| Institution Saint-Jean de Douai | |
| Language: | French |
| Type: | Public funded classes préparatoires |
| Location: | 246 Rue Saint-Jean |
| City: | 59500 Douai |
| Country: | France |
| Established: | 1854 |
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]