences.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in Switzerland. The EPFL is in the heart of Europe and is one of Europe's leading institutions of science and technology.
École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées The École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées or EPITA (School for computer science and advanced technologies) is a French private engineering school, based in Le Kremlin-Bicetre at the south of Paris.
École secondaire catholique de formation professionelle et technique Minto École secondaire catholique de formation professionelle et technique Minto is a school in Ottawa, Ontario. It has been founded in October 1999 to give students the opportunity to attend a school that ressembles to the work market and that offers a cooperative education program.
École secondaire catholique Garneau École secondaire catholique Garneau (Garneau Catholic High School), is a French language high school teaching grades 7-12 in the community of Orléans in the eastern end of Ottawa, Ontario (capital of Canada).
École secondaire de l'Ile École secondaire de l'Ile (English:De l'Ile Secondary School) is a public secondary school in Gatineau, Quebec. The school is located on Boulevard Saint-Redempteur at the corner of Boulevard Sacre-Coeur in the Hull sector near the downtown area.
École secondaire de Par-en-Bas The École secondaire de Par-en-Bas (otherwise known as Par-en-bas or ESPB) is a French high school located in Tusket, Yarmouth County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, for Acadian students. The school carries grade 7 to grade 12 students.
École secondaire du Versant Ecole secondaire du Versant (English: du Versant Secondary School) is a public secondary school located in Gatineau, Quebec. It is located on Boulevard de la Cite at the corner of Boulevard La Verendrye in the Gatineau sector and is operated by the Commission Scolaire des Draveurs school board.
École secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau École secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau is a public francophone high school in the Quebec region of the Outaouais. It is located in the municipality of Papineauville in the Papineau (also called la Petite-Nation) region about 30 kilometres east of the eastern limits of the city of Gatineau along Quebec route 148 and 60 kilometres from downtown Ottawa.
École secondaire Mont-Bleu École Secondaire Mont-Bleu is a public secondary located in Gatineau, Quebec. It located on Boulevard Cité des Jeunes in the Hull sector just on the eastern flank of the Gatineau Park, one of the National Capital Region's touristic destination.
École secondaire Notre Dame High School Consisting of grades 10-12, Notre Dame offers such CTS courses as Mechanics, Japanese, Cosmetology, Spanish, Fabrication, Cabinet making, Information Processing, Visual Communications, and many more. Notre Dame is also the home of St.
École secondaire Thériault École Secondaire catholique Thériault is a high school located in Timmins, Ontario. It is a francophone Catholic school administered by Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières with some 1000 students.
École supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal Located in central Montreal, Canada the École supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal (ESBCM) is situated in the Plateau Mont Royal borough. Located a few yards from the Laurier subway station, the school is part of the Maison de la danse Ludmilla Chiriaeff, a building that it has owned since 1982 and which is also home to the dance company Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal.
École Sainte-Anne École Sainte-Anne is an entirely French language K-12 school in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The school is located in the Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne which is the heart and soul of Fredericton's thriving francophone and acadian community.
École Secondaire catholique Thériault École Secondaire catholique Thériault is a high school located in Timmins, Ontario. It is a francophone Catholic school administered by Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières with some 1000 students.
Ægidius Elling Jens William Ægidius Elling (also Aegidus or Aegidius) (born July 26, 1861 - died 1949) was a Norwegian inventor who is considered to be the father of the gas turbine. His first gas turbine patent was granted in 1884.
Ægypt Ægypt is a (projected) sequence of four novels by John Crowley detailing the work and life of Pierce Moffett, who prepares a manuscript for publication even as it prepares him for some as-of-yet unknown destiny, all set amidst strange and subtle Hermetic manipulations among the Faraway Hills of New York. The narrative of the manuscript in question, historical fiction following the briefly intersecting adventures of Italian heretic Giordano Bruno and of British occultists John Dee and Edward Kelley, mingles with the narrative of Pierce's real and dream life in 1970s America.
