University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie
Encyclopedia
The Paris VI University , or the Pierre and Marie Curie University , is a university
located on the Jussieu Campus
in the Latin Quarter
of the 5th arrondissement of Paris
, France
.
It was established in 1971 following the division of the University of Paris
, and is a principal heir to its Faculty of Sciences.
UPMC is the largest scientific and medical complex in France, active in many fields of research with scope and achievements at the highest level, as demonstrated by the many awards regularly won by UPMC researchers, and the many international partnerships it maintains across all five continents. Several university rankings
have put UPMC at the 1st place in France, and it has been ranked as one of the top universities in the world.
It has over 125 laboratories, most of them associated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
(CNRS). Some of its most notable institutes and laboratories include the Institut Henri Poincaré
, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
, Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6 (LIP6
), Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu/Chevaleret (shared with University Paris Diderot) and the Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel (shared with Ecole Normale Supérieure
).
The university's Faculty of Medicine includes the Pitié-Salpêtrière
and Saint-Antoine
hospitals (the latter itself being the successor to Saint-Antoine-des-Champs Abbey
).
and Marie Curie
, and ever since has endeavored to perpetuate the scientific legacy of these forebears. UPMC is now the largest scientific and medical complex in France, active in all fields of research with scope and achievements at the highest level.
In 2008 the university joined the association Paris Universitas changing its logo accordingly and adding the name of the association after its own. Two years later the association dissolved and reformed as PRES (pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur) Sorbonne Universités, reuniting the Pantheon-Assas Paris II University, the Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and the Pierre and Marie Curie University; for this occasion the logo were changed again.
Research falls into four broad interdisciplinary sectors. These sectors cover a full range, from pure and basic research to applied science. Many research laboratories are involved in more than one sector. The development of research projects can be seen as the foundation stone for innovation and as the medium-term response to the challenges of a modern society.
Information Technology is focused on areas of excellence: architecture, networks, systems, artificial intelligence, programming and scientific computation.
In the field of electronics, work is concentrated on the articulation of architecture, electronics, artificial intelligence and signal processing.
In mechanics strong links have been built up with applied mathematics and macroscopic physics, working on future developments: fluid dynamics, instability, turbulence, energy transfers, complex systems and coupled phenomena.
In this sector, UPMC encourages initiatives in scientific and medical imaging, artificial intelligence and robotics.
Such genuinely multidisciplinary initiatives involve the concerted efforts of mathematicians and experts in electronics, information technology and mechanical science, who have the facilities for working with medical teams wishing to collaborate on projects on medical imaging, micro-surgery, assistance for disabilities and artificial organs.
Research cooperation agreements have been set up with leading industrial groups and these cooperation programs will now be institutionalized through the new department for industrial and business activities SAIC - Service d’Activités Industrielles et Commerciales.
The chemistry laboratories have based their lines of research on the principle of interdependence between synthesis, analysis, studies of structures and properties of new chemical compounds:
Projects involving a number of disciplines are mainly joint studies of new materials. Applications concern fields as diverse as concretes, catalysis and new materials for rapid information technology, for analytical sciences and environmental tests, as well as new forms of energy storage and conversion.
1) further development of Group Research Institutes [IFR - Instituts Fédératifs de Recherche] --
The IFR at Saint-Antoine Teaching Hospital specializes in the physiopathology of cancers, inflammatory processes, and the hormonal mechanisms involved.
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Teaching Hospital contains two IFRs, one concentrating on neuroscience and the other on the heart, muscle and vessels. A third area of research covers the subjects of immunity and infection.
The IFR on Cell Communication & Regulation on the “Cordeliers” campus specializes in the field of cell biology, nutrition and immunology.
On the Jussieu campus, the IFR for integrated biology focuses on the integrated study of cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in development, reproduction, and the major physiological functions of animal and plant organisms, and their evolution.
2) network development of the interface between physics, chemistry, biology and medicine—by establishing a network of laboratories around an interdisciplinary technological platform development of a group program on post-genomics and proteomics, and specifically focused on the phenotyping and imaging of small animals.
