Paris Diderot University

Paris Diderot University
Université Paris Diderot
Established 1970, following the division of the University of Paris (12th century)
Type Public
Chancellor Maurice Quénet
Chancellor of the Universities of Paris
President Vincent Berger
Students 26,000
Location Paris, France
Affiliations University of Paris
Website www.univ-paris-diderot.fr

Paris Diderot University, also known as Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, is a French leading University[1] located in Paris, France. It is one of the heirs of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris (together with Paris 6), which was one of the earliest established in Europe, founded in the mid 12th century. It adopted its current name in 1994.

The University is famous for its teaching in Science, especially in Mathematics[2]. Indeed, the Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires (Laboratory of Probability and Random Models), which is one of the centers of research of Paris Diderot University, has discovered many fundamental results of the theory of Probability[3].

But the University is also a place for multidisciplinary education: currently, there are 2300 educators and researchers, 1100 administrative personnel and 26,000 students studying humanities, science, and medicine[4]. That's why it always has been ranked as one of the three best French Universities.

Paris Diderot University is a founding member of the higher education and research alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité which is a Public Institution for Scientific Cooperation bringing together four renowned Parisian universities and four higher education and research institutes.[5]

Formerly based at the Jussieu Campus in the 5th arrondissement, the University has moved to a new campus in the 13th arrondissement, PRG (Paris Rive Gauche). The first buildings were brought into use in 2006. The university has many facilities in Paris, and two in other parts of the general area. However, by 2012, the University will complete its moving and will only be in its new ultra-modern campus.

Contents

List of facilities in Paris

There are:[6]

UFR (Unité de Formation et de Recherche)

Paris Diderot University offers courses in many fields, each of them are taught in a different sections of the University called UFR - Unité de Formation et de Recherche (Unity of Teaching and Research).[7]

Academic degrees

There are:

Teachers and former teachers

References

  1. ^ The URAP 2010 ranking gave a A+ to Paris Diderot University for its academics performances
  2. ^ The university is ranked 47th in the world in the field of mathematics by the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2010
  3. ^ Brief history of the Laboratory of Probabilites and Random Models
  4. ^ University education in Paris Diderot figures
  5. ^ Presentation of the Sorbonne Paris Cité alliance
  6. ^ Detail of all facilities
  7. ^ List of the Fields and departments
  8. ^ Jaak Aaviksoo's CV
  9. ^ Claude Allègre's resume(French)
  10. ^ Jean-Luc Bennahmia's resume(French)
  11. ^ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie(French)
  12. ^ International Federation of Film Critics
  13. ^ Nobel Prize in Medicine 1980
  14. ^ Luc Ferry's CV(French)>
  15. ^ Élisabeth Roudinesco's CV
  16. ^ Jean-Michel Savéant CV(French)
  17. ^ Vincent Courtillot CV(French)
  18. ^ Julia Kristeva CV(French)
  19. ^ Press release of the University Paris-Diderot (French)
  20. ^ Article in French newspaper Le Monde by University president (French)
  21. ^ Nobel Prize in Physics 2006

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