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgar (died 1062) was son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, possibly by his well-known wife Godgifu (Godiva), although more probably by an earlier marriage. He succeeded to his father's title and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057.
Ælfric Ælfric (also known as Aelfric of Abingdon or Aelfric of Wessex) (d. 16 November 1005) was a late 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as previously holding the offices of abbot of St Albans and Bishop of Ramsbury, all of which are in England.
Ælnoth of Canterbury Ælnoth or Ailnoth was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk from Canterbury who settled in Denmark, and is known as author of a legend of the Danish king Saint Canute (Canute IV), who had been killed in Odense in 1086 and was canonized by the Pope 1100 or 1101.For the dating problem see Gábor Klaniczay, Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), p.
Æon Flux (video game) Æon Flux is the video game adaptation of the 2005 science fiction film of the same name, with elements of the Æon Flux cartoon series. The game was released on November 15, 2005 in North America for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox gaming consoles.
Ærø Ærø (from Danish Ær = maple and à = island) is one of the Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of Funen County. The western portion of the island was the municipality of Ærøskøbing; the eastern portion of the island was the municipality of Marstal.
Ærøskøbing municipality Ærøskøbing municipality, is a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the island of Ærø in southern Denmark. Since January 1, 2006, it has been a part of Ærø municipality The municipality covered an area of 74 km², and had a total population of 3,731 (2005).
Æsir In Old Norse, the Æsir (singular Ăs, feminine Ăsynja, feminine plural Ăsynjur, Anglo-Saxon Ă“s, from Proto-Germanic *Ansuz) are the principal gods of the pantheon of Norse mythology. They include many of the major figures, such as Odin, Frigg, Thor, Baldr and Tyr.
Æthelberht II of East Anglia Æthelberht (died May 20, 794 at Sutton Wells, Herefordshire) was king of East Anglia. His reign may have begun in 779 - the date provided for the beginning of his reign on the uncertain authority of a much later saint's life.
Æthelberht of Hwicce Æthelberht, was a possible King of Hwicce jointly with his presumed brothers Æthelheard, Æthelweard, and Æthelric. It is probable that they were all sons of Oshere, although the paternity of Æthelheard and Æthelberht is not explicitly stated in surviving documents.
Æthelheard of the Hwicce Æthelheard, King of Hwicce (one of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms of England) jointly with his presumed brothers Æthelweard, Æthelberht, and Æthelric. It is probable that they were all sons of Oshere, although the paternity of Æthelheard and Æthelberht is not explicitly stated in surviving documents.
Æthelmod Æthelmod was possibly a King of Hwicce, perhaps a son of Osric, reigning jointly with his uncle Oshere. In October 680, Æthelmod granted land to Abbess Beorngyth, but he is not actually styled king in the charter S 1167.
Æthelred I of East Anglia AEthelred (I) is reputed to have been an eighth-century King of East Anglia who ruled for some time between 760 and 790, and was the father of Æthelberht II of East Anglia. If he existed at all he held East Anglia during the overlordship of Offa of Mercia.
Ça Ira (review) Ça ira was the Belgian monthly magazine that featured avant-garde art, literature and politics. It was founded by a group of young artists, who came out of the smoking war-wrecked world of 1919 with a new élan.
Ça Va Ça Va (French for "okay", literally "that goes") is an album by German/British avant-garde pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in London in 1997. Slapp Happy had reunited to make this album and (unlike all their previous albums) they played all the instruments themselves.
Çağdaş Atan Çağdaş Atan (born 29 February 1980 in İzmir) is a central defender playing for the Turkish football team Trabzonspor, based in the Black Sea port city of Trabzon; the club is part of the Turkish Premier Super League. He played for Altay SK, Marmarisspor, and Denizlispor before signing for Trabzonspor on June 1, 2006, upon a transfer from Beşiktaş.
Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe (1871-1910) is a Turkish outlaw, who was active in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya, from 1893 to 1910. Born in Ödemiş in 1871, he went out to the Aegean mountains at the age of 22 seeking revenge of his father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe, who was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.
