| Université Paris-Sud | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1971 |
| Type | Public |
| Religious affiliation | UniverSud Paris, Campus Paris Saclay |
| Endowment | EUR 450 million |
| Academic staff | 2,461 (2011) |
| Admin. staff | 1,670 (2011) |
| Students | 27,307 (2011) |
| Postgraduates | 2,578 (2011) |
| Location | Orsay, France |
| Campus | Cachan, Châtenay-Malabry, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Orsay, Sceaux |
University of Paris-Sud 11[1] or University of Paris-Sud or University of Paris XI (French: Université Paris-Sud 11) is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris (including Orsay, Cachan, Châtenay-Malabry, Sceaux and Kremlin-Bicêtre campuses). The main campus is located in Orsay ().
Paris-Sud is one of the largest and most renowned French universities, particularly in the sciences. This university is member of the UniverSud Paris.
Paris-Sud is ranking the First in France and is ranked 40th worldwide in the 2011 edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Furthermore, the university is ranked 17th in the field of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, is ranked 8th in mathematics and 20th in physics, in the new Academic Ranking of World Universities 5 general subjects ranking. The University was ranked 36-39 wolrdwide in 2009 according to Global University Ranking.[2] It was officially recognized as an independent academic institution in 1965, after some of the expanding inner-Paris particle and nuclear physics laboratories were transferred to Orsay, under the impulse of Irène Joliot-Curie. It hosts a great number of laboratories on its large (236 ha) campus. About 30,000 students are currently enrolled. Paris-Sud University comprises some 104 research units.
As for physics, some of those world-class top laboratories are in particle physics,[3] nuclear physics,[4][5] astrophysics,[6] atomic physics and molecular physics,[7] condensed matter physics,[8] theoretical physics,[9] electronics,[10] and nanoscience and nanotechnology.[10]
A number of the most renowned French mathematicians are or were affiliated to University of Paris-Sud. Among those are the Fields medalists Laurent Lafforgue, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Wendelin Werner and Ngô Bảo Châu.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Albert Fert, two Nobel Prizes of physics, were affiliated to University of Paris-Sud as well.
Paris-Sud also comprises biology and chemistry laboratories, engineering and technology schools and has established partnerships with many of the surrounding technology centres, Grandes Ecoles and School of Law, Economics and Management.
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