Institut privé de préparation aux études supérieures

The Institut privé de préparation aux études supérieures (Ipesup) is a non-contracted secular private institution preparing students for entry to French grandes écoles. Located near the Notre-Dame in Paris, it organises programs that prepare students to sit the competitive entrance examinations for major business schools, Sciences Po and the ÉNA. It also offers short courses, intensive courses and continuing education cycles.

History
The Institut privé de préparation aux études supérieures (IPESUP group) was created in 1974 by two former students of the École normale supérieure: Gérard Larguier and Patrick Noël.

The IPESUP group was taken over in 2017 by Bertrand Leonard, co-founder of the financial investment company Exane and then president of the HEC foundation and former student of Ipesup.

Notable alumni

 * Julien Balkany, a French businessman and an investor based in London
 * Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon, the disputed head of the former Imperial House of France, and the disputed heir of Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Emperor of the French

Notable teacher

 * Emmanuel Macron, a French politician who has served as the president of France, and therefore the co-prince of Andorra, since 2017