Located south of Paris on a territory bounded by Paris, Evry, Orsay, and Versailles, Paris-Saclay University benefits from a strategic geographical and socio-economic position enhanced by its international visibility.
Paris-Saclay University is founded by cutting-edge constituent faculties and component-institutions (AgroParisTech, CentraleSupélec, ENS Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School and IHES) which offer high level thematic training and research in science and engineering, life sciences and health, social sciences and humanities.
With 275 laboratories shared with research organizations (CEA, CNRS, Inrae, Inria, Inserm, Onera), Paris-Saclay University gathers about 13% of the French research potential.
Paris-Saclay University was ranked 14th in the world in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranking (Shanghai Ranking). In subject rankings, it was placed 1st in the world for Mathematics and 9th in the world for Physics (1st in Europe), as well as receiving a top 25 place for Medicine and Agriculture.
Paris-Saclay University operates on a classified and protected natural site, close to Paris, and at the heart of a particularly dynamic ecosystem.