Institut Supérieur de Physique et de Chimie Industrielle de Paris

The École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI; École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris) was founded in 1882 by the Paris City Council in order to cultivate professionals with solid experimental and theoretical training in physics, chemistry and biology. It has produced five Nobel Prize winners: Pierre and Marie Curie, FrEdEric Joliot-Curie, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Georges Gennes. Gennes, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Georges Charpak.