École Nationale des Chartes
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The École nationale des chartes – PSL (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal de ʃaʁt]), sometimes rendered in English as the National School of Charters, is a French grande école and grand établissement specialising in the historical sciences, archival studies, palaeography, diplomatics, the history of the book and digital humanities. Founded by royal ordinance on 22 February 1821, it is a constituent institution of PSL University. The school was originally associated with the National Archives and was later located at the Palais de la Sorbonne. Since October 2014, it has been based at 65 rue de Richelieu in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, opposite the Richelieu site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Students admitted to the archivist-palaeographer programme are recruited through a highly selective competitive examination and may hold the status of trainee civil servants. After completing their studies and defending a thesis, they receive the qualification of archivist-paleographer. Graduates commonly pursue careers as heritage curators, archivists, library curators, lecturers and researchers in the humanities and social sciences. The school also offers master's degrees, introduced in 2005, and doctoral programmes, introduced in 2011.
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