University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (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 a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay University.
Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - Université Paris-Saclay | |
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 | 752 |
Students | 19,000 (in 2012)[1] |
658 (in 2012) | |
Address | 55 avenue de Paris - F-78035 Versailles, 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 |
Website | www.uvsq.fr |
Consisting of eight separate campuses, it is mainly located in the cities of Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines, Vélizy-Villacoublay and Rambouillet. It is one of the five universities of the Academy of Versailles.[n 1]
It is one of the four universités nouvelles (new universities)[n 2] inaugurated in the Île-de-France region after the 2000 University project (French: plan université 2000). It has a population of 19,000 students, a staff of 752 people, and 1,389 teachers and researchers, as well as an additional 285 external teachers.
The university teaches courses in the fields of natural science, social science, political science, engineering, technology, and medicine. It also provides interdisciplinary courses covering the relationships across economics, ethics, natural environment and sustainable development.