UPMC

The 'Université Pierre et Marie Curie' has come to embody French excellence in science and medicine. The Shanghai University list ranks UPMC 7th in Europe and 42nd in the world. UPMC carries out high-level research, as attested by the numerous international prizes and awards it has received and its collaborations with more than a hundred overseas universities. The University is made up of seven UFR (Research and Training Units) in Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity. It also incorporates the Ecole polytechnique universitaire, the Paris Astrophysics Institute, the Henri Poincaré Institute and three marine stations at Roscoff, Banyuls at Villefranche-sur-Mer. In 1974, the Paris 6 University took on a prestigious legacy, changing its official name to "Université Pierre et Marie Curie", to reflect its ongoing endeavours to perpetuate the scientific heritage of these illustrious predecessors. Currently the largest scientific and medical complex in France, with an involvement in every research domain and an academic reputation of the very highest order, as attested by the numerous awards and prizes that its researchers regularly receive and the many international collaborations it has formed in countries across the five continents.