Graduate School of Physics
The Physics Graduate School at Université Paris-Saclay brings together all research in physics, as well as training in physics from the Master's to the Doctorate levels. It covers all fields, from fundamental to applied physics, from theory, modelling and simulation to instrumentation, from laboratory experiments to large instruments put on large research infrastructures or into space, from the core of physics to its interfaces with other fields. It also integrates numerous socio-economic issues at the interface with physics (energy, health, environment, etc.).
With a community of several thousand students, faculty members, researchers, engineers, technicians, laboratory and teaching supporting staff, the Physics Graduate School of the Université Paris-Saclay gathers for research and training purposes a range of skills, resources and experimental facilities of the highest level, unique in France and widely recognised internationally. It offers a wide range of opportunities for young people at all levels (training on experimental facilities, Master's and Engineering School internships, Doctorate, post-Doctorate).
The Physics Graduate School is leading the UPSaclay STAR φ program
This programme will offer the opportunity to recruit up to 41 international postdoctoral researchers through two calls for applications. The selected researchers will carry out 24-month research projects across a wide range of fields in physics.
Applicants will be invited to propose a research project aligned with the activities of the 40 research laboratories of the Physics Graduate School, as well as those of the SOLEIL synchrotron and the National Laboratory of Metrology and Testing (LNE).
This funding represents a major step forward in promoting international collaboration, scientific excellence, and the training of a new generation of researchers in physics.
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Nobel Prize in Physics
Article on Nobel Laureates in Physics with links to Paris-Saclay University
Key figures
Research
- More than 40 research laboratories
- 3400 researchers
- 11 operators (Grandes Ecoles, university components and national research organisations) spread throughout the Île-de-France region
- 15% of French research potential in physics
- 1st in Europe and 8th in the world in the ARWU 2024 "Shanghai" ranking
- 115 scientific and technical platforms
Master courses
- More than 600 Master's students
- 6 generalist M1s, including one in English
- 18 different M2 courses, including 7 courses in English
- 2 Erasmus Mundus, LASCALA and QUARMEN
Doctoral training
- 500 PhD students
- 200 thesis defences per year
- 4 doctoral schools: EDOM, PHENIICS, AAIF, EDPIF
Documents to download
Brochure of the Graduate School of Physics (in English)
Stratégie Recherche de la GS Physique - (pdf 1.46 Mo) (in French)
Booklet Meet My Platform Graduate School Physique - (pdf 9.27 Mo) (in French)
Alain Aspect wins the 2022 Nobel Prize
Professor at the Institut d'Optique Graduate School / Université Paris-Saclay, Alain Aspect has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics. He shares this award with the American John F. Clauser and the Austrian Anton Zeilinger for their pioneering experiments on quantum entanglement, which paved the way for quantum technologies. This distinction is the reward for a lifetime of revolutionary work in this field. Find out more.
Contact : gs.physique@universite-paris-saclay.fr