, INRIA, or IRD
, as well as with research teams from other universities and partner organisations in the Île-de-France area. Each school organises doctoral studies in its own particular field and these are grouped around the four main research themes of the university. Links below are to UPMC branches, or to school head offices elsewhere:
Pole of Modeling and Engineering
Pole of Matter and New Materials
Living Earth & Environment
Pole of Life and Health
36th in the world, 6th in Europe and 1st in France by the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities
. It was ranked 1st in the world in the field of mathematics by the same study. However the 2011 QS World University Rankings
ranked the university 119th overall in the world and 3rd in France. In the QS subject rankings it came 31st for natural sciences. In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), Pierre and Marie Curie University is the best university in France and 38th university in the world. The UPMC is a member of Sorbonne Universités.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located on the Jussieu Campus
Jussieu Campus
The Jussieu Campus is a higher education campus located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France, which is the main campus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University ....
in the Latin Quarter
Latin Quarter
Latin Quarter is a part of the 5th arrondissement in Paris.Latin Quarter may also refer to:* Latin Quarter , a British pop/rock band* Latin Quarter , a 1945 British film*Latin Quarter, Aarhus, part of Midtbyen, Aarhus C, Denmark...
of the 5th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
It was established in 1971 following the division of the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
, and is a principal heir to its Faculty of Sciences.
UPMC is the largest scientific and medical complex in France, active in many fields of research with scope and achievements at the highest level, as demonstrated by the many awards regularly won by UPMC researchers, and the many international partnerships it maintains across all five continents. Several university rankings
College and university rankings
College and university rankings are lists of institutions in higher education, ordered by combinations of factors. In addition to entire institutions, specific programs, departments, and schools are ranked...
have put UPMC at the 1st place in France, and it has been ranked as one of the top universities in the world.
It has over 125 laboratories, most of them associated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
The National Center of Scientific Research is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe....
(CNRS). Some of its most notable institutes and laboratories include the Institut Henri Poincaré
Institut Henri Poincaré
The Institut Henri Poincaré is a mathematical institute in Paris which has established itself over its eighty year history as an important meeting place for French and international mathematicians and theoretical physicists...
, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
IAP
IAP is an initialism or acronym which can mean:* Identical ancestors point, a point in time in the past where every living member of a species at that time is either an ancestor to all living of that species or none living....
, Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6 (LIP6
LIP6
The Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6, or LIP6, the computer science laboratory of Pierre & Marie Curie University , is a joint research laboratory of UPMC and CNRS, the French national research organization. It was founded in January, 1997, with the fusion of three smaller laboratories:...
), Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu/Chevaleret (shared with University Paris Diderot) and the Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel (shared with Ecole Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
).
The university's Faculty of Medicine includes the Pitié-Salpêtrière
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Paris, France. Part of the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, it is one of Europe's largest hospitals...
and Saint-Antoine
Saint-Antoine
-Canada:*Saint-Antoine, New Brunswick, a village*Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, Quebec, a parish in Chaudière-Appalaches*Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec, a municipality in Chaudière-Appalaches*Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, a municipality in Montérégie...
hospitals (the latter itself being the successor to Saint-Antoine-des-Champs Abbey
Saint-Antoine-des-Champs Abbey
Saint-Antoine-des-Champs Abbey was a convent in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. The faubourg Saint-Antoine developed around it. It later became the hôpital Saint-Antoine.-List of abbesses:...
).
History
The campus was built in the 1950s and 60s, on a site previously occupied by wine storehouses. The Dean, Marc Zamanski, saw the Jussieu campus standing as a tangible symbol of scientific thought in the heart of Paris, with the Faculty of Science, set in the Latin Quarter, as part of an intellectual and spiritual continuum linked to the university history of Paris. In 1968, the Paris Faculty of Science was divided into a number of different universities. The University of Paris 6 became the scientific center and was set up in 1971; it shares the Jussieu campus with the University of Paris 7 and the Paris Geophysical Institute (Institut de Physique du Globe). In 1974, the University of Paris 6 chose a prestigious champion when it adopted the name "Université Pierre et Marie Curie", after PierrePierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity, and Nobel laureate. He was the son of Dr. Eugène Curie and Sophie-Claire Depouilly Curie ...
and Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...
