Paris Diderot University
Coordinates: 48°49′47″N 2°22′51″E / 48.82972°N 2.38083°E
| Paris Diderot University | |
|---|---|
| Université Paris Diderot | |
| Established | 1970, following the division of the University of Paris (12th century) |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Maurice Quénet Chancellor of the Universities of Paris |
| President | Vincent Berger |
| Students | 26,000 |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Affiliations | University of Paris |
| Website | www.univ-paris-diderot.fr |
Paris Diderot University, also known as Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, is a French leading University[1] located in Paris, France. It is one of the heirs of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris (together with Paris 6), which was one of the earliest established in Europe, founded in the mid 12th century. It adopted its current name in 1994.
The University is famous for its teaching in Science, especially in Mathematics[2]. Indeed, the Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires (Laboratory of Probability and Random Models), which is one of the centers of research of Paris Diderot University, has discovered many fundamental results of the theory of Probability[3].
But the University is also a place for multidisciplinary education: currently, there are 2300 educators and researchers, 1100 administrative personnel and 26,000 students studying humanities, science, and medicine[4]. That's why it always has been ranked as one of the three best French Universities.
Paris Diderot University is a founding member of the higher education and research alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité which is a Public Institution for Scientific Cooperation bringing together four renowned Parisian universities and four higher education and research institutes.[5]
Formerly based at the Jussieu Campus in the 5th arrondissement, the University has moved to a new campus in the 13th arrondissement, PRG (Paris Rive Gauche). The first buildings were brought into use in 2006. The university has many facilities in Paris, and two in other parts of the general area. However, by 2012, the University will complete its moving and will only be in its new ultra-modern campus.
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[edit] List of facilities in Paris
There are:[6]
- PRG (Paris Rive Gauche) - Main campus
- Jussieu Campus - former Main campus
- Charles V - English studies
- RFF Building - Administrative offices
- Javelot - Geography, history and social science (GHSS)
- Chevaleret Building - Computer science and mathematics
- Chateau des Rentiers - Linguistics
- Garancière - Odontology
- Xavier-Bichat - Medicine
- Lariboisière Saint-Louis - Medicine
- St Louis Hospital - Hematology
- Rue de Paradis - Medicine
[edit] UFR (Unité de Formation et de Recherche)
Paris Diderot University offers courses in many fields, each of them are taught in a different sections of the University called UFR - Unité de Formation et de Recherche (Unity of Teaching and Research).[7]
- UFR of Life Sciences
- UFR of Chemistry
- UFR of computer sciences
- UFR of Mathematics
- UFR of Physics
- UFR of Science of the Earth, Environment and Planets
- UFR of English studies
- UFR of Cross-cultural and Applied Languages studies
- UFR of Geography, History and Social sciences
- UFR of Languages and Cultures in East Asia studies (Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese)
- UFR of Letters, Art and Cinema
- UFR of Linguistics
- UFR of Human clinical sciences
- UFR of Social sciences
- UFR of Medicine
- UFR of Odontology
[edit] Academic degrees
There are:
- 1 Diplôme universitaire de technologie (called DUT)
- 27 Different bachelor's degrees (Licence)
- 32 Different master's degrees (116 specialities)
- 1 Engineering school
- 24 differents Ph.Ds (Doctorat)
[edit] Teachers and former teachers
- Jaak Aaviksoo,[8] Estonian Minister of Defense
- Claude Allègre, Minister of National Education (France) from 1997 to 2000 and member of the Académie des sciences (France)[9]
- Jean-Luc Bennahmias, French Member of the European Parliament[10]
- Bernard Cerquiglini, rector of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie[11]
- Michel Ciment, French journalist, writer and president of FIPRESCI[12]
- Jean Dausset, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1980[13]
- Luc Ferry, French Minister of National Education from 2002 to 2004[14]
- Élisabeth Roudinesco, French historian and psychoanalyst[15]
- Jean-Michel Savéant, member of the Académie des sciences (France)[16]
- Vincent Courtillot geophysicist, member of the Académie des sciences (France)[17]
- Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst, sociologist and feminist[18]
- George Fitzgerald Smoot,[19][20] Nobel Prize in Physics 2006[21] for the discovery of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation
[edit] References
- ^ The URAP 2010 ranking gave a A+ to Paris Diderot University for its academics performances
- ^ The university is ranked 47th in the world in the field of mathematics by the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2010
- ^ Brief history of the Laboratory of Probabilites and Random Models
- ^ University education in Paris Diderot figures
- ^ Presentation of the Sorbonne Paris Cité alliance
- ^ Detail of all facilities
- ^ List of the Fields and departments
- ^ Jaak Aaviksoo's CV
- ^ Claude Allègre's resume(French)
- ^ Jean-Luc Bennahmia's resume(French)
- ^ Agence universitaire de la Francophonie(French)
- ^ International Federation of Film Critics
- ^ Nobel Prize in Medicine 1980
- ^ Luc Ferry's CV(French)>
- ^ Élisabeth Roudinesco's CV
- ^ Jean-Michel Savéant CV(French)
- ^ Vincent Courtillot CV(French)
- ^ Julia Kristeva CV(French)
- ^ Press release of the University Paris-Diderot (French)
- ^ Article in French newspaper Le Monde by University president (French)
- ^ Nobel Prize in Physics 2006
[edit] External links
- University homepage
- Map of facilities (French)
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