Paris-Sud University Explained

Paris-Sud University
Native Name:Université Paris-Sud
Closed:2020
Type:Public
Budget:€450 million
City:Orsay
Country:France
Campus:Urban
Language:French
Head:Sylvie Retailleau
Affiliations:University of Paris-Saclay, LERU
Website:www.universite-paris-saclay.fr

Paris-Sud University (French: Université Paris-Sud), also known as the University of Paris — XI (or as the Université d'Orsay before 1971), was a French research university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs of Paris, including Orsay, Cachan, Châtenay-Malabry, Sceaux, and Kremlin-Bicêtre campuses. In 2020, the university was replaced by the Paris-Saclay University.[1]

On 16 January 2019, Alain Sarfati was elected President of the Université Paris-Sud. He succeeded Sylvie Retailleau, who was elected as President of ComUE Université Paris-Saclay.[2]

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 University of Paris, the and the 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 in 1956 at the request of Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. The rapid increase of students led to the independence of the Orsay Center on 1 March 1965 (sometimes called "Université 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 in particle physics,[3] nuclear physics,[4] [5] astrophysics,[6] atomic physics and molecular physics,[7] condensed matter physics,[8] theoretical physics,[9] electronics, nanoscience and nanotechnology.[10] University of Paris-Sud comprised some 104 research units.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Albert Fert, two Nobel 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 medalists Pierre Deligne, Laurent Lafforgue, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Wendelin Werner and Ngô Bảo Châu.

Paris-Sud also comprised biology and chemistry laboratories, engineering and technology schools and had established partnerships with many of the surrounding technology centres and Grandes Ecoles. It also included Schools of Law, Economics and Management.

In 2020, University Paris–Sud was replaced by the University of Paris-Saclay.

Notable people

Fields Medal

Nobel Prize

Others

Rankings

Arwu W:37
Arwu W Year:2019
Arwu W Ref:[12]
The W:201-250
The W Year:2019
The W Ref:[13]
Qs W:262
Qs W Year:2020
Qs W Ref:[14]
Usnwr W:30
Usnwr W Year:2018
Usnwr W Ref:[15]

Points of interest

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Université Paris-Saclay to become one of the LERU members in 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722194143/https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/news/universite-paris-saclay-to-become-one-of-the-leru-members-in-2020. 22 July 2019. 27 May 2019. dead.
  2. Web site: Alain Sarfati, elected President of Université Paris-Sud . Université Paris-Sud . 26 April 2019.
  3. http://www.lal.in2p3.fr/ Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire
  4. http://ipnwww.in2p3.fr/ Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
  5. Web site: French national synchrotron facility.
  6. http://www.ias.u-psud.fr/en Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
  7. http://www.lac.u-psud.fr/ Laboratoire Aimé Cotton - UPR 3321
  8. [Laboratory of Solid State Physics]
  9. http://www.th.u-psud.fr/ [Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d’Orsay]]. Th.u-psud.fr. Retrieved on 2014-06-16.
  10. https://www.c2n.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/ Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies
  11. Book: Notable Women in Mathematics . Charlene Morrow and Teri Peri . Greenwood Press . 1998 . 161–164.
  12. Web site: Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019 . 2019-08-19 . 2019-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815195442/http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2019.html . dead .
  13. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats World University Rankings 2019
  14. https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2020 QS World University Rankings 2020
  15. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings?page=10 U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2018
  16. http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/University-of-Paris-Sud-(Paris-11).html University of Paris Sud (Paris 11) in World Top 500 Universities
  17. Web site: Young University Rankings. 4 June 2015.
  18. Web site: Université Paris-Sud Rankings. Top Universities. 2019-08-19.

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