Çakkıdı (Kenan Doğulu Song) Çakkıdı is a hit single which was released by popular Turkish singer Kenan Doğulu from his latest album Festival. The song captured the number one spot in many music lists in Turkey during the summer of 2006 and it received massive airplay.
Çalım Çalım /cha-LEM/ was a citadel and a staff of Tatar troops, which was constructed during the war against the Russian occupation of Khanate of Kazan in 1552-1556. The citadel was constructed by the people under Mameshbirde at the right bank of Volga at the Sundır hill in 1555.
Çamardı Çamardı is a quiet isolated district of Niğde Province of Turkey, at the foot of Aladağ in the Taurus Mountains and reached by winding mountain roads. Population 20,302 of which 4,086 live in the town of Çamardı.
Çanakkale Çanakkale (pronounced ), is a town and seaport in Turkey, in the Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asiatic) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont). Çanakkale is the second province (first one is Istanbul) in Turkey that has lands on two different continents (Europe and Asia).
Çandarlı Çandarlı is a sea-side town with own municipality depending the Dikili district center in Turkey's İzmir Province and an important tourist's resort. It is situated on the northern coast of a gulf that carries the same name as the town (Gulf of Çandarlı) and opposite the important industrial center of Aliağa.
Çandarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha Çandarlı (Chandarly) Halil Pasha was a highly influent Ottoman grand vizier under the Sultans Murat II and, for the first years of his reign, under Mehmet II (from 1439 to 1 June 1453 precisely). He was a member of the Çandarlı family, considered to have contributed nearly as much as the ruling Ottoman dynasty, to laying the foundations of the Ottoman Empire.
Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha was the first vizier of Murad I's reign, the first in Ottoman history who held the title "Grand Vizier", the first who had a military background (the previous ones under Orhan I were issued from the class of learned men, the "ilmiye") and the first member of the illustrous Çandarlı family to hold high office. His family was to mark the rise of the Ottoman Empire between 1360-1450.
Çatalada Çatalada, aka Çatal Ada, (formerly known as Volo) () is a Turkish island located in the Aegean Sea, 3 miles off the town Turgutreis, west of Bodrum peninsula in southwestern Turkey. An island with three conical hills, its name means literally "fork island".
Çatalhöyük Çatalhöyük (also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the three without diacritics; çatal is Turkish for "fork", höyük for "mound") was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, dating from around 7500 BC for the lowest layers. It is perhaps the largest and most sophisticated Neolithic site yet uncovered.
Çayönü Çayönü is a Neolithic settlement in southern Turkey, forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies near the Bogazcay, a tributary of the upper Tigris and the Bestakot, an intermittent stream.
Çà et là du Japon was the last original studio album by Pizzicato Five. It was released by ********* (Readymade) Records on the first day of the first month of 2001, and rereleased with different artwork and a lower price in 2006.
Çük Çük (Çuq; [] or []; Cyrillic: ) was a holiday of Keräşen Tatars, Chuvashes, Udmurts, preserved before the beginning of 20th century. It was celebrated as summer, before the Whitsunday or at the Poqraw eve (The Intercession).
Çırağan Palace Çırağan Palace (Turkish: Çırağan Sarayı), a former Ottoman palace in the past, is a five-star hotel of the Kempinski Hotels chain located on the European shore of Bosporus between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey.
ÇeĹźme ÇeĹźme (Greek: ΚĎηνη) is a town on the west coast of Turkey and one of the districts of Ä°zmir Province. It is a prominent center of international tourism in Turkey and is famous for its clubs, beaches and fish restaurants.
Çenebaz Osman Efendi Çenebaz Osman Efendi (Osman Efendi the Chatterer or the Loudmouthed), formally named as Yenişehirli Osman Efendi (from Yenişehir) in Ottoman sources, was an Ottoman diplomat who was the first plenipotentiary in the first peace conference, held in Focşani, today in Romania, starting 19 August 1772, among the several that were organized during the ten month truce (10 May 1772 - 21 March 1773) in the course of the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774). His Russian counterparts were Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov, Catherine II's lover and counselllor, and Aleksey Mikhailovich Obreskov (1720-1787), Russia's peacetime ambassador in İstanbul.
