Founded in 1875, the Institut Catholique de Paris is an institution that combines academic faculties, several institutes, and schools of engineering and business in an original way. This diversity of structures and disciplines encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration in both teaching and research. The main campus of the Institut Catholique de Paris lies in the heart of the historic student quarter of Paris, just steps away from the Luxembourg Gardens and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, offering a unique academic environment in historic buildings from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. A sense of history and a thirst for knowledge coexist harmoniously in comfortable work spaces fitted out with the most modern equipment. Each year some 4,500 students from 100 come to ICP to learn French at ILCF (Institut de Langue et de culture françaises, institute of French language and culture) or to earn an academic or professional degree. International students enjoy close support and have access to the full range of the ICP's services.