Address: 12 rue de l’École de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
Medicine, Sciences, Law, Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Dentistry
Université Paris Cité was created by decree on 20 March 2019 through the merger of Paris Descartes (Paris V) and Paris Diderot (Paris VII), and the two founding universities were dissolved on 1 January 2020. It was first named Université de Paris and took its present name by decree in March 2022, after a ruling of the Conseil d’État on the name. Its medical roots reach back to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris, founded around 1200, and the predecessor universities date from the 1970 split of the University of Paris.
The headquarters is the École de Médecine building at 12 rue de l’École de Médecine, in the sixth arrondissement. The Latin Quarter campus includes sites at Odéon, Saints-Pères, the Cordeliers convent and rue de la Garancière, and the Grands Moulins campus stands in the thirteenth arrondissement. The law school is at Malakoff and the dentistry school at Montrouge, which gives about 21 facilities in and around Paris.
The university counts about 64,100 students, 28,800 of them in medicine, together with 4,500 academic and 3,000 administrative staff. Training covers four areas: law, economics and management, humanities and social sciences, science and technology, and health. It works with 15 teaching hospitals, and the Bichat and Villemin sites belong to its medical network. Admission to undergraduate courses is selective.
The executive board includes the heads of the CNRS, Inserm and the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, the hospital authority of the city. The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris is a component institution and keeps its own legal personality. People linked to the predecessor universities include George Smoot, Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006, Jean Dausset, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980, and the Fields medallists Laurent Schwartz, in 1950, and Artur Avila, in 2014.
More than 150 agreements link the university with foreign institutions on five continents. Teaching is mainly in French, with some programmes in English. Tuition for national degrees is set by the state and remains low, while some diplomas carry separate fees. Check the current tariff.
Domains taught:
Chemistry, Data Analytics, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Microbiology and Genetics, Physics, Statistics
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
CNRS, Inserm and the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris on its executive board, 15 teaching hospitals, the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, and more than 150 agreements with foreign universities.
Research:
Health and life sciences, mathematics, physics, earth sciences, humanities and social sciences, law and economics, with research units run jointly with national organisations.
Famous Alumnis:
George Smoot, Jean Dausset, Laurent Schwartz, Artur Avila
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
7500
Current students***:
64100
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Large multidisciplinary university in central Paris, strong medicine and science, close ties to national research bodies, historic medical roots.
Cons
Large student numbers, courses taught mainly in French, selective admission in medicine and some courses, sites spread across several districts.
Best For
Students in medicine, sciences, law and humanities who want a large public university in the centre of Paris with strong ties to national research bodies.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
Toulouse Capitole University works in much the same fields, chiefly statistics, mathematics and data analytics, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Both schools build their programmes around microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics, and Sorbonne Université is the one to compare first within the country, since it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers sound engineering and astroscience as well.
Université de Lille works in much the same fields, chiefly microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics, and it is slightly larger, at about 74,000 students against roughly 64,100 here, and is also a public institution.
Among national alternatives, Université Grenoble Alpes stands out for its focus on microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers sound engineering and astroscience as well.
Both schools build their programmes around microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics, and Université de Strasbourg is the one to compare first within the country, since it has almost the same size, at about 57,000 students, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
University of Vienna offers an international parallel to this institution, with microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics as common ground; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
University of Turin, in Italy, takes a similar route through microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics; it covers finance and agriculture as well, and is slightly larger, at about 81,200 students against roughly 64,100 here.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, based in Germany, is built around microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics much like this university, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers finance as well.
If this university is on your list for microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics, University of Milan in Italy deserves a comparison, because it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
University of Valencia in Spain pursues a similar profile in microbiology and genetics, chemistry and statistics, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers finance and engineering as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is Université Paris Cité?
In Paris, with its headquarters in the École de Médecine building in the sixth arrondissement.
When was it created?
By decree on 20 March 2019, through the merger of Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot.
Why was it renamed?
It was first called Université de Paris and took its present name by decree in March 2022, after a ruling of the Conseil d'État.
How many students does it have?
About 64,100, of whom 28,800 study medicine.
How many staff does it have?
About 4,500 academic and 3,000 administrative staff.
What areas of study does it cover?
Law, economics and management, humanities and social sciences, science and technology, and health.
Which hospitals are linked to it?
Fifteen teaching hospitals, with the Bichat and Villemin sites in its medical network.
Who sits on its executive board?
Among others the heads of the CNRS, Inserm and the Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris.
Which laureates are linked to its predecessors?
George Smoot, Jean Dausset, Laurent Schwartz and Artur Avila.
What does it cost?
Tuition for national degrees is set by the state, and some diplomas carry separate fees. Check the current tariff.
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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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