Paris Sciences et Lettres University

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Paris Sciences et Lettres University
(PSL University)
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
(Université PSL)


Quartier latin, Campus Condorcet, Jourdan, Porte Dauphine, Meudon
Websitewww.psl.eu/en

Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL University or simply PSL) is a

Porte Dauphine, and at Carré Richelieu
.

PSL awards

arts
.

PSL alumni and staff include 28 Nobel laureates, 11 Fields Medalists, 3 Abel laureates, 49 CNRS Gold Medalists, 50 César winners and 79 Molière winners.[2][3]

History

Collège de France, one leading college of PSL University

In 2004, institutions in the

Observatoire de Paris.[4] Together, they adopted the status of a scientific cooperation foundation (FCS) (fr). The new entity, called "Paris Sciences et Lettres – Quartier Latin", was initially conceived as a scientific alliance.[5][6] In 2011, the five institutions submitted a joint application for the Initiatives for Excellence (IDEX) as part of France's Investing for the Future program (PIA), causing the project to evolve into a new form of French university. This university would have 70% of its students at the Master's and PhD level and offer a Bachelor's program, with an emphasis on equal opportunity
students (40% scholarship students in the CPES multidisciplinary preparatory class).

Dauphine, college of PSL University

Development

Between 2011 and 2012, ten new institutions joined the foundation:

Université Paris-Dauphine.[7]

Their arrival reinforced PSL's scientific potential in the fields of

ComUE: PSL Research University).[9]
PSL began awarding PhDs at that point.

"Investing for the Future" program

In 2010, the French government launched a call for proposals to boost higher education: the Investing for the Future program (also called the grand emprunt). PSL has successfully responded to several calls for proposals. In 2011, with the Initiatives for Excellence call for proposals, PSL was one of the first three projects selected,

Université de Strasbourg.[12]

While the diversity of project participants has sometimes been cited as a weakness, the promoters of PSL underline the complementarity of its institutions and the potential for collaboration.[13] The funding of the Excellence Initiative has, in addition, supported the creation of 11 Laboratories of excellence (Labex) within PSL: CelTisPhyBio, DCBIOL, DEEP, DYNAMO, ENS-ICFP, ESEP, IEC, IPGG, MemoLife, TransferS, and WIFI. In 2014, the Corail, HaStec, and TEPSIS Labex laboratories joined the list with EHESS and EPHE becoming members of PSL. Also in 2011, PSL's institutions presented ten projects under the "Equipped with excellence" (Equipex) program. Among the initial submissions, they obtained eight Equipex facilities: BEDOFIH, D-FIH, Equip@Meso, ICGex, IPGG, Paris-en-Resonnance, Planaqua, Ultrabrain. These projects have received funding ranging from 2 to 10 million euros.

In 2017, after a detailed review process, nine institutions agreed to put in place an integrated budget and a multi-year strategy for academic recruitment, as well as to create a number of shared platforms and services. Chimie ParisTech, École Nationale des Chartes, École Normale Supérieure, École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, ESPCI Paris, Institut Curie, Observatoire de Paris, MINES ParisTech, Université Paris-Dauphine decided to jointly form Université PSL. The agreement approved by their respective boards calls for the schools and institutions that form the university to adopt a unified strategy, to submit to the budgetary authority of the president of the university, to jointly plan their recruitment, and to transfer the whole of their diplomas to PSL. Towards the end of the process, in 2018, one of the former members,

EHESS, did not approve the new statutes and decided not to be part of the target University.[14]

Beaux-Arts de Paris, Collège de France, Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, École Française d'Extrême-Orient, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, La Fémis, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique and Institut Louis Bachelier are recognized as associates of the university pending later integration.

University status (2019)

In December 2018, an opportunity to formally create a full University arose with a new

legal personality,[16] similar to British collegiate universities like Oxford and Cambridge
.

In November 2019, a decree creating Université PSL as a

Institut Curie
became associate members, participating closely in the governance of the University. Associate members contribute to the strategy of the University, receive financial resources from PSL University and may carry scientific programs on behalf and by delegation thereof.

Organisation and administration

PSL is a

Inria
) are involved in governance and help to define PSL's strategy, with which they coordinate their own strategies.

Constituent colleges

Name Foundation[18] Type Field Students Campus
École nationale supérieure de chimie 1896 Grande école Engineering 300 Paris
Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique 1784 Grande école Drama 100 Paris
École normale supérieure 1794 Grande école Science and Human science 2,400 Paris
École Pratique des Hautes Études 1868 Grand établissement
Earth and Life Sciences, Historical and Philological Sciences, and Religious Sciences
 2,000 Paris
École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles 1882 Grande école Engineering 360 Paris
École nationale des chartes 1821 Grande école Historical science 170 Paris
École nationale supérieure des mines
 1783 Grande école Engineering 1500 Paris
Observatoire de Paris
 1667
Grand établissement
 Science, Astrophysics 150 Paris, Meudon, Nançay
Paris-Dauphine University c. 1150 (University of Paris), 1968 Grande école, Grand établissement
Computer Science, Management, Economics, Finance, Law, Political Science, Journalism
 10,000 Paris
Collège de France 1530 Grand établissement Sciences, Arts and Letters Latin Quarter
Curie Institute 1920
Governmental organisation
 Science, Medicine

Associate colleges

Name Foundation[18] Type Field Students Campus
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
 1817 Grande école Arts 530 Paris
École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO)
 1900 Research institute Culture Paris
Institut national du service public (INSP) 2022 Grande école
Public Administration
 533 Strasbourg
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs 1766 Grande école Art and design 700 Paris
École nationale supérieure des métiers de l'Image et du Son (La Fémis) 1943 Grande école Film and television 230 Paris
Lycée Henri-IV 1796 Secondary school 1,948 Paris
Institut Louis Bachelier 2008 Organization Economics and science Paris
ENSA Paris-Malaquais 1968 Grande école Architecture Paris

Presidents

The current president is

French President
in charge of Education, Higher Education, and Research.