, and ever since has endeavored to perpetuate the scientific legacy of these forebears. UPMC is now the largest scientific and medical complex in France, active in all fields of research with scope and achievements at the highest level.
In 2008 the university joined the association Paris Universitas changing its logo accordingly and adding the name of the association after its own. Two years later the association dissolved and reformed as PRES (pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur) Sorbonne Universités, reuniting the Pantheon-Assas Paris II University, the Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and the Pierre and Marie Curie University; for this occasion the logo were changed again.
Research sectors
Research at UPMC covers fields in all the major areas of international research, including life sciences, health, genomics & post-genomics, sciences of the universe and the environment, optics, laser technology, information processing, communications, and modeling.Research falls into four broad interdisciplinary sectors. These sectors cover a full range, from pure and basic research to applied science. Many research laboratories are involved in more than one sector. The development of research projects can be seen as the foundation stone for innovation and as the medium-term response to the challenges of a modern society.
Modeling and engineering
UPMC has achieved levels of excellence in most fields in the modeling & engineering sector. UPMC is a leading university in the world in mathematics: pure mathematics, digital computation, probability, statistics, and combinatorics.Information Technology is focused on areas of excellence: architecture, networks, systems, artificial intelligence, programming and scientific computation.
In the field of electronics, work is concentrated on the articulation of architecture, electronics, artificial intelligence and signal processing.
In mechanics strong links have been built up with applied mathematics and macroscopic physics, working on future developments: fluid dynamics, instability, turbulence, energy transfers, complex systems and coupled phenomena.
In this sector, UPMC encourages initiatives in scientific and medical imaging, artificial intelligence and robotics.
Such genuinely multidisciplinary initiatives involve the concerted efforts of mathematicians and experts in electronics, information technology and mechanical science, who have the facilities for working with medical teams wishing to collaborate on projects on medical imaging, micro-surgery, assistance for disabilities and artificial organs.
Research cooperation agreements have been set up with leading industrial groups and these cooperation programs will now be institutionalized through the new department for industrial and business activities SAIC - Service d’Activités Industrielles et Commerciales.
Matter and new materials
Research in physics at UPMC covers virtually every field in the discipline. Subject areas which are often cross-disciplinary, involving a number of research laboratories, have been organized around four lines where the university has developed extensive expertise and is now at the leading edge of research:- basic phenomena: fields, particles, atoms and molecules
- optics (lasers and measurement) and diluted matter
- condensed matter: structure, order and disorder and complex materials
- nanonetworks, surfaces and interfaces
The chemistry laboratories have based their lines of research on the principle of interdependence between synthesis, analysis, studies of structures and properties of new chemical compounds:
- design and production of new materials
- characterization of new materials using different forms of spectroscopy and microscopic techniques, and the study of their properties
- studies of reaction mechanisms
- modeling chemical reactions
- development of new analytical techniques
Projects involving a number of disciplines are mainly joint studies of new materials. Applications concern fields as diverse as concretes, catalysis and new materials for rapid information technology, for analytical sciences and environmental tests, as well as new forms of energy storage and conversion.
Living Earth and environment
Environmental studies, ranging from global to local, are at the borderlines or intersections of physics, chemistry, earth sciences and biology, and have expanded greatly. Two key lines have been developed:- the environment in the terrestrial context with research projects related to climate change, the impact of human activities on the continental and marine ecosystems, and the management of natural resources.
- the environment in the context of space for astrophysics, with the establishment of the Paris Institute of Astrophysics, and investigations in the field of astroparticles.
Life and health
Modern biology requires an integrated approach encompassing genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology, cell biology, the biology of development and physiology. UPMC has focused on two strategic areas as priorities:1) further development of Group Research Institutes [IFR - Instituts Fédératifs de Recherche] --
The IFR at Saint-Antoine Teaching Hospital specializes in the physiopathology of cancers, inflammatory processes, and the hormonal mechanisms involved.
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Teaching Hospital contains two IFRs, one concentrating on neuroscience and the other on the heart, muscle and vessels. A third area of research covers the subjects of immunity and infection.
The IFR on Cell Communication & Regulation on the “Cordeliers” campus specializes in the field of cell biology, nutrition and immunology.
