Type | Research and Higher Education Institution |
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Established | April 2010 |
Endowment | €1 billion |
President | Marc Mézard |
Academic staff
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2 500 |
Students | 14 000 |
Undergraduates | 30% |
Postgraduates | 70 % |
Location | Paris, France |
Campus | Quartier latin |
Website | http://www.univ-psl.fr |
PSL Research University (L’université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres) is a collegiate university formed from 22 institutions of research and higher education in the Paris area, and three national research organizations. It was originally formed in April 2010 as a pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (PRES) by five prominent French institutions : the École Normale Supérieure, the Collège de France, the Paris Observatory, Chimie ParisTech and ESPCI ParisTech. PSL has known a significant growth in its membership, as new institutions adhered to it in the framework of scientific and academic cooperations : Curie Institute (Paris), Mines ParisTech, Paris-Dauphine University, CNSAD, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, La Fémis, Fondation Pierre-Gilles de Gennes pour la recherche , IBPC - Fondation Edmond de Rothschild , Institut Louis Bachelier , Lycée Henri-IV, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, French Institute of Health and Medical Research, French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, Association Art et Recherche . One of the eight French "Excellence Initiative" — large scale research and higher education projects chosen by an international cohort of experts — PSL received government approval in July 2010 and gained a legal status as an endowment.