Organization

PSL is administered by a

Board of Directors
chaired by the PSL president. It relies on the recommendations of an Academic Council and a Strategic Steering Committee. The executive organ of the university is the Executive Committee (the president, vice-presidents, and deans), supported by the Council of Members.

Programs

PSL offers education from undergraduate to doctoral level, across all academic disciplines, including

creative arts, economics
, administration and management.

All of PSL's institutions have adopted a model of education through research.

École normale supérieure, PSL University

Undergraduate programs

PSL and the

Ecole normale supérieure and Lycée Louis-le-Grand have implemented a three-year undergraduate program : CPES Multidisciplinary undergraduate course.[23]

At Université Paris-Dauphine, a constituent of Université PSL, bachelor's degrees are available for students in the following fields: management, economics and finance, accounting, applied mathematics, computing, journalism (IPJ-Dauphine).

Mines ParisTech, PSL University

Sustainable Development Goals

PSL is co-leader of the SDSN Network for France, under the initiative of the

Universite Cergy-Pontoise
. In this context, Université PSL is promoting that all students shall have access to courses related to climate, biodiversity and sustainability.

PSL has launched in 2020 a bachelor program dedicated to sustainability sciences.

PSL organizes a yearly summer school open to European students, to help understand the challenges of sustainable development: the European School of Positive Impact and Responsibility (ESPOIR).[25]

ESPCI Paris, PSL University

Graduate education

Université PSL offers training programs for graduate students through its constituent schools in a broad array of disciplines: engineering, fine and applied arts, management, economics, biology, humanities and social sciences, astronomy.

The first post-graduate/Master programme to be created under the umbrella of PSL between l'

International affairs and development.[26]

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, PSL University

Doctoral programs

More than 70% of PSL students are at the Master's or PhD level. University PSL Graduate Programs are inspired by the

graduate schools
that can be found in most of the world's research universities. The first two programs of this kind are a Graduate program in the Humanities (Translitterae) and a PhD program in Cognitive science (FrontCog).

SACRe Doctoral program

The "Science Art Creation Research" (SACRe) doctoral program aims at developing new fields of research by exploring the interfaces between the arts, and between arts and science (hard sciences as well as the humanities and social sciences). The program implements a new kind of PhD in Art strongly articulating practice and theoretical thinking. It brings together, along with the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, La Fémis.[27]

Observatoire de Paris, PSL University

Research

PSL hosts some 140 laboratories, 2,900 research and teaching staff, and about 100 ERC grants. The scientific research strategy is organised around a core of discipline-specific programs and interdisciplinary programs such as the laboratories of excellence (Labex) (fr) and the Interdisciplinary and Strategic Research Initiatives. Examples of interdisciplinary programs are Scripta (History and practices of writing),

Origins and Conditions for the Emergence of Life),[29]
or the Q-Life Institute.

PSL's research landscape includes the following research fields: law, economics, and business administration; literature, literary theory, and philosophy; aesthetics and art theory; life and health sciences; area studies; energy and engineering; physics; chemistry; history; anthropology; informatics and data science; mathematics; materials science and soft matter science; cognitive science; sociology; earth and space science; religious studies; archaeology and heritage science.

International rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[30]40 (2022)
CWUR World[31]19 (2022–2023)
QS World[32]26 (2023)
THE World[33]47 (2023)

The first recognition of PSL's existence as an integrated university came in 2017, when it appeared on the Times Higher Education ranking in 72nd place globally and 1st place in France, and 41st place globally in 2018.[34][35][36]

In 2020, PSL University appears for the first time in two other major university rankings: CWTS Leiden Ranking and ARWU: in the Shanghai ranking[37] it is ranked 36th and 2nd French University behind Paris-Saclay University. In ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (also known as Shanghai Ranking by Subjects) University PSL is ranked among the best world universities in 39 of the 54 subjects, e.g., 10th in the world for Mathematics and for Physics, and 12th in Ecology.

In 2022, Université PSL is ranked first in the Young University Rankings 2022.[38]

Partnerships

International in scope, PSL has cultivated framework agreements with the University of Cambridge, UCL, EPFL, Columbia, Berkeley, NYU, Technion, ANU, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong, National Taiwan University, Tsinghua University, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.[39]

PSL Symphonic Orchestra and Choir

The PSL Orchestra and Choir is a choral symphonic ensemble open to all members of the Université PSL community. PSL Orchestra and Choir's musical season consists of five different programs and incorporates contemporary work from different countries.[40]

Nobel and Fields laureates

Notable alumni

Business leaders

Politicians

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