The diploma of “archiviste paléographe”

The 3-year, 9-month programme includes six semesters of coursework, combining classes and internships in conservation institutions in both France and abroad. The historical and literary programmes are resolutely multidisciplinary: a student can take classes on subjects as diverse as art history, palaeography and diplomatics, the history of manuscripts and books, history of the law, contemporary media, Latin and Romance language philology, archival studies, archaeology, etc. These courses provide unparalleled critical knowledge of both ancient and contemporary records (texts, images, artworks, archaeological objects, etc.) and represent an essential academic prerequisite for programmes taught at the Institut National du Patrimoine (specifically for the Archives specialisation, as well as for specialisations such as Museums or Historical Monuments and Inventories) or by the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l’Information et des Bibliothèques.

The Archivist-Palaeographer Diploma requires that students write a thesis, which is to be submitted in the months following the end of the student’s 3^rd year and for which the defence will make it possible to obtain, in their 4^th year, The Archivist-Palaeographer Diploma. This thesis is falls within the framework of a wider research programme, created in collaboration with other university establishments, which includes a prior 2^nd-year Master’s degree dissertation and must eventually lead to a doctoral thesis.

This programme offers French students the opportunity to be remunerated by the State as trainee civil servants throughout their education and collect a monthly salary of approximately €1,200.