On the Jussieu campus, the IFR for integrated biology focuses on the integrated study of cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in development, reproduction, and the major physiological functions of animal and plant organisms, and their evolution.
2) network development of the interface between physics, chemistry, biology and medicine—by establishing a network of laboratories around an interdisciplinary technological platform development of a group program on post-genomics and proteomics, and specifically focused on the phenotyping and imaging of small animals.
UPMC doctoral schools
The UPMC Doctoral Schools (Les écoles doctorales de l'UPMC) are built around their own research teams, which are mostly associated with the CNRS, INSERM, INRAInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique
The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture...
, INRIA, or IRD
Institut de recherche pour le développement
The Institut de recherche pour le développement is a French public science and technology research institute under the joint authority of the French ministries in charge of research and overseas development....
, as well as with research teams from other universities and partner organisations in the Île-de-France area. Each school organises doctoral studies in its own particular field and these are grouped around the four main research themes of the university. Links below are to UPMC branches, or to school head offices elsewhere:
- ED 130 - PUBLISH: Information technology, telecommunication and electronics
- ED 386 - Mathematical sciences
- ED 390 - The processes engineering and high technologies
- ED 391 - SMAE: Mechanical, acoustic & electronic sciences
Pole of Matter and New Materials
- ED 107 - Doctoral school of physics
- ED 381 - Elementary components - complex systems
- ED 388 - Physical chemistry and analytical chemistry
- ED 389 - Physics from particles to solids, models & experiments
- ED 397 - Physics and chemistry of materials
- ED 406 - Molecular chemistry
Living Earth & Environment
- ED 127 - Astronomy and Astrophysics
- ED 129 - The environmental Sciences
- ED 392 - Diversity of Living Organisms
- ED 398 - Geosciences and Natural Resources
Pole of Life and Health
- ED 158 - 3C: Brain, Cognition and Behavior
- ED 215 - B2M: Biology and molecular biochemistry
- ED 223 - Logic of living organisms
- ED 387 - Biology interfaces with chemistry, physics and information technology
- ED 393 - Public health and biomedical information sciences
- ED 394 - Physiology and physiopathology
Research Institutes
- Jussieu Institute of mathematics - UMR 7586
- Henri Poincaré Institute (IHP) - UMS 839
- Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR) - UFR 919
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert Institute- UMR 7190
- Paris Institute of materials-Center (IMPC) - FR 2482
- Institute of mineralogy and physics of condensed media - UMR 7590
- Paris Institute of the Nanosciences- UMR 7588
- Pierre Simon Laplace Institute - FR 636
- Paris Institute of astrophysics- UMR 7095
- Institute of celestial mechanics and calculation of ephemeris - UMR 8028
- Institute of neurofunctional imagery - IFR 49
- Institute for research in health - St Antoine - IFR 65
- Cordeliers Institute - IFR 58
- Federative institute of research in network on handicap (IFRH) - IFR 25
- Jacques Monod institute - UMR 7592
Research laboratories and units
(Selected, just to indicate the variety—for complete lists see, Les écoles doctorales de l'UPMCPole of Modeling and Engineering
- Francilienne Federation in the mechanics of materials (F2M2SP) - FR 2609
- Mathematics Centers of Paris - FR 2830
- Institute of Mathematics, Jussieu -- UMR 7586
- Laboratory for combinatory analysis and optimisation - UMR 7090
- Laboratory of action, neuroimagery, modeling - UMR S 742
- Laboratory of musical acoustics (LAM) - UMR 7604
- Laboratory of energetics and mechanics of the internal fluids (LEMFIRE) - 2866
- Laboratory of epidemiology, information systems, and modeling - UMR S 707
- Laboratory of functional imagery - UMR S 678
- Parametric laboratory of imagery (LIP) - UMR 7623
