Chimie ParisTech (officially École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (National Chemical Engineering Institute in Paris), also known as ENSCP or Chimie Paris) is an elite chemical science and engineeringcollege founded in 1896, located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. It is one of the founding members of ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology), and Paris Sciences et Lettres – Quartier latin. The students enter the school after highly competitive exams known as the , following at least two years of classes préparatoires. The school is known as France's most selective chemical engineering college