Paris-Sud University
Université Paris-Sud | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1257 then 1971 after the split of the University of Paris |
| Endowment | €450 million |
Academic staff | 2,461 |
Administrative staff | 1,670 |
| Students | 27,307 |
| Postgraduates | 2,578 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | University of Paris-Saclay, LERU |
| Website | www.u-psud.fr |
University of Paris-Sud (French: Université Paris-Sud), also known as University of Paris XI, is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs of Paris including Orsay, Cachan, Châtenay-Malabry, Sceaux and Kremlin-Bicêtre campuses. The main campus is located in Orsay (48°42′00″N 2°10′24″E / 48.699890°N 2.173309°E). This university is a member of the UniverSud Paris and a constituent university of the federal University of Paris-Saclay.
Paris-Sud is one of the largest and most renowned French universities, particularly in science and mathematics.
Four Fields Medalists and two Nobel Prize Winners have been affiliated to the university.[1]
History
Paris-Sud was originally part of the University of Paris, which was subsequently split into several universities. After World War II, the rapid growth of nuclear physics and chemistry meant that research needed more and more powerful accelerators, which required large areas. The Université de Paris, the École Normale Supérieure and the Collège de France looked for space in the south of Paris near Orsay. Later some of the teaching activity of the Faculty of Sciences in Paris was transferred to Orsay. The rapid increase of students led to the independence of the Orsay Center on March 1, 1965.
Now it hosts a great number of laboratories on its large (236 ha) campus. Many of the top French laboratories are among them especially in particle physics,[2] nuclear physics,[3][4] astrophysics,[5] atomic physics and molecular physics,[6] condensed matter physics,[7] theoretical physics,[8] electronics,[9] and nanoscience and nanotechnology. University of Paris-Sud comprises some 104 research units.
About 30,000 students are currently enrolled. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Albert Fert, two Nobel Prize winners of physics, were affiliated to the University of Paris-Sud. A number of most renowned French mathematicians are or were affiliated to the University of Paris-Sud as well. Among them are the Fields medalists Laurent Lafforgue, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Wendelin Werner and Ngô Bảo Châu.
Paris-Sud also comprises biology and chemistry laboratories, engineering and technology schools and has established partnerships with many of the surrounding technology centres and Grandes Ecoles. It also includes Schools of Law, Economics and Management.
Notable people affiliated with the University of Paris-Sud
Fields Medal
- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (Fields Medal, 1994)
- Laurent Lafforgue (Fields Medal, 2002)
- Wendelin Werner (Fields Medal, 2006)
- Ngô Bảo Châu (Fields Medal, 2010)
Nobel Prize
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Nobel Prize in physics, 1991)
- Albert Fert (Nobel Prize in physics, 2007)
Others
- Charles Édouard Bouée, CEO of Roland Berger Consulting
- Olivier Bohuon, Chief Executive of Smith & Nephew plc
- Bertrand Serlet, Former Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple Inc
- Anne Dambricourt-Malassé, paleoanthropologist
- Jean-Marc Fontaine, mathematician
- Henri Kagan, Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2001)
- Serge Latouche, economist
- Adrien Douady, mathematician
- Jean Ginibre, mathematician
- Étienne-Émile Baulieu, chemist
Rankings
- In October 2015, The University of Paris Sud has been ranked 10th best university worldwide in the Times Higher Education Under 50[10] which is ranking of the world top 100 universities under 50 years old.
- Paris-Sud is ranked 2nd in France, 7th in Europe and 39th worldwide by the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).[11] Furthermore, in this latest edition of ARWU ranking, the university is ranked 15th globally in the field of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; in the five general subject rankings, the university is ranked 7th in mathematics and 19th in physics.
- QS Ranking has ranked the University 241th in the world, 95th in Natural Science, 173th in Medicine and 305th in Engineering.[12]
Points of interest
See also
References
- ^ "Prizes and notable researchers - Université Paris-Sud". www.u-psud.fr. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ^ Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire. Lal.in2p3.fr. Retrieved on 2014-06-16.
- ^ Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay. Ipnweb.in2p3.fr. Retrieved on 2014-06-16.
- ^ http://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/portal/page/portal/Accueil
- ^ [1] Template:Wayback
- ^ Laboratoire Aimé Cotton - UPR 3321. Lac.u-psud.fr. Retrieved on 2014-06-16.
- ^ Laboratory of Solid State Physics, http://www.lps.u-psud.fr/?lang=en
- ^ [Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d’Orsay]. Th.u-psud.fr. Retrieved on 2014-06-16.
- ^ Template:Fr icon http://www.ief.u-psud.fr/IEF/iefuk.nsf/welcomeUK.html
- ^ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2015/one-hundred-under-fifty#!/page/0/length/25
- ^ University of Paris Sud (Paris 11) in World Top 500 Universities. Shanghairanking.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-16.
- ^ "Université Paris-Sud Rankings". Top Universities. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
External links
- University of Paris-Sud official site (in English)
- University of Paris-Sud official site (in French)