- Laboratory of computer science of Paris 6 (LIP6) - UMR 7606
- Laboratory of data processing for mechanics and engineering - UPR 3251
- Laboratory of fluids in automatic and thermal systems (FAST) - UMR 7608
- Laboratory of the engineering of process plasmas and surface treatments - EA 3492
- Electric engineering laboratory of Paris (LGEP) - UMR 8507
- Laboratory of mechanics and technology (LMT-Cachan) - UMR 8535
- Physical laboratory of mechanics (LMP) - FRE 2867
- Laboratory of modeling in mechanics - UMR 7607
- Laboratory of cognitive neurosciences and cerebral imagery - UPR 640
- Laboratory of physics and mechanics of heterogeneous media - U 36
- Laboratory of probability and random models - UMR 7599
- Laboratory of public health and medical computing (SPIM) - EA 2389
- Laboratory of advanced simulation of hydrocarbon transport - 1058
- Laboratory of theoretical and applied statistics (LSTA) - EA 3124
- Laboratory of instruments and systems of the Ile de France (LISIF) - EA 2385
- Jacques-Louis Lions Laboratory - UMR 7598
- Laboratory for the use of intense lasers (LULI) - UMR 7605
Pole of Matter and New Materials
- Molecular chemistry of Paris Centers - FR 2769
- Dynamics of out of balance complex systems - EDF 21
- Fundamental interactions - FR 2687
- Chemical sciences of measurement and analysis, Paris Center - FR 2702
- Spectroscopy, matter and radiation, reactivity and theory - FR 2622
- Laboratory of electrochemistry and analytical chemistry - UMR 7575
- Laboratory of molecular, cellular, and tissue biophysics (BioMoCETI) - 7033
- Chemistry laboratory of condensed matter - UMR 7574
- Chemistry laboratory of polymers - UMR 7610
- Laboratory of inorganic chemistry and molecular materials - UMR 7071
- Organic chemistry laboratory - UMR 7611
- Physical chemistry laboratory - matter and radiation (LCP-MR) - UMR
- Theoretical chemistry laboratory - UMR 7616
- Laboratory of dynamics, interactions, and reactivity (LADIR) - UMR 70
- Laboratory of physical chemistry, Curie - UMR 168
- Laboratory of physical chemistry of polymers and dispersed media - R 7615
- Laboratory of nuclear physics and high energy physics (LPNHE) - UMR 7585
- Laboratory of statistical physics of the ENS - UMR 8550
- Laboratory of theoretical physics of the ENS - UMR 8549
- Laboratory of theoretical physics of condensed matter - UMR 7600
- Laboratory of theoretical physics and high energy physics (LPTHE) - UMR 75
- Laboratory of the reactivity of surfaces - UMR 7609
- Laboratory of spectroscopy in polarized light - UPR 5
- Laboratory of synthesis, structure, and function of bioactive molecules - UMR 7613
- Laboratory of electrochemical interfaces and systems - UPR 15
- Laboratory of ionic liquids and charged interfaces (LI2C) - UMR 7612
- Laboratory of nanometric and mesoscopic materials (LM2N) - UMR 7070
- Laboratory of processes of activation by transfer of uni-electronic or radiative energy (PASTEUR) - UMR 8640
- Laboratory of selective processes in organic chemistry - UMR 8642
- Laboratory of proteins: structural and functional biochemistry - FRE 2852
- Laboratory of interfacial systems on a nanometric scale - UMR 71
- Laboratory Kastler Brossel (LKB) - UMR 8552
- Laboratory Pierre Aigrain - UMR 8551
Pole of Living Hearth and Environment
- TYPE OF VINE Centers Paris Azur in Geology - FR 32
- Ecology, biodiversity, evolution, environment - IFR 101
- Biological station of Roscoff - FR 2424
- Center for the study of terrestrial and planetary environments - UMR 8
- Laboratory of adaptation and diversity in marine environments - UMR 714
- Laboratory for the study of radiation and matter in astrophysics - UMR 8112
- Laboratory of space and instrumental studies in astrophysics (LESIA) - UMR 8109
- Biological laboratory of oceanography of Banyuls - UMR 7621
- Laboratory of oceanography of Villefranche/sea (LOV)Observatoire Oceanologique de VillefrancheThe Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche is a group of laboratories located in Villefranche-sur-Mer in the Côte d'Azur, France and sponsored by the Universities of Paris , Nice Sophia Antipolis and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...
