Université Paris-Saclay Scientific Framework

Furthermore, the place of universities in society extends beyond just scientific pursuits as they are live hubs of culture, education, thought and innovation, contributing to societal trajectories. As we navigate these shifting landscapes, it becomes imperative for universities to self-reflect, evolve, and reaffirm their commitment to both science and society, ensuring that their intertwined roles remain harmonious, constructive and forward-looking:

• Firstly, there is a growing awareness of the path-dependency of technological changes opened by scientific advances: science and technologies do not only offer solutions but have also been contributing in some aspects to widening social inequalities and developing the ways of life that caused the ecological crisis. This requires universities to renew their concern for the societal impact of their endeavours.
• Secondly, cases of science being enrolled by lobbyists, breaches of consent, and other unethical behaviour have created a groundswell of doubt amongst the general public. Such doubts are exacerbated by questions surrounding science’s funding model but have also been instrumentalised by lobbyists fighting certain environmental and societal evolutions, also reinforcing doubts in society. In a context where science is increasingly expensive, universities must take specific care to preserve their independence and integrity as they grow more interconnected with a wide set of stakeholders.
• Finally, the role of universities in safeguarding and creating knowledge has changed dramatically due to the information revolution. Today, we need to critically assess information more than ever. Information is being shared at an unprecedented speed and scale, making it harder to ensure scientific robustness of the information, whether misinformation is intentional or not. The emergence of social media communication also restrains nuanced discussions, while the development of generative AI creates a further challenge in assessing the epistemological status of information. In short, we are living through a massive paradigm shift in terms of access to, generation of and sharing of knowledge, which deeply questions the role of universities.

Together these changes question the way universities fulfil their core missions of education, research, innovation and societal outreach. They drive our seven  commitments for Better Science.

This aims to ensure that Université Paris-Saclay, as a crucible of curiosity-driven and fundamental research, is better integrated with our wider ecosystem by reinforcing innovation, embedding research even more strongly within our educational programmes, and increasing societal outreach.

The commitments have been chosen to better ensure our public accountability and align with societal challenges by reinforcing our involvement in open science, ethics and scientific integrity, diversity and sustainability.

All these fields delve into the core principles and laws governing matter, life, and society, and they come together within interdisciplinary projects to lift scientific barriers which require the combined expertise of formal sciences, health sciences, engineering, humanities and social sciences.

This commitment to curiosity-driven exploration is also true for many of our researchers in applied sciences, which study complex entities often resulting from human endeavours, like agronomy, legal studies, and economics.

This is why Université Paris-Saclay is committed to the long-term view. Science is a bet on the future. The technologies which transform care, food production, transport or education today have been decades in the making. They were made possible because universities around the world have supported exploration, with the unique compass of scientific rigour. The same is true for the concepts, ideas, regulations that enable us to articulate technological advances with concerns for equity and social flourishing: these exist because we nourish spaces for open dialogue, research and exploration.

In a context where the pressure for accountability is growing, and where public funders as well as citizens rightly ask about impact, stating this fact is not trivial: it means that we intend to continue to be a place which invests for the long-term.

FROM FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH TO SOCIETAL IMPACT

This value placed on curiosity-driven research is necessary to feed our concern for societal impact. Time and again, the history of scientific discoveries shows that major advances in our understanding of fundamental aspects of the universe happen hand in hand with the efforts to solve concrete problems. Exploration and application are two faces of the same coin to serve social progress.

When looking at the scientific dynamics within a sector devoted to a given social finality - such as batteries, photovoltaic sources of energy, therapeutic advances - some projects are very close to application and some delve into more fundamental problems. These feedback loops are key. They are only possible if research-intensive universities are sufficiently connected with society, free to encourage exploration, large and diverse to enable serendipitous encounters, and with the right incentives in the right places to maximise the likelihood of success.

The role of Université Paris-Saclay is to be both a place for exploration and for connection, both a protected space to cultivate bold ideas and a crucible for  interactions. Because the best exploration science feeds the most innovative ideas, we will fulfil our mission if we continue to be a place which supports curiosity-driven projects while sustaining dense interactions with the non-academic stakeholders.

This place for exploration and connection is also a hub of international cooperation: as a research-intensive university, the labs of Université Paris-Saclay are nodes in a scientific network which unfolds globally. This commitment unfolds at different scales: by supporting one-to-one international collaboration between single scientists, by ensuring that the educational experience offered to students at Université Paris-Saclay opens them up to the world and global realities, by committing to the European Education and Research Area and by cultivating institution-wide strategic partnerships.

OUR SEVEN CORE SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES

The following pages shed light on seven major transversal challenges where the interdisciplinary range of Université Paris-Saclay contributes to topics of immediate social interest - Health & well-being; Energy, climate, sustainable development; Biodiversity, agriculture and food; Digital transformation and artificial intelligence; Transport and mobility; Space and aeronautics; Industrial renewal.

Not all the projects being developed at the university are directly relevant to these challenges. It is essential that we create space for pursuing ideas simply for the sake of pushing the boundaries of knowledge. However, a significant share of the research, education, and innovation activities which take place at Université Paris-Saclay directly impacts these seven broad areas, by mobilising the relevant interdisciplinary connections.

These challenges are tackled:

• In research, where scientific teams come together to address open issues.
• In innovation, where public and private partners collaborate to codesign new solutions and products, and develop education programmes to train future innovators.
• In education, where the 20,000 new graduates trained each year by Université Paris-Saclay, have been prepared to relate their academic expertise with today’s challenges.

OVERVIEW

The Biosphera (Biology, Society, Ecology & Environment, Resources, Agriculture & Food Systems) Graduate School focuses on life sciences and the interactions between living organisms and their environments, with the goal of addressing issues concerning the future of the biosphere and our societies.

Subjects include the ecological transition towards sustainable production systems in agriculture, resource management and utilisation, and more broadly, global changes and their impacts. Biosphera addresses these issues by integrating their social, economic, and political dimensions. It mobilises a spectrum of research, ranging from fundamental research to translational research. Interdisciplinary in nature, Biosphera collaborates, in particular, with the Economics and Management,’ ‘Geosciences, Climate, Environment and Planets,’ ‘Life Sciences and Health,’ ‘Sociology and Political Science,’ and ‘Chemistry’ Graduate Schools.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Ecological transition: towards sustainable socioecosystems and agrosystems.
• Global changes: mitigation, adaptation and impacts.
• Management and use of resources: circular economy.
• Preservation of biodiversity: ecosystemic services.
• Territorial development strategies: integrating the environmental dimension.
• Food security: food nutrition and transitions.
• Transformation of biosources: waste valorisation, energy.
• Global health: the environment, a shared heritage.

KEY FIGURES

1,000 staff members
300 PhD candidates
550 Master’s students
100 research teams
28 laboratories

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.biosphera@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-biosphera
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/graduate-school-biosphera-656910245

OVERVIEW

The Chemistry Graduate School offers cutting-edge education that combines theory, practice, and high-level skills. This enables each student to progressively refine their career plans by gaining access to a wide range of research or professional pathways, covering various fields of chemistry while paying attention to both their future needs and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The activities of the Chemistry Graduate School revolve around the unifying concept of sustainable chemistry, aiming to address major societal challenges related to energy, the environment, and health. Specifically, these challenges include accessing natural resources, their transformation, valorisation, and waste recycling.

These activities encompass developments at the core of the discipline and applications in the fields of life sciences, physical sciences, and environmental sciences. Leveraging an exceptional concentration of research infrastructures and national facilities (SOLEIL, ATTOLAB, IDRIS, etc.), the laