Rennes France

French School of Public Health (EHESP)

We are pleased to announce the creation of a new school as from 1st January 2008: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique or EHESP. This translates to French School of Public Health.

This new school will take over the missions and responsibilities of the former ENSP founded in 1945, but its scope will be extended to new specialities, diplomas and international collaboration. As such, the EHESP will have university status and will come under the auspices of the ministries for higher education, for labour, for health, and for social affairs.

The French School of Public Health (EHESP), is the unique French provider of higher vocational training for senior healthcare managers of : hospitals (directors, medical doctors, nurse managers, hospital engineers), social welfare institutions (directors), local and regional health services (health and welfare inspectors, public health doctors and pharmacists, health engineers and technicians), and schools (school medical officers).

Three areas of excellence characterise the EHESP: assessment of health risks (in which environmental health is a particular area of focus), health system evaluation and monitoring, and management of health and social welfare institutions.

The EHESP is actively involved in providing up-to-date and authoritive knowledge in social and health care sector through the research activities of its two laboratories. It also carries out and heads co-operation programmes with universities, schools and professional organisations on a European and worldwide basis.

Located on a 20 acre campus close to the town-centre (10 mn by metro), the EHESP takes in around 500 new students for initial training and caters for 5000 professionals on continuous training every year. With a team of 75 permanent teachers and top-rate training equipment (40 classrooms, lecture theatres, library, public health database, computer rooms, multimedia equipment), the school offers high quality conditions for carrying out studies. Students can also take advantage of the accommodation (rooms, studios) and canteen facilities.

Specialisations offered within EUROPUBHEALTH

• Environmental and Occupational Health

Contact

Ms Anke Grapenthin anke.grapenthin@ehesp.fr École des hautes études en santé publique Avenue du Professeur-Léon-Bernard - CS 74312 35043 Rennes Cedex Phone : +33 2 99 02 28 19    |    Fax : + 33 2 99 02 28 28

Rennes and surroundings

As the Capital of Brittany, Rennes has a generous architectural and landscape heritage, stemming from its history which comes through in the town’s monuments, streets, houses and parks.

Rennes is an old fortified city listed as “Town of Art and History‿, rich in wood face and stone art. It offers marvellous colourful strolls along its medieval pedestrian streets and its picturesque settings.

The inhabitants of the town along with its 60 000 students can take advantage of the cultural, sporting and culinary diversity on offer and which is easily accessible by bus, metro or on foot. For culture there are concert halls, the well-known Transmusicales and Les Tombées de la Nuit, theatres, cinemas, public libraries… Sports equipment includes cycle tracks, tennis courts, swimming pools, ice rinks, football stadium… And in terms of cuisine, there is a savoury combination of Brittany dishes, such as crêpes and galettes, and plenty of seafood.

Less than 100 kilometres away from Rennes, some beautiful settings are offered to you like the famous Mont Saint-Michel, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the pirate town of Saint-Malo which is a renowned seaside resort. In addition and still not far away, you can visit the Emerald and Pink Granite coasts where the unspoilt nature seems to change appearance in the fading evening light.

Links

• website of Rennes
• Office de tourisme
• Tourism in Britanny