- UMR 7093 - Laboratory of oceanography and climate: numerical experiments on roaches - UMR 7159
- Laboratory of biogeochemistry of the continental environment - UMR 7618
- Laboratory of the biology of marine organizations and ecosystems - UMR 5178
- Laboratory of the biology of development - UMR 7009
- Laboratory of conservation of the species - UMR 5173
- Laboratory of geoscience - Azure - UMR 6526
- Laboratory of marine geoscience - UMR 7097
- Laboratory of dynamic meteorology (LMD) - UMR 8539
- Laboratory of mineralogy - petrology - UMR 7160
- Laboratory of paleobiodiversity and paleoenvironments - UMR 5143
- Laboratory of evolutionary parasitology - UMR 7103
- Laboratory of physicochemistry of geological fluids - UMR 7047
- Laboratory of molecular physics for the atmosphere and astrophysics - UMR 7092
- Laboratory of the structure and operation of continental hydrous systems (SISYPHUS) - UMR 7619
- Laboratory of systematic, adaptation, evolution - UMR 7138
- Laboratory of tectonics - UMR 7072
- Laboratory of the adaptation and evolution of muscular systems - FRE 2696
- Laboratory of biomineralisation and paleoenvironments - I 247
- Laboratory of adaptive mechanisms - UMR 7179
- Laboratory of models in cellular and evolutionary biology - UMR
- Laboratory of marine plants and biomolecules - UMR 7139
- Laboratory of the operation and evolution of ecological systems 7625
- Laboratory of the time-space frame of reference - UMR 8630
- Sea and health Laboratory - UMR 7150
- Oceanological observatory of Banyuls - UMS 2348
- Oceanological observatory of Villefranche sur MerObservatoire Oceanologique de VillefrancheThe Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche is a group of laboratories located in Villefranche-sur-Mer in the Côte d'Azur, France and sponsored by the Universities of Paris , Nice Sophia Antipolis and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique...
- UMS 829 - Aeronomy service - UMR 7620
Pole of Life and Health
- Integrative biology - IFR 83
- Heart, muscle, vessels - IFR 14
- Immunity, cancer and infection - IFR 113
- Neurosciences - IFR 70
- Center for molecular genetics - UPR 2167
- Group myology - UMR S 787
- Laboratory antibiotics and digestive flora - EA 2392
- Laboratory of chemical and therapeutic epidemiology of HIV infection - UMR S 720
- Laboratory of cellular and molecular immunobiology of parasitic infections - UMR S 511
- Laboratory of cellular and clinical immunology - UMR S 255
- Laboratory of cellular and tissue immunology - UMR S 543
- Laboratory of immunopathology and therapeutic immunointervention - UMR S 681
- Laboratory of infectious immunophysiopathology - URA 1961
- Cellular laboratory of biochemistry - UMR 7098
- Laboratory of the biology of neuron/glial interactions - UMR S 711
- Laboratory of the biology of development - UMR 7622
- Laboratory of biology and physiological interactions - EA 2397
- Laboratory of biology and therapies of immunizing pathologiies
- Laboratory of orofacial biology - UMR S 714
- Laboratory of fundamental cancerology and private clinic - UMR S 482
- Laboratory of tumor growth, differentiation, and processes - UMR 51
- Laboratory of experimental cytology and vegetable morphogenesis - EA 3494
- Laboratory of differentiation and proliferation of adult cells - EA 1638
- Laboratory of the dynamics of genetic information - UMR S 7147
- Laboratory of the dynamics and physiopathology of neural networks - 667
- Laboratory of the genetics of reproduction - EA 1533
- Laboratory of the genetics of sensory deficits - UMR S 587
- Cardiovascular laboratory of epidemiologic and molecular genetics - UMR S 525
- Laboratory of the genetics and pathogenic capacity of viruses - EA 2
- Laboratory of the genetics of mol. neurotransmission and neurodegenerative processes - fs-UMR7091
- Molecular laboratory of the genetics of yeasts - URA 2171
- Laboratory of molecular viral genetics - EA 3500
- Laboratory of the instability of microsatellites and cancers - UMR S 762
- Laboratory of nutrition and obesity: genetic and traditional approaches - UMR S 755
- Laboratory of metabolism and intestinal differentiation - UMR S 505
