Université Paris-Sud | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Active | 1971 (1971)–2019 |
| Budget | €450 million |
Academic staff | 2,461 |
Administrative staff | 1,670 |
| Students | 27,307 |
| Undergraduates | 18,000 |
| Postgraduates | 9,000 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Language | French |
| Affiliations | University of Paris-Saclay,LERU |
| Website | www.universite-paris-saclay.fr |
Paris-Sud University (French:Université Paris-Sud), also known as theUniversity of Paris — XI (or as theOrsay Faculty of Sciences, University of Paris before 1971), was a French research university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs ofParis, includingOrsay,Cachan,Châtenay-Malabry,Sceaux, andKremlin-Bicêtre campuses. In 2019, the university was replaced by theParis-Saclay University.[1]
Paris-Sud, as theOrsay Faculty of Sciences, was originally part of theUniversity of Paris, which was subsequently split into several universities. AfterWorld War II, the rapid growth of nuclear physics and chemistry meant that research needed more and more powerful accelerators, which required large areas. The University of Paris, theÉcole normale supérieure and theCollège de France looked for space in the south of Paris nearOrsay. Later some of the teaching activity of the Faculty of Sciences in Paris was transferred to Orsay in 1956 at the request ofIrène Joliot-Curie andFrédéric Joliot-Curie. The rapid increase of students led to the independence of the Orsay Campus on 1 March 1965 (sometimes called "Faculté des sciences d'Orsay" thereafter). The institution became the "University of Paris-Sud (Paris XI)" in 1971.
Paris-Sud hosted a great number of laboratories on its large (236 ha) campus. Many of the top French laboratories were among them especially inparticle physics,[2]nuclear physics,[3][4]astrophysics,[5]atomic physics andmolecular physics,[6]condensed matter physics,[7]theoretical physics,[8]electronics,nanoscience andnanotechnology.[9] University of Paris-Sud comprised some 104 research units.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes andAlbert Fert, twoNobel Prize winners of physics, were affiliated to the University of Paris-Sud. A number of the most renowned French mathematicians were affiliated with the University of Paris-Sud as well. Among them are the Fields medalistsPierre Deligne,Laurent Lafforgue,Jean-Christophe Yoccoz,Wendelin Werner andNgô Bảo Châu.
Paris-Sud also comprisedbiology andchemistry laboratories,engineering andtechnology schools and had established partnerships with many of the surroundingtechnology centres andGrandes Ecoles. It also included Schools of Law, Economics and Management.
In 2019, University Paris–Sud was replaced by theUniversity of Paris-Saclay.[1]
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| ARWU World[11] | 37 (2019) |
| QS World[12] | 262 (2020) |
| THE World[13] | 201-250 (2019) |
| USNWR Global[14] | 30 (2018) |
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