Université Paris Cité

Université Paris Cité is located in the heart of Paris with over 14 campuses and research facilities spread around the city. It is among the most prestigious French research-intensive universities, recognised internationally for its excellence in research, comprehensive interdisciplinary programmes while fostering innovation and knowledge transfer.

The university was born in 2019 through the merger of Paris Diderot, Paris Descartes universities and Institut de physique du globe de Paris. Since July 2021, the Institut Pasteur is a partner research organisation of Université Paris Cité.

We aim to enlighten the future at Université Paris Cité through leading and contributing to building meaningful changes to meet future societal challenge. We strive to empower our students and staff to make a positive impact in fast-paced, evolving world.

Along with a strategic portfolio of privileged international academic partners, we offer our student’s state-of-the-art, innovative programmes in the following fields:

• Arts, Humanities and Languages
• Human, Economic and Social Sciences
• Science and Technology
• Health, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing

French is the main language spoken at the university; however, we offer international joint degrees and programmes taught in English as well.  

Université Paris Cité aims to promote access for international students who wish to undertake their academic studies at the master’s level and for those pursuing research projects at the doctoral level. We offer several types of scholarship programmes. The criteria and eligibility requirements for each programme may be different depending on your situation.

Student Life

The university has 21 libraries, innovative collaborative workstations like the Fablab co-working space, sport facilities and activities.  Université Paris Cité also organises cultural events and has partnerships with cultural institutions in Paris.  

The alumni network at Université Paris Cité is a community of over 500, 000 of former students.   Current students can benefit from experiences of alumni having completed their studies and can take advantage of opportunities, internships, work-study programmes or first jobs. They can connect with each other on the alumni platform.

We have a welcome desk for international students to support them when arriving in Paris with administrative formalities, housing, financial assistance, and guidance counsellors who are there to help throughout your studies.

To guide our students, we have developed a dedicated online Student Tool KIT available here!