- Laboratory of modeling in clinical research - EA 3974
- Laboratory of functional neuro-anatomy of behavior and its disorders - UMR S 610
- Laboratory of the neurobiology of adaptive processes - UMR 7102
- Laboratory of the neurobiology of intercellular signals - UMR 7101
- Cellular laboratory of neuroimagery in vivo - ERT 1059
- Laboratory of neurology and experimental therapeutics - UMR S 679
- Laboratory of neuropsychopharmacology - UMR S 677
- Laboratory of molecular and cellular neurosignalisation - UMR S 706
- Vascular laboratory of pathology and renal endocrinology - UMR S 36
- Laboratory of pharmacologenetic, metabolism and pharmacodynamics - E 6
- Laboratory of physiol. and pharmaco. systemic cardiac, vascular and muscular - EA 3975
- Laboratory of cellular and molecular physiology of plants - FRE
- Laboratory of the physiology of the insect, indication and communication - R A 1272
- Laboratory of the physiology of seeds - EA 2388
- Laboratory of renal physiology and genomics - UMR 7134
- Laboratory of physiology and vascular and renal pharmacology - UMR S
- Laboratory of physiology and physiopathology - UMR 7079
- Laboratory of physiology and physiopathology of motricity - R S 731
- Laboratory of physiology and cellular therapy of the cornea - EA 398
- Laboratory of membrane and molecular physiology of the chloroplast - 7141
- Laboratory of physiology, biology of organizations, populations - UMR S 719
- Laboratory of cellular and molecular physiopathology of the retina - UMR S 592
- Laboratory of the physiopathology of the adipocyte and the hepatic cells - UMR S 680
- Laboratory of the physiopathology of development - EA 4053
- Laboratory of the physiopathology and therapy of the striated muscle - UMR 582
- Laboratory of the physiopathology, genetics, pharmacol. cardiovascular - UMR S 621
- Research laboratory exp., epidemio. and mol. for resistance to antibiotics - EA 1541
- Molecular research laboratory on antibiotics - UMR S 655
- Epidemiologic research laboratory in neurology and psychopathology - UMR S 708
- Epidemiologic research laboratory in perinatal health and health of women - UMR S 149
- Laboratory of replanning and repair of renal fabric - UMR S 702
- Laboratory of resistance and survival of the tumoral cells - UMR S 7
- Laboratory of cellular, dynamic indication circulatory and atherosclerosis - UMR 7131
- Membrane laboratory of traffic and indication in the epithelial cell - UMR S 538
- Laboratory of transduction of the signal and plasticity in the nervous system - UMR S 536
- Laboratory of vulnerability, adaptation and psychopathology - UMR 75
- Laboratory of the affections of the myeline and the muscular ionic cells - UMR S 546
- Laboratory of the chimiokines and their receivers: cerebral function neuroendo. - UMR S 732
- Laboratory of bio. determinants and comport. obesities and diseases of nutrition - EA 3502
- Laboratory of the pathogenic interactions of plants - UMR A 217
- Laboratory of diseases of the immune system - U 712
- Laboratory of neuropeptides exchanges and hydrous and cardiovascular regulation - UMR S 691
- Laboratory of nutritional and metabolic pathologies: obesity - UMR S 671
- Laboratory of ABC conveyors and epitheliums normal and tumoral - UMR S 499
- Laboratory of pain and stress - UMR S 713
- Laboratory of the cortex and epilepsy - UMR S 739
- Laboratory of the normal and pathologic development of the brain -
- Laboratory of dyslipoproteinaemia and atherosclerosis: genetics, metabolism and therapies - UMR S 551
Notable people
Some known academicians affiliated to UPMC (in the past or present) include:- Haïm BrézisHaïm BrezisHaïm Brezis is a French mathematician who works in functional analysis and partial differential equations.Born in Riom-ès-Montagnes, Cantal, France. Brezis is the son of Romanian immigrant father, who came to France in the 1930s, and his mother is a Jew who fled from Holland...
- Philippe G. CiarletPhilippe G. CiarletPhilippe G. Ciarlet is a French mathematician, known particularly for his work on mathematical analysis of the finite element method especially applied to elasticity...