Çerkezköy Çerkezköy is a district of Tekirdağ Province of Turkey, in inland Thrace just to the west of the outlying Istanbul districts of Çatalca and Silivri. Çerkezköy is an industrial area and the most populous district of Tekirdağ.
Çiğdem Talu Çiğdem Talu (1939-1983) was a renowned Turkish pop music songwriter. She wrote her first song "Ağlıyorum Yine", which was sung by Nilüfer and released on her single, "Kalbim Bir Pusula".
Çiftlik Çiftlik is a district of Niğde Province of Turkey, 67km from the town of Niğde, and 65km from Aksaray (there is a much shorter route over the mountains to Niğde but that road is often under snow and closed in winter. Population (2000) 32,151 of which 4,627 live in the town of Çiftlik.
Çorlu Çorlu (pronounced 'chor-lu') is a city in Tekirdağ Province in inland Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey. It is a rapidly developing industrial centre in a flat area on the road from Istanbul to Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria.
Çorovodë Çorovodë, also written as Çorovoda is the main city of Skrapar, Albania with a population of around 7,000. The city name Çorovoda comes from the Bulgarian Черна вода (Cherna voda) and means "black water".
Çoruh River The Çoruh River or Ch'orokhi River is a river in north-eastern Turkey and south-western Georgia, which runs through the town of Artvin. The Çoruh makes its way through many towns and villages before joining the Black Sea.
Çukurova Çukurova is the modern name for the ancient region of Cilicia (or to be more precise, of Cilicia Pedia, "the flat Cilicia") in southern Turkey. The region forms parts of the modern day provinces of Adana, Osmaniye and Mersin.
Çukurova University Çukurova University () occupies a foremost place among other Turkish universities with its 10 faculties, 3 colleges, 7 vocational colleges, 3 institutes and 26 research and application centers. The university campus is located 10 kilometers away from the city center, and is situated in a serene environment conducive to learning.
É (temple) ÉThe word is phonologically simply /e/, the acute accent is an assyriological convention specifying the corresponding cuneiform sign. is the Sumerian for "house" or "temple", written ideographically with the cuneiform sign (Borger nr.
Éamon Ă“ CuĂv Éamon Ă“ CuĂv (born June 23, 1950) is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently the Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Galway West since 1992 and has previously been a member of Seanad Éireann.
Ébrié Lagoon The Ébrié Lagoon lies in Côte d'Ivoire, separated for most of its length from the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow coastal strip. The 100 km long lagoon is linked to the sea by the Vridi Canal, while the Comoë River flows into it.
Éclaireurs Neutres de France The Éclaireurs Neutres de France (ENF, Neutral (= interreligious) Scouts of France) is a non-aligned French Scouting association, founded in 1947 by Marcel Lepage and serving 3,000 ot 4,000 members of both genders.
Éclairs sur l'au-delà … Éclairs sur l'au-delà … ("Flashes on the beyond…") is an orchestral piece by the French composer Olivier Messiaen composed between 1987-1991 and is his last work. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra for their 150th anniversary in 1992, it was first performed by them, conducted by Zubin Mehta, at the Lincoln Center on the 5th November of that same year.
École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel The Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel of Paris or EABJM was founded in 1955 by Jeannine Manuel. Situated in the heart of Paris, EABJM accommodates students from their younger years to high school graduation.
École élémentaire catholique Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau École élémentaire catholique Pierre-Elliot-Trudeau is a Catholic french elementary school in the Barrhaven community of Ottawa, Ontario. It opened in September 2000 and was the first school of Ontario to be named after Trudeau.
École Centrale de Pékin In 2005, the French leading universities (Grandes Ecoles) of engineering "École Centrale" helped to open at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China a new partner of their network.
École de Management de Lyon École de Management de Lyon or EM Lyon (that means "Lyon Management School"), was founded in Lyon (France) in 1872 by the local business community, and is affiliated to the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. EM Lyon is a leading French management school accredited EQUIS by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Education), AMBA for the International MBA programme and by the AACSB.
