An école normale supérieure (ENS) is a type of publicly funded higher education institution in France and most French-speaking countries in Africa like Cameroon.
A portion of the student body, admitted via a highly-selective competitive examination process, are French civil servants and are known as normaliens. ENSes also offers master’s degrees, and can be compared to « Institutes for Advanced Studies ». They constitute the top level of research-training education in the French university system.
[tds_warning]In Cameroon, it is referred to as the Higher Teachers Training Colledge in the English Language.[/tds_warning]