- Jean-Baptiste Leblond
- Jacques-Louis LionsJacques-Louis LionsJacques-Louis Lions ForMemRS was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John Von Neumann prize in 1986. Lions is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.-Biography:After...
- Olivier Pironneau
- Pierre-Arnaud Raviart
- Evariste Sanchez-Palencia
- Marc YorMarc YorMarc Yor is a French mathematician well-known for his work on stochastic processes, especially properties of semimartingales, Brownian motion and other Lévy processes, the Bessel processes, and their applications to mathematical finance...
Campus locations
(See: University Campus Locations)Paris
- Campus JussieuJussieu CampusThe Jussieu Campus is a higher education campus located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France, which is the main campus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University ....
- Campus Pitié
- Campus Saint-Antoine
- Campus Les Cordeliers
- Campus Curie
- Campus Boucicaut / Lourmel
- Campus Passy - Kennedy
- Campus Chevaleret
- Campus Raspail
- Biochimie des signaux régulateurs cellulaires et moléculaires
Rest of Île-de-France
- Campus Ivry-sur-SeineIvry-sur-SeineIvry-sur-Seine is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris....
- Chimie théorique
- Cytologie expérimentale et morphogènese végétale
- Physique moléculaire et applications
- Instruments et systèmes
- Interfaces et systèmes électrochimiques
- Plasmas denses
- Utilisation des lasers intenses
- Etude du rayonnement et de la matière en astrophysique
- Physiologie végétale appliquée
- Parasitologie végétale
- Physiologie cellulaire et moléculaire des plantes
- Site OrsayOrsayOrsay is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Orsay are known as Orcéens.-History:...
- Energétique et mécanique des fluides internes
- Fluides automatiques et systèmes thermiques
- Site Saint-Cyr-l'EcoleSaint-Cyr-l'ÉcoleSaint-Cyr-l'École is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr , which was relocated to Coëtquidan in 1945.The old buildings of the ESM are...
Other regions
- Campus RoscoffRoscoffRoscoff is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.The nearby Île de Batz, called Enez Vaz in Breton, is a small island that can be reached by launch from the harbour....
- Campus Banyuls-sur-MerBanyuls-sur-MerBanyuls-sur-Mer is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.-Geography:Banyuls-sur-Mer is neighbored by Cerbère, Port-Vendres, Argelès-sur-Mer and Collioure. The region is known for its wines, such as the sweet wine Banyuls. An aquatic museum with aquarium is located in...
- Campus Villefranche-sur-MerVillefranche-sur-MerVillefranche-sur-Mer is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera.-Geography:...
University rankings
The university is rankedCollege and university rankings
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36th in the world, 6th in Europe and 1st in France by the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities , commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually...
. It was ranked 1st in the world in the field of mathematics by the same study. However the 2011 QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
ranked the university 119th overall in the world and 3rd in France. In the QS subject rankings it came 31st for natural sciences. In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), Pierre and Marie Curie University is the best university in France and 38th university in the world. The UPMC is a member of Sorbonne Universités.
Statistics
A collection of statistical information, as collected on the university website:- 31 000 students
- 3 400 post-graduate students
- 1 830 post-graduate diplomas (DEA and DESS i.e. master's equivalent) and 200 engineering degrees (master's equivalent) awarded each year
- 5820 teaching academics/researchers
- 4820 engineers & technicians, administrative & logistic staff, 4 broad interdisciplinary sectors of research
- 125 research laboratories
- 300 doctorates in medicine
- 745 doctorates in science based upon thesis work
- 550 contractual cooperation agreements for research on innovative programs
- 330 partner institutes in science and medicine
- 100 contractual agreements under the terms of research projects subsidized by the European Commission
- 6 Centers of Excellence selected by the European Commission to host doctoral students who are granted Marie Curie scholarships
See also
- Jussieu CampusJussieu CampusThe Jussieu Campus is a higher education campus located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France, which is the main campus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University ....
- List of University of Paris people
- University of ParisUniversity of ParisThe University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
- Paris Institute of StatisticsParis Institute of StatisticsInstitut de Statistiques de l'Université de Paris , founded in 1922 by the mathematician Émile Borel, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious schools for statistics in France...