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UniverSud Paris
UniverSud Paris
Type	Public
Established	2007 - 1765
President	Xavier Chapuisat
Students	60,000
Doctoral students	4,000
Location	Île-de-France, France
Nickname	UniverSud Paris
Website	http://www.universud-paris.fr

UniverSud Paris is a grouping of higher education institutes in France.^[4] It groups 21 public universities and the national research center. These places teach nearly all subjects of sciences (fundamental, engineering, business).

History

In 1991, the French government decided to create the "French Poles of Research and Higher Education".^[4] In 2007, its status changed to a public establishment for scientific cooperation (établissement public de coopération scientifique).

Colleges and institutes

The member universities and institutes are :

Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (Agro ParisTech), founded in 2007, as a result of the merger of three agronomy, forestry and food science schools with roots dating back to 1824
National Veterinary School of Alfort, founded in 1765
National School of Landscape (ENSP), founded in 1965
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), founded in 1946
National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (formerly Cemagref), founded in 1981
French agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), founded in 1999
Telecom & Management SudParis, founded in 1979
Genoscope (French National Sequencing Center), founded in 1996
National School of Computer Science for Industry and Business (ENSIIE), founded in 1968
HEC Paris, founded in 1881
École Polytechnique (X), founded in 1794
École supérieure d'optique (IOGS), founded in 1917
École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles, founded in 1969
SOLEIL (French particle accelerator), founded in 2006
Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), founded in 1943
Paris-Sud 11 University, founded in 1971
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, founded in 1991
University of Évry Val d'Essonne, founded in 1991
École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, founded in 1880
École Centrale de Paris, founded in 1829
École supérieure d'électricité (Supélec), founded in 1894

References

↑ legifrance.gouv.fr founding decree, 21 March 2007
↑ oldest member École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
↑ "official website". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ["PRES (in English)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-20. PRES (in English)]