Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix

{{Expand French|Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix|date=April 2023}}

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The Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, often called Sainte-Croix de Neuilly, is a Roman Catholic educational institution under contract with the State, located in Neuilly-sur-Seine in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.techno-science.net/glossaire-definition/Institution-Notre-Dame-de-Sainte-Croix.html|title=🔎 Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix – Définition et Explications|website=Techno-Science.net}}

History

Founded in 1856 at the Château des Ternes by the Congregation of Holy Cross, the establishment was transferred to its present location in 1866.{{Cite web|url=https://www.neuillysurseine.fr/page/institution-ste-croix|title=Institution Ste-Croix|website=Ville de Neuilly-sur-Seine}}

The national ranking of classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE) is based on the admission rate of students to the grandes écoles.{{Cite web|url=https://neuillyjournal.com/2017/03/20/institution-dame-de-sainte-croix/|title=Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix.|date=20 March 2017}}

In 2021, 31.50% of the class entered the top 3 (HEC, ESSEC, ESCP) and 80.3% the top 6, thus confirming the progression of previous years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.letudiant.fr/palmares/classement-prepa/fiche/etablissement-institution-notre-dame-de-sainte-croix-7738.html|title=Lycée Notre-Dame-de-Sainte-Croix – Classement 2023 des prépas|website=www.letudiant.fr}}

Notable Alumni

Alain Daniélou, French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer, and notable Western convert to and expert on the Shaivite sect of Hinduism
Bertrand Le Gendre, French journalist and essayis
Bernard Lefort, French lyric baritone, and later an opera director
François Polgár, contemporary French choral conductor, organist, composer and musicologist
Étienne Vatelot, French luthier