École de technologie supérieure Created in 1974, École de technologie supérieure (Higher School of Technology) is an engineering university member of Université du Québec network. Located in Montreal specifically for students that have graduated from college technical programs (CEGEP), it offers co-op (co-operative) programs to all of its students, giving them a hands-on experience in their field of study.
École des Annales L'École des Annales (The School of Annales) is an important movement in historic discipline founded by Lucien Febvre and Marc Bloch. Thanks to its evolution, the Annales will dominate practically all the French historiography of the Twentieth century.
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales The École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (French for "School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences"; EHESS) is a French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences.
École des Mines de Nantes The École des Mines de Nantes, or EMN, ENSTIMN, EMNAntes, is a French engineering school based in Nantes, in the west of France. The school was founded in 1990 by the Ministry of Industry and belongs to the prestigious network of the Ecole des Mines (GEM)
École des trois gourmandes L'école des trois gourmandes (The School of the Three Happy Eaters) was a cooking school founded in Paris, France during the 1950s by Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle. The work done by the school was later expanded into the two-volume Mastering the Art of French Cooking series, and Child wore the logo of the school as a badge for much of her television career.
École Franco-Nord École Franco-Nord is a French-language elementary school located in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The school's name is a reference to the northern geographic location of Prince George within British Columbia (nord translates to north).
École Highland Secondary School École Highland Secondary School (also known as Highland Secondary School) is a secondary school located in Comox, British Columbia, Canada in School District 71. The school opened in 1978 and educates approximately 725 students annually in grades 10–12.
École Libre des Sciences Politiques École Libre des Sciences Politiques (English: Private School of Political Studies), often referred to as the École des Sciences Politiques or simply Sciences Po (pronounced see-ahns po) was created in Paris in February 1872 by a group of European intellectuals, politicians and businessmen, which included Hippolyte Taine, Ernest Renan, Albert Sorel, Paul Leroy Beaulieu, François Guizot, and led by Emile Boutmy.
École Mondiale World School The École Mondiale World School is an accredited International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Mumbai in the primary, middle years and diploma courses. It is also authorised to offer the International General Certificate for Secondary Education (IGCSE) at year 10 levels through Cambridge International Examinations, the International Division of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.
École nationale d'administration publique The École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), or the National School of Public Administration, located in Quebec City, Quebec, was established in 1969 by the Quebec government, as a way of obtaining a professional public administration during a period when a number of social and structural changes were taking place within the province. The school is unique in that it is partly a pragmatic learning environment geared to educating Québécois for positions within the government and it is partly a "traditional" university.
École Nationale d'Administration The École Nationale d'Administration (generally known as ENA) is the school where many of France's senior officials are instructed. It is the way of choice to reach the great administrative corps of the State.
École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer The École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer (National School of Overseas France; ENFOM) was a French grande école, providing training for future colonial administrators. It was situated in Paris, avenue de l'Observatoire, 2.
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées The École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) ("National school of Bridges and Roads"), often referred to as les Ponts, is the world's oldest engineering school and remains to this day one of the most prestigious French Grandes Écoles of engineering.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires The École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (ENSAIA) is a French grande école located in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy near Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département that specialises in biological and agricultural engineering.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles The École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles is a French architectural school located at the ancient stables of the Versailles Palace. The school was founded in 1969 after the suppression of the École des Beaux-Arts architecture section.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrochimie et d'Électrométallurgie de Grenoble The École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrochimie et d'Électrométallurgie de Grenoble, or ENSEEG, is one of the French Grandes écoles of engineering (engineering schools). It has been created in 1921 under the name Institut d’électrochimie et d’électrométallurgie (IEE) (Institute of Electrochemistry and Electrometallurgy).
