University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot
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Paris Diderot University, also known as Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7, is a French leading University
located in Paris
, France
. It is one of the heirs of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris
(together with Paris 6
), which was one of the earliest established in Europe, founded in the mid 12th century. It adopted its current name in 1994.
The University is famous for its teaching in Science, especially in Mathematics. Indeed, the Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires (Laboratory of Probability and Random Models), which is one of the centers of research of Paris Diderot University, has discovered many fundamental results of the theory of Probability.
But the University is also a place for multidisciplinary education: currently, there are 2300 educators and researchers, 1100 administrative personnel and 26,000 students studying humanities
, science
, and medicine
. That's why it always has been ranked as one of the three best French Universities.
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 has moved to a new campus in the 13th arrondissement, PRG (Paris Rive Gauche). 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. However, by 2012, the University will complete its moving and will only be in its new ultra-modern campus.
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 in 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 is one of the heirs of the Faculty of Sciences 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...
(together with Paris 6
Pierre and Marie Curie University
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....
), which was one of the earliest established in Europe, founded in the mid 12th century. It adopted its current name in 1994.
The University is famous for its teaching in Science, especially in Mathematics. Indeed, the Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires (Laboratory of Probability and Random Models), which is one of the centers of research of Paris Diderot University, has discovered many fundamental results of the theory of Probability.
But the University is also a place for multidisciplinary education: currently, there are 2300 educators and researchers, 1100 administrative personnel and 26,000 students studying humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, and medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
. That's why it always has been ranked as one of the three best French Universities.
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
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 5th arrondissement, the University has moved to a new campus in the 13th arrondissement, PRG (Paris Rive Gauche). 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. However, by 2012, the University will complete its moving and will only be in its new ultra-modern campus.
List of facilities in Paris
There are:- PRG (Paris Rive Gauche) - Main campus
- 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 ....
- former Main campus - Charles V - English studiesEnglish studiesEnglish studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
- RFF Building - Administrative offices
- Javelot - GeographyGeographyGeography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, historyHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and social science (GHSS) - Chevaleret Building - Computer scienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and mathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity... - Chateau des Rentiers - LinguisticsLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
- Garancière - Odontology
- Xavier-Bichat - MedicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
- Lariboisière Saint-Louis - MedicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
- St Louis Hospital - HematologyHematologyHematology, also spelled haematology , is the branch of biology physiology, internal medicine, pathology, clinical laboratory work, and pediatrics that is concerned with the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases...
- Rue de Paradis - MedicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
UFR (Unité de Formation et de Recherche)
Paris Diderot University offers courses in many fields, each of them are taught in a different sections of the University called UFR - Unité de Formation et de Recherche (Unity of Teaching and Research).- UFR of Life Sciences
- UFR of Chemistry
- UFR of computer sciences
- UFR of Mathematics
- UFR of Physics
- UFR of Science of the Earth, Environment and Planets
- UFR of English studies
- UFR of Cross-cultural and Applied Languages studies
- UFR of Geography, History and Social sciences
- UFR of Languages and Cultures in East Asia studies (Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese)
- UFR of Letters, Art and Cinema
- UFR of Linguistics
- UFR of Human clinical sciences
- UFR of Social sciences
- UFR of Medicine
- UFR of Odontology
Academic degrees
There are:- 1 Diplôme universitaire de technologie (called DUT)
- 27 Different bachelor's degrees (Licence)
- 32 Different master's degrees (116 specialities)
- 1 Engineering school
- 24 differents Ph.Ds (Doctorat)
Teachers and former teachers
- Jaak AaviksooJaak AaviksooJaak Aaviksoo, born 11 January 1954 in Tartu, Estonia is an Estonian politician and current Estonian Minister of Education and Research. He is a member of liberal conservative Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica.- Education and career in science :...
, Estonian Minister of Defense - Claude AllègreClaude AllègreClaude Allègre is a French politician and scientist.- Scientific work :The main scientific area of Claude Allègre is geochemistry....
, Minister of National Education (France)Minister of National Education (France)The Ministry of National Education, Youth, and Sport , or simply "Minister of National Education," as the title has changed no small number of times in the course of the Fifth Republic) is the French government cabinet member charged with running France's public educational system and with the...
from 1997 to 2000 and member of the Académie des sciences (France) - Jean-Luc BennahmiasJean-Luc BennahmiasJean-Luc Bennahmias is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France. He is a member of the Democratic Movement , and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.He is also a substitute for the Committee on Culture and...
, French Member of the European ParliamentEuropean ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world... - Bernard CerquigliniBernard CerquigliniBernard Cerquiglini , is a French linguist.A Graduate of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, having received an agrégé and a doctorate in letters, he was a teacher of linguistics in University of Paris VII, former director of the National Institute for the French language, former...
, rectorRectorThe word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of the Agence universitaire de la FrancophonieAgence universitaire de la francophonieThe Agence universitaire de la Francophonie , French for the "Association of Universities of the Francophonie", is a global network of French-speaking higher education and research institutions.... - Michel CimentMichel CimentMichel Ciment is a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment is a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the president of FIPRESCI...
, French journalist, writer and president of FIPRESCIFIPRESCIThe International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in... - Jean DaussetJean DaussetJean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France. He married Rose Mayoral in 1963, with whom he had two children, Henri and Irène...
, Nobel Prize in Medicine 19801980 in scienceThe year 1980 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.-Astronomy and space exploration:* November 12 – Voyager program: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn when it flies within of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high... - Luc FerryLuc FerryLuc Ferry is a French philosopher and a notable proponent of Secular Humanism. He is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank....
, French Minister of National Education from 2002 to 2004 - Élisabeth RoudinescoElisabeth RoudinescoÉlisabeth Roudinesco is a French academic historian and psychoanalyst. She is an independent guest researcher at University of Paris VII – Denis Diderot...
, French historian and psychoanalyst - Jean-Michel SavéantJean-Michel SavéantJean-Michel Savéant is a French chemist specialized in electrochemistry. He has been elected member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2000 and foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001...
, member of the Académie des sciences (France) - Vincent CourtillotVincent CourtillotVincent E. Courtillot is a contemporary French geophysicist, prominent among the researchers who are critical of the hypothesis that impact events are a primary cause of mass extinction of life forms on the Earth...
geophysicist, member of the Académie des sciences (France) - Julia KristevaJulia KristevaJulia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, sociologist, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. She is now a Professor at the University Paris Diderot...
is a Bulgarian-French psychoanalystPsychoanalysisPsychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
, sociologist and feminist - George Fitzgerald Smoot, Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
2006 for the discovery of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiationCosmic microwave background radiationIn cosmology, cosmic microwave background radiation is thermal radiation filling the observable universe almost uniformly....