Most of the grandes écoles were relocated to the suburbs of Paris in the 1960s and 1970s, in new campuses much larger than the old campuses within the crowded city of Paris, though the École Normale Supérieure has remained on rue d'Ulm in the 5th arrondissement.
Većina grandes écoles preseljene su u predgrađa Pariza 1960-ih i 1970-ih, u nove kampuse, mnogo veće od onih u najgušće naseljenim dijelovima Pariza, iako je École Normale Supérieure ostala na rue d'Ulm u 5. arondismanu.