Université Paris Cité

With 71,736 students, 4,838 teacher-researchers and 2 794 administrative and technical staff, Université Paris Cité (UPCité) is France’s leading multidisciplinary, research-intensive university. Université Paris Cité comprises three faculties - Health, Sciences, and Societies & Humanities - a component institution, the Institut de Physique du Globe, and a partner research organisation, the Institut Pasteur. The University ranks 57th in the 2026 Shanghai ranking, demonstrating its ability to conduct research at the highest international level. 

Université Paris Cité is a research-intensive institution, leveraging a unique ecosystem of 113 research laboratories and 22 doctoral schools. Establishing itself as a major player in innovation and socio-economic impact, the university ranked as the first European institution and fifth worldwide in the Clarivate 2025 ranking of most innovative universities. Université Paris Cité is deploying a strategy of excellence through its ValoCité University Innovation Hub (PUI), bringing together nine founding members (AP-HP, CNRS, Erganeo, Inserm and Inserm Transfert, Inria, Institut Pasteur, and Paris Biotech Santé). At the heart of a global network of knowledge and innovation, UPCité is acting as a social impact university, committed to Planetary health: healthy beings, in healthy societies, on a healthy planet. 

Dedicated to supporting and welcoming international researchers and teacher-researchers, Université Paris Cité has been awarded the HRS4R Label. 

Located across some twenty campuses with an exceptional heritage in Paris and its inner suburbs, the university has 21 libraries, innovative collaborative work stations 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.