The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (French: École des hautes études en sciences sociales, EHESS) is a leading French institution for research and higher education . Its administrative status allows its selection process to be both highly selective and rigorous. EHESS has educated for decades research and political elites and its teachers are famous around the world (the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, Jean Tirole teaches at EHESS). EHESS known around the world as one of the leading institution in Social Sciences and particularly in Economy and Finance. EHESS is part of Paris Sciences et Lettres with elite French institutions like Ecole Normale Supérieure Ulm, Collége de France, Ecole des Mines etc. It is part of Paris School of Economics known as one of the world leading center in Quantitative Economics and it offers degrees with the famous Toulouse School of Economics. EHESS also offers degrees with Ecole Polytechnique, HEC etc. As a world leading institution in research and applied research EHESS has exchange programs with world leading universities such as Columbia University, University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley, etc.