Université Paris-Saclay is located to the south of Paris, at the heart of a vast area which includes four departments from the Paris region and several sites of key strategic importance: Courtabœuf, Évry, Massy, Orsay, Saclay, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Vélizy and the Bièvre Valley. The university is a unique network of five faculties, three university technical institutes (IUT), five schools, two associate member universities and seven national research organisations. They have come together to work towards a shared ambition: to combine their strengths to create a leading scientific cluster for research, education, student success and innovation, with the hopes of contributing to the development of a fairer society. As France's top university and one of the world's top 20 best universities, Université Paris-Saclay covers the fields of science and engineering, life and health sciences, and human and social sciences.
A few figures about Université Paris-Saclay:
- 50,000 students
- 8,100 researchers and academic staff
- 8500 personnels administratifs et techniques
- 5 Nobel prizes
- 11 Fields medals
- 13% of French research
- 220 laboratories
- 500 experimental platforms
- 50 new start-ups per year
- 335 industrial partnerships
- 6 incubators
- 400 international agreements
- Coordinator of the European alliance EUGLOH