Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines founded

1991 CE.

Shown on the map at 48.800°, 2.140°.

University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (French: Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, pronounced [ynivɛʁsite d(ə) vɛʁsɑj sɛ̃ kɑ̃tɛ̃ ɑ̃n‿ivlin]; UVSQ) is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay University. Consisting of eight separate campuses, it is mainly located in the cities of Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines, Vélizy-Villacoublay and Rambouillet. It is one of the five universities of the Academy of Versailles. It is one of the four universités nouvelles (new universities) inaugurated in the Île-de-France region after the 2000 University project (French: plan université 2000). It has a population of 19,000 students, a staff of 752 people, and 1,389 teachers and researchers, as well as an additional 285 external teachers. The university teaches courses in the fields of natural science, social science, political science, engineering, technology, and medicine.

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