Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Motto	La dynamique de la connaissance et de l'innovation The dynamics of knowledge and innovation
Type	Public University (EPCSP)
Established	1991
Endowment	€166 M
President	Didier Guillemot (Since may 2016)
Vice-president	Alain Bui
Administrative staff	752
Students	19,000 (in 2012)
Doctoral students	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. It is mainly located in the cities of Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines and Vélizy-Villacoublay / Rambouillet, with a total of eight campuses. 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 Île-de-France region after the plan université 2000 (2000 University project). It has 19,000 students, 752 staff people and 1,389 teachers and researchers. 285 teachers outside of the university come each year to provide courses.