École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Électrotechnique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et de Télécommunications The École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Électrotechnique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et des Télécommunications (ENSEEIHT, nicknamed N7 after the phonetically equivalent French pronunciation of the acronym) is one of the top French engineering schools (Grandes écoles) in Electrical Engineering , Electronics, Computer Science, Hydraulics and Telecommunications.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, Informatique et Radiocommunications de Bordeaux The École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, Informatique et Radiocommunications de Bordeaux, or ENSEIRB - which can be translated as Graduate School of electronics, computer science and telecom of Bordeaux - is one of the French "grandes écoles " (with a level "bac+5"). It is located on the campus of the University Bordeaux 1, on the territory of the Talence town, close to the famous Bordeaux city.
École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Informatique Automatique Mécanique Énergétique Électronique The ENSIAME (École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Informatique Automatique Mécanique Énergétique Électronique) is one of the European "Grandes écoles" of Engineering (Equivalent Institute of Technology). It is located in the city of Valenciennes in the north of France (2 hours from Paris, 1 hour from Belgium, 2 hours from Strasbourg and 2 hours from London).
École Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation The École Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation or ENSBANA is a French "Ecole d'Ingénieurs" (Grande Ecole) specialised in Food Science and Technology, located on the campus of Université de Bourgogne, Dijon (France).
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier The École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, or ENSCM, is one of the French Grandes Ecoles, situated in Montpellier. Although it may share academic staff and research activities with the University as well as research bodies such as CNRS, the ENSCM has a particular status as an independent body with its own research laboratories.
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux The École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux or ENSCPB (or "CPB" in common parlance) - which can be translated as Graduate School of Chemistry and Physics of Bordeaux - is one of the French "grandes écoles ", whose main purpose is to form chemical and physical engineers (with a level "bac+5"). It is located on the campus of the University Bordeaux 1, in the town of Pessac, close to the famous city of Bordeaux.
École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace The École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace ("SUPAERO" or "ENSAE", roughly translated as "National Higher School of Air and Space Engineering"), founded in 1909, is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France. It was the world's first dedicated aerospace engineering school and is considered to be one of the best in Europe in that field.
École Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Application École Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications (also known as ENSEA) is a prestigious graduate school (grande école) of electrical engineering and computer science, located in Cergy (in Val d'Oise department) close to Paris.
École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques The École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques (ENSMM) is one of the French "Grandes Écoles" of Engineering (Equivalent Institute of Technology). It belongs to the Polyméca network.
École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg The École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg (ENSPS) is a French engineering school. Opened in 1970, the ENSPS has been teaching R&D to engineers in specialized topics such as physics, electronics, automatic, image processing, photonics and computer science.
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne The École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (ENST Bretagne, sometimes known as Télécom Bretagne or even Télécom Brest) is a French research centre and high level training institution in Information Technologies and telecommunications. This grande école of engineering is located near Brest in Brittany.
École Nissim de Camondo The École Nissim de Camondo is a five-year school of environmental design and interior architecture, located in Paris, France. Although a private school, graduates are recognized as architects by the French state.
École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris was founded in 1919 by the pianist Alfred Cortot and his partner Auguste Mangeot. From the very beginning, the institution enjoyed a world-wide reputation for the quality of its music teaching with such faculty members as Pablo Casals, Nadia Boulanger, Wanda Landowska, Paul Dukas and Arthur Honegger.
École Normale Hébraïque The École Normale Hébraïque (Jewish Normal School) is a Jewish secondary school in Casablanca, Morocco, opened in 1945. It regularly achieves 100% success rates in the national matriculation examinations, the best record in the country.
École Normale Supérieure The École normale supérieure (also known as Normale Sup', Normale, ENS, ENS-Paris, ENS-Ulm or Ulm) is arguably the most prestigious French grande école, whose main campus is located around the rue d'Ulm (Ulm Street) in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. To avoid confusion with similarly-named grandes écoles such as the École normale supérieure de Lyon, the Paris institution is often specified as 'ENS-Paris' or 'ENS-Ulm'.
École Normale Supérieure de Cachan The École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan, Normale Sup' Cachan) is a prestigious Grande École located in Cachan, a suburb of Paris, in France. Like all the other Grandes Écoles, this higher education institution is not included in the mainstream framework of the French public universities.
