Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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Motto |
La dynamique de la connaissance et de l'innovation The dynamics of knowledge and innovation |
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Type | Public University (EPCSP) |
Established | 1991 |
Endowment | €166 M |
President | Alain Bui (Since October 2017) |
Vice-president | Alexis Constantin |
Administrative staff
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752 |
Students | 19,000 (in 2012) |
658 (in 2012) | |
Address | 55 avenue de Paris - F-78035 Versailles cedex France, Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Île-de-France, France |
Campus |
Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines, Vélizy-Villacoublay, Rambouillet, Le Chesnay, Mantes-la-Jolie, Mantes-la-Ville |
Nickname | UVSQ |
Affiliations |
Advancity, Cosmetic Valley, Medicen, Mov'eo, Systematic Paris-Region, University of Paris-Saclay, UniverSud Paris |
Website | www.uvsq.fr |
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (French: Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UVSQ) is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and since 2002 in Hauts-de-Seine. Consisting of eight separate campuses, it is mainly located in the cities of Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines and Vélizy-Villacoublay / Rambouillet. It is one of the five universities of the Academy of Versailles.
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University is a constituent university of the federal University of Paris-Saclay.
It is one of the four universités nouvelles (new universities) inaugurated in the Île-de-France region after the 2000 University project (French: plan université 2000). It has a population of 19,000 students, 752 staff people and 1,389 teachers and researchers, with 285 additional teachers from outside of the university coming each year to teach courses.
The university teaches courses in the fields of natural science, social science, political science, engineering, technology, and medicine. It also provide interdisciplinary courses covering the relationships between economy, ethics, natural environment and sustainable development.