Schedule and Classrooms for the First Semester of the 2026–2027 Academic Year
For this first semester, CIENS is offering five courses (four 24-hour courses worth 6 ECTS credits and one 12-hour course worth 3 ECTS credits) as well as a PSL Week in late November (see details here).
All classes held at 29 rue d’Ulm are accessible to students without an ENS card via 24 rue Lhomond.
IMPORTANT: To complete the courses and earn your ECTS credits, you must register on PEGASUS.
| Course | Niche | dates |
| Why deterrence? Introduction to contemporary nuclear and strategic issues Teacher : Paul Zajac | Thursday 6 p.m.-8 p.m. except 09/24: room to be determined, 15/10 and 05/11, Evariste Galois, 10/12: Dussane | September 24 October 1, 8, 15, 22 November 5, 12, 19 December 3, 10, 17 January 7 |
| History of nuclear deterrence Teachers : Dominique Mongin and Frédéric Gloriant | Tuesday 4-6 p.m. Conference room at 46 rue dULM | September 22, 29 October 6, 13, 20 November 3, 10, 17 December 1, 8, 15 January 5 |
| Theories and political sociology of international relations Teacher : Pierre-Louis Six | Tuesday 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Paul Langevin | September 22, 29 October 6, 13, 20 November 3, 10, 17 December 1, 8, 15 January 5 |
| Cyber conflict: strategic issues and geopolitical realities (initiation and deepening) schoolteacher : Marie-Gabrielle Bertran | Tuesday 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Borel room upon October 7 and then Berthier (U207) at 29 rue d’Ulm | September 22, 29 October 6, 13, 20 November 3, 10, 17 December 1, 8, 15 January 5 |
| Geopolitics of theIA: From digital and cognitive sovereignty to objects of war Teacher: Elsa Novelli | Thursday 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Room U209, at 29 rue dULM | September 24 October 1, 8, 15, 22 November 5, 12, 19 |
