BUILDING EUROPE'S CAMPUS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
Université Paris-Saclay (UPSaclay) is one of the leading research-intensive universities in France and in the world. It benefits from an especially dense ecosystem of research and innovation, and the quality of its research is proven by the university having reached the 12th position in the 2024 Shanghai Ranking. With 220 laboratories, it represents 13% of the French research potential.
Building on its founding institutions, its local environment and its new organisation, Université Paris-Saclay is a world-class, multidisciplinary, research-intensive university at the cutting edge of pedagogical developments. It is located in a large area South of Paris, one of the richest research and innovation ecosystems in Europe.
Based on its scientific production, the excellence of its education, the life experience provided to its students, the quality of its staff and its social, economic and cultural impact, UPSaclay is developing a model that is internationally recognised and well adapted to meeting the challenges and needs of our society, both locally and globally.
As a world-class university, UPSaclay is a leading economic and political player and an intellectual centre contributing to the scientific, cultural and societal life. Thus, UPSaclay puts its common strengths at the service of six global challenges:
Health and well-being
Energy, climate, environment, and sustainable development
Digital transformation and artificial intelligence
Transport and mobility
Aeronautics and space
Industrial renewal
These challenges must be met with an interdisciplinary approach, which is supported by the creation of twenty Interdisciplinary Initiatives, structuring long-term education and research projects. UPSaclay is also deeply linked to its local environment, and is committed to serving the needs of the territories, in particular through an attractive educational offer that matches, through its diversity, all projects and student profiles.
UPSaclay also hosts very large research infrastructures (SOLEIL synchrotron,Apollon laser, NeuroSpin human MRI imager, etc.). This specificity started with the historical installation of the Joliot-Curies, in the 1950s, who convinced the French government to set up the Institute for Nuclear Physics and later a linear particle accelerator. Since then, advanced scientific equipment has led to the growth of outstanding academic labs and private R&D centres at UPSaclay, allowing UPSaclay to cultivate its core missions by staying close to opportunities for researchers and students.
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