Type Public Students 26,000 Phone +33 1 57 27 57 27 Founded 1970 | President Christine Clerici Location Paris, France Total enrollment 24,901 (2012) | |
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Established 1970, following the division of the University of Paris (12th century) Chancellor Maurice Quénet
Chancellor of the Universities of Paris Address 5 Rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris, France Parent organizations University of Paris, Paris Centre Universités Notable alumni Philippe Flajolet, Chen Zhu, Verónika Mendoza, Laurent Gbagbo, Cécile Duflot Similar University of Paris, Pierre‑and‑Marie‑Curie University, Paris Descartes University, Paris‑Sorbonne University, Pantheon‑Sorbonne University Profiles | ||
Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (French: Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), is a leading French university located in Paris. It is one of the heirs of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris (together with Paris 6), which, founded in the mid-12th century, was one of the earliest universities established in Europe. It adopted its current name, referring to the French philosopher, art critic and writer Denis Diderot, in 1994.
Contents
- List of facilities in Paris
- UFR Unit de Formation et de Recherche
- Academic degrees
- Teachers and former teachers
- References
Featuring two Nobel Prize laureates, two Fields Medal winners and two former French Ministers of Education among its faculty or former faculty, the university is famous for its teaching in science, especially in mathematics. Indeed, many fundamental results of the theory of Probability have been discovered at one of its research centers, the Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires (Laboratory of Probability and Random Models). The university is also known for its teaching in psychology, which adopts a specific approach drawing from both the domains of psychopathology and psychoanalysis.
The university also hosts many others disciplines: currently, there are 2300 educators and researchers, 1100 administrative personnel and 26,000 students studying humanities, science, and medicine.
Paris Diderot University is a founding member of the higher education and research alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité which is a Public Institution for Scientific Cooperation bringing together four renowned Parisian universities and four higher education and research institutes.
Formerly based at the Jussieu Campus in the 5th arrondissement, the university moved to a new campus in the 13th arrondissement, in the Paris Rive Gauche neighborhood. The first buildings were brought into use in 2006. The university has many facilities in Paris, and two in other parts of the general area. In 2012, the university completed its move in its new ultra-modern campus.
List of facilities in Paris
There are:
UFR (Unité de Formation et de Recherche)
Paris Diderot University offers courses in many fields, each taught in a different sections of the university called UFR - Unité de Formation et de Recherche (Unity of Teaching and Research).
Academic degrees
There are:
Among these diplomas, the Master of Science in Mathematical Finance (M2MO) – also known as DEA Laure Elie – which is one of the two most selective French postgraduate degrees in Quantitative Finance.