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Université Paris Cité

With 71 736 students and 4,838 teacher-researchers, Université Paris Cité 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. 
Located across some twenty campuses with an exceptional heritage in Paris and its inner suburbs, the university offers one of the most comprehensive and ambitious educational offerings (with one engineering school, two IUTs, 29 Graduate Schools), including a wide range of international joint degrees and programmes taught in English. 
At the heart of a global network of knowledge and innovation, Université Paris Cité is a social impact university, committed to Planetary health: healthy beings, in healthy societies, on a healthy planet. 
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.   
As a research-intensive institution, Université Paris Cité leverages a unique ecosystem of 117 laboratories and 22 doctoral schools, which ranks the university 5th in the world as a source of innovation in the 2025 Clarivate ranking. 
Dedicated to supporting and welcoming international students, Université Paris Cité has been awarded the "Bienvenue en France" Label. Thanks to its Welcome Desk and its Be Our Guest platform, international students receive assistance with administrative formalities, housing, and healthcare throughout their studies.

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