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
6,000
Location Paris, Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Saint-Aubin, France
48°42′42″N 2°10′17″E / 48.7117343°N 2.1712888°E / 48.7117343; 2.1712888Coordinates: 48°42′42″N 2°10′17″E / 48.7117343°N 2.1712888°E / 48.7117343; 2.1712888
Campus Paris-Saclay, Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Sud
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 (French: Université Paris-Saclay) is a French federal research university which is currently under development and aims to be a world top-10 university. 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, similar to Stanford University in the Silicon Valley and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 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 (ARWU) 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]

Ranking

University of Paris-Saclay is still under its integrative process, therefore not yet appearing in any of the international rankings. However, in an independent simulation of the Academic Ranking of World Universities made in 2014, the university scored 39.8 (or 43.2 if all Research Organizations are counted, see bellow for more details), ranking the university in the 27th position (resp. 21st).[8] On October 19, 2016, the executive director of the “Shanghai Ranking”,[9] responsible for the annual update and new development of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (aka “Shanghai Ranking”) visited the cluster of Université Paris-Saclay.

In future, University of Paris-Saclay cluster could help France to secure a space amongst the elite Top-10 universities of the world and would help to bring the education and research system of France into lime light.[10]

Setup

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

Universities

Name Foundation[11] Field Students
University of Paris-Sud 1257 (University of Paris)
1971 (successor university) 		Science, medicine, economy and law 29,995
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University 1991 Law, political science, science, social science and life science 20,000
University of Évry Val d'Essonne (associate member) 1991 Law, political science, science, social science and life science 10,500

Grandes Écoles

Name Foundation[11] Field Students
AgroParisTech 1826 Life sciences 2,000
CentraleSupélec 1829 Science and engineering 4,780
École normale supérieure de Cachan 1892 Science 1,337
École Polytechnique 1794 Science and engineering 2,888
Institut d'optique Graduate School 1917 Optics 295
ENSAE ParisTech 1942 Economics and statistics 400
ENSTA ParisTech 1741 Engineering 580
HEC Paris 1881 Business 4,000
Institut Mines-Télécom (Télécom ParisTech and Télécom SudParis) 1878 Information and communication technology 2,437 (1,400 and 1,037)

Research Organizations

This Research Organizations are currently independent of any University or Grande École. Once the University of Paris-Saclay is fully integrated, they should have a similar status to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Caltech.

  • CEA (Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission)
  • CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research)
  • Inria (French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation)
  • INSERM (French Institute of Health and Medical Research)
  • Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies)
  • INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Sciences)
  • ONERA (National Board of Study and Aerospace Research)
  • SOLEIL (a synchrotron facility)

Academic programmes

The trainings of the different institutions will be brought together in 8 schools, following the Anglo-American model.:[12]

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.[13]

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.

About Education programmes

Bachelors - The bachelors program are delivered by three of the partners university which are, Université Paris-Sud, Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin and Université d'Evry Val-d'Essonne.

Masters - Master' degrees are taught in both French and English. The updated list could be found on the link: Master' degrees at Université Paris-Saclay

Doctorate - Université Paris-Saclay Doctoral Schools offer the opportunity to prepare doctorates in the various fields. The updated list could be found on the link: Doctoral Programs

Research programmes

The University of Paris-Saclay will gather more than 300 research units.,[14]

organized into 10 departments  :

Erasmus+ and University Paris-Saclay

Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. It is part of the Europe 2020 strategy and promotes mobility projects inside Europe and strengthens employability and skills of everyone. It also supports the innovation and the globalization of good practices in higher education, and favours the cooperation between European and non-European countries. Lastly, it promotes a transparent and coherent use of skill validation procedures at the European level.

With a budget of 14.7 billion euros for 2014-2020, the Erasmus+ programme has 3 Key Actions and 2 specific activities.

Erasmus+ projects in the member institutions of the University Paris-Saclay

The member institutions of the University Paris-Saclay are involved in several Erasmus+ projects, whether as coordinators or as partners.

AgroParisTech

Université Paris-Sud

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Establishment of Université Paris-Saclay «Décret n° 2014-1674 du 29 décembre 2014»". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Gilles Bloch elected President of Université Paris-Saclay". universite-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "A World Class University". epps.fr.
  4. ↑ Université Paris-Sud / Zee Agency. "Paris-Sud University is part of Paris-Saclay's project - Université Paris-Sud". u-psud.fr.
  5. 1 2 Staley, Oliver (13 March 2014). "Nations Chasing Harvard Merge Colleges to Ascend Rankings". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Creation of University of Paris-Saclay". Universite Paris Sud/.
  7. 1 2 "Towards Université Paris-Saclay". www.campus-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Les COMUE et le classement de Shanghai ARWU 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 21 Sep 2016.
  9. ↑ "Visit of the Executive Director of the "Shanghai Ranking" at the Université Paris-Saclay | Université Paris Saclay". www.universite-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  10. ↑ "France plans elite top-10 mega-university". BBC.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  11. 1 2 Foundation of the oldest constituent part of the school
  12. ↑ "Foundation of University of Paris-Saclay" (PDF). Universite Paris Sud/.
  13. ↑ "Masters Programs at Paris-Saclay". Universite-paris-saclay.fr/.
  14. ↑ "Various Labs at Paris-Saclay". Universite-paris-saclay.fr/.

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