University of Paris-Saclay

University of Paris-Saclay

Université Paris-Saclay
Established	December 29, 2014[1]
President	Gilles Bloch[2]
Academic staff	10,500[3]
Students	60,000[3]
Postgraduates	23,300
Doctoral students	6,000
Location	Paris, Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Saint-Aubin, France
Website	universite-paris-saclay.fr

The campus of the Ecole polytechnique, constituent school of the University of Paris-Saclay

Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies

ENSTA ParisTech, constituent school of the University of Paris-Saclay

French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation

The University of Paris-Saclay is a French federal research university which is currently under development. The project is part of the research-intensive and business cluster Paris-Saclay, located near Paris in the Plateau de Saclay.^[4][5] The University of Paris-Saclay is expected to be the training and research center of the Paris-Saclay technology cluster, such as Stanford University in Silicon Valley and the Technion in Israel.

The University's first academic year started in September 2015.^[6]

Mission

According to Dominique Vernay, chairman of the foundation developing Paris-Saclay, the university aims at a top-10 slot in the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, but "the first goal is to be the top university in continental Europe".^[5] The university wants to maximise the economic and business potential of its research, partly via university and research spin-offs, but also by working closely with established companies.^[7]

Setup

Université Paris-Saclay will combine resources from the following universities, grandes écoles, research organizations, and the Systematic Paris-Region cluster:^[7]

Universities

Grandes écoles

Research organizations

Academic programmes

The trainings of the different institutions will be brought together in 8 schools, following the Anglo-American model.:^[9]

• Biodiversity, Agriculture and Food, Society, Environment (Biodiversité, Agriculture Et Alimentation, Société, Environnement) ;
• Biology, Medicine, Pharmaceutical studies (Biologie, Médecine, Pharmacie) ;
• Law, Political Science (Droit Et Science Politique) ;
• Humanities (Humanités) ;
• Engineering, Sciences and Information Technologies (Ingénierie, Sciences Et Technologies De L’information) ;
• Sport and Human Motion Sciences (Sciences Du Sport Et Du Mouvement Humain) ;
• Basic Sciences(Sciences Fondamentales) ;
• Social Sciences (Sciences Sociales).

Each school will organize trainings in a given scientific field. Students will have access to all schools, no matter what university or grandes école they are enrolled at. Altogether, 49 Master's degree will be offered.^[10]

Moreover, the University will have 20 doctoral schools.^[6] Doctoral diplomas received after September 30, 2015 will be awarded under the name "University of Paris-Saclay", with a mention of the university/grande école the student is registered at.

Research programmes

The University of Paris-Saclay will gather more than 300 research units.,^[11] organized into 10 departments  :

• Chemistry (Chimie)
• Electrical engineering, optics and electronics (EOE: Ingénierie électrique, optique et électronique)
• Mathematics (Mathématiques)
• Mechanics, energy and processes (MEP:Mécanique, énergétique et procédés)
• Physics of the two infinities (P2I: Physique des deux infinis)
• Wave and matter Physics (PHOM: Physique des ondes et de la matière)
• Sciences of the planet and the Universe (SPU: Sciences de la planète et de l'Univers)
• Life sciences (SDV: Sciences de la Vie)
• Human and Society Sciences (SHS: Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société)
• Science of Information and Communication Technologies (STIC: Sciences et technologies de l'information et de la communication).

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