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (also known as ENSL, ENS-Lyon or Normale Sup' Lyon) is an elite grande école located in Lyon, France, in the district of Gerland. Similar in status to the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, it trains researchers and teachers in the scientific fields.
École Polytechnique The École Polytechnique (the "Polytechnic School"), often referred to by the nickname X, is the best-known French grande école of engineering and management. Initially located in the Quartier Latin in central Paris, it was moved to the suburb of Palaiseau in 1976.
École Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes École Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes, part of the Université de Nantes, is one of the leading French Grandes écoles, a School of Engineering which provides academic and research programmes in a variety of scientific and technological fields: electrical engineering, electronic systems and computer engineering, computer science, thermal sciences, and material sciences.
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in Switzerland. The EPFL is in the heart of Europe and is one of Europe's leading institutions of science and technology.
École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées The École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées or EPITA (School for computer science and advanced technologies) is a French private engineering school, based in Le Kremlin-Bicetre at the south of Paris.
École secondaire catholique de formation professionelle et technique Minto École secondaire catholique de formation professionelle et technique Minto is a school in Ottawa, Ontario. It has been founded in October 1999 to give students the opportunity to attend a school that ressembles to the work market and that offers a cooperative education program.
École secondaire catholique Garneau École secondaire catholique Garneau (Garneau Catholic High School), is a French language high school teaching grades 7-12 in the community of Orléans in the eastern end of Ottawa, Ontario (capital of Canada).
École secondaire de l'Ile École secondaire de l'Ile (English:De l'Ile Secondary School) is a public secondary school in Gatineau, Quebec. The school is located on Boulevard Saint-Redempteur at the corner of Boulevard Sacre-Coeur in the Hull sector near the downtown area.
École secondaire de Par-en-Bas The École secondaire de Par-en-Bas (otherwise known as Par-en-bas or ESPB) is a French high school located in Tusket, Yarmouth County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, for Acadian students. The school carries grade 7 to grade 12 students.
École secondaire du Versant Ecole secondaire du Versant (English: du Versant Secondary School) is a public secondary school located in Gatineau, Quebec. It is located on Boulevard de la Cite at the corner of Boulevard La Verendrye in the Gatineau sector and is operated by the Commission Scolaire des Draveurs school board.
École secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau École secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau is a public francophone high school in the Quebec region of the Outaouais. It is located in the municipality of Papineauville in the Papineau (also called la Petite-Nation) region about 30 kilometres east of the eastern limits of the city of Gatineau along Quebec route 148 and 60 kilometres from downtown Ottawa.
École secondaire Mont-Bleu École Secondaire Mont-Bleu is a public secondary located in Gatineau, Quebec. It located on Boulevard Cité des Jeunes in the Hull sector just on the eastern flank of the Gatineau Park, one of the National Capital Region's touristic destination.
École secondaire Notre Dame High School Consisting of grades 10-12, Notre Dame offers such CTS courses as Mechanics, Japanese, Cosmetology, Spanish, Fabrication, Cabinet making, Information Processing, Visual Communications, and many more. Notre Dame is also the home of St.
École secondaire Thériault École Secondaire catholique Thériault is a high school located in Timmins, Ontario. It is a francophone Catholic school administered by Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières with some 1000 students.
École supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal Located in central Montreal, Canada the École supérieure de ballet contemporain de Montréal (ESBCM) is situated in the Plateau Mont Royal borough. Located a few yards from the Laurier subway station, the school is part of the Maison de la danse Ludmilla Chiriaeff, a building that it has owned since 1982 and which is also home to the dance company Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal.
École Sainte-Anne École Sainte-Anne is an entirely French language K-12 school in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The school is located in the Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne which is the heart and soul of Fredericton's thriving francophone and acadian community.
École Secondaire catholique Thériault École Secondaire catholique Thériault is a high school located in Timmins, Ontario. It is a francophone Catholic school administered by Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières with some 1000 students.
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