Thought, from Humanism to the Enlightenment Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO) Interactions, Corpuses, Learning and Representations Interdisciplinary approach to the logics of power in medieval Iberian societies Literature, Ideologies and Représentations in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Rhône-Alpes Centre for Historical Research Socialisation Research Group Triangle: Action, Discourses, Economic and Political Thought History and Archaeology of the Medieval Christian and Islamic Worlds Economic Theory and Analysis Group Students Normaliens-élèves ENSL retains its close links to the classes préparatoires which prepare high-level students - previously selected on the basis of their academic record - for the competitive entrance examination that is taken after two years of pluridisciplinary undergraduate-level study. Students who succeed in the entrance examinations, which attract some 6000 candidates for 228 positions, are known as normaliens-élèves; those who are from France or another European Union country are considered trainee public servants, and receive a salary for their studies during 4 years. A second entrance examination is also open to students who have not gone through the classes préparatoires system. In return of their salary, they have to serve in public services for 10 years. Normaliens-étudiants Entry to ENSL is not restricted to normaliens-élèves. Students may also apply through a separate admissions process based on academic prowess. The normaliens-étudiants are not public servants, but their formation and diploma are the same as those of the normaliens-élèves. Auditeurs de masters An auditeur de master is someone who has been admitted at the ENSL at the master level. By opposition to the normaliens-élèves and the normaliens-étudiants, they don't have the title of Normalien and are just eligible to a master's degree. They can't obtain the ENSL diploma. Studies First year Students prepare the third year of Licence, the equivalent of a UK Bachelor's degree. The ENS de Lyon offers numerous courses which are conceived as preparations for Masters. Second and third years Students prepare in two years their Master's degree. 5 research Masters are proposed in Sciences, 36 in Humanities. Fourth year During this year, students can prepare the agrégation teacher recruitment examination in 16 different subjects. Students can also start their PhD, go studying for one year or more in a foreign country, or follow during one year courses in other subjects. Gap years Between the first and fourth year, normaliens can also spend up to 2 free years called années sans solde, during which they can study other disciplines