2026-2027 Masters degree application

Anne Zalmanski — 2025-12-02T16:36:51Z

2026-2027 Applications are now closed

(submition January 15, 2026 – February 24, 2026)

To directly apply to the Master's program, all students (from France, the EU or outside of the EU) need to complete the PSL online application form for the Master IMaLiS track and upload the following documents :

• A curriculum vitae, including a description of your higher education, of completed coursework, that is relevant for your application, and of your research experience to date.
• An ID photo.
• A letter of motivation, personnally written, introducing yourself, describing your research interests and research experience during internships, outlining your professional career project and how the Master program will align with these plans, for instance by specifying the courses that you would like to follow, in particular if it concerns the specialized courses offered by the Institutes Curie and Pasteur.
• Scans of your Bachelor's degree (or equivalent), if you obtained them already, and of your undergraduate and postgraduate academic transcripts. Please supply any available official information regarding your relative ranking (e.g. top 5%) and the number of students in the class.
• Two or three letters of recommendation to be uploaded to the platform by professors or researchers who know you well.
• English and French language certificates are optional. A certification of English language proficiency (C1 level) is recommended if English is not your mother tongue. Examples of certifications : TOEFL iBT, CAE, TOEIC, IELTS or a Medium Of Instruction (MOI) certificate from your university.
• Should you ask for consideration at the M2 level, you need to provide a detailed explanation in your letter of motivation as to why you believe to be eligible for direct admission to the second year, based on your background in Life Sciences, the interdisciplinary nature of your education and your research experience.

Admission steps :

(1) All written applications will be evaluated twice by the Biology Department faculty.
(2) Candidates pre-selected on the basis of their written application will then be invited for a remote interview with a faculty panel. The discussion is designed for you to present yourself : including your general scientific background and motivation, your career objectives and your research experience so far. This interview will help the panel to decide whether you are accepted to the Master, placed on a waiting list or definitively refused. The level of admission will take into account both student wishes and faculty evaluations of the candidacy.
(3) If you have been admitted to IMaLiS or placed on the waiting list, and applied for a scholarship, you will proceed to a remote oral examination on a biology-related topic, which will allow the panel to establish the list of scholarships beneficiaries.

For information : Timetable for the 2026/2027 academic year
– Online applications : opening January 15, 2026
– Deadline for application : February 24, 2026
– Notification of first evaluation round results/invitation to interviews : 16 March 2026
– Interviews by videoconference : March 27 – April 3, 2026
– Oral examination by videoconference for scholarships : April 7 and 10, 2026
– Notification of principal and waiting lists : April 15, 2026

Sélection internationale

Marie Embs — 2014-09-30T14:26:22Z

Each year the ENS organizes an international selection allowing about thirty of the most promising international students, either in Science or in Humanities, to follow a two or three-year course at the ENS. They receive a monthly stipend of approximately 1,000 Euros and benefit from an accommodation on the ENS campus.

The international selection at the ENS :

Awards two-year grants or three-year grants (in mathematics and computing science) to complete a master degree
Is intended for outstanding international students selected on examination of application and tests (see conditions enclosed)

in the Sciences

3 written exams and 2 oral exams.
The written exams include : a series of short exercises in the major field of study and in the minor field and a commentary of a document.
The oral exams include : one in the major field of study and one in the minor field. Candidates may answer in English or in French, both for the written and the oral.

Candidates should choose one major field and one minor field from the following :

Biology
Chemistry
Information Technology
Mathematics
Physics
Cognitive sciences
Earth sciences

More information here

ENS - Enseignement

2026-2027 Masters degree application

Sélection internationale