Institution Saint-Jean de Douai

Institution Saint-Jean de Douai
Location
246 Rue Saint-Jean 59500 Douai France
Coordinates	50°22′12.677″N 3°5′5.927″E
Information
Type	Public funded classes préparatoires
Established	1854
Language	French
Website	www.stjean-douai.eu

The Institution Saint-Jean de Douai located in Douai (Hauts-de-France), is a private educational establishment under an association contract with the State. It welcomes 2,000 pupils from kindergarten to preparatory classes.^[1] It sits on the site of the former English College at Douai, a defunct Catholic seminary.

The Institution Saint-Jean was created in 1854 during the installation of a diocesan college in the rue Saint-Jean in Douai. The Institution's buildings were used as a military hospital by the German army from 1914 to 1918. The Institution was bombed and destroyed in 1940 and 1944. Reconstruction ended in 1958.^[2]

Preparatory classes was created in 1988 by Christophe Cadet, a former history and geography teacher at Saint-Jean. They prepare for the entrance examination for business schools (HEC, ESSEC, ESCP, EM Lyon, EDHEC, Audencia, etc.) by competing with the major Parisian high schools such as Henri-IV, Louis-le-Grand and "Ginette".^[3][4]

Notable teachers

• Jean-Pierre Ezin, a Beninese Emeritus Professor of mathematics at University of Abomey-Calavi (Université d'Abomey-Calavi)

Notes

1. Une école 100 % virtuelle ouvre à la rentrée avec Saint-Jean (Douai) : une première en France
2. Douai : l’institution Saint-Jean a bâti un internat de 69 chambres pour ses étudiants de prépa
3. "En prépa tout est une affaire d'équilibre"
4. Tiphaine Auzière : la fille de Brigitte Macron se confie

External links

• Site of Institution Saint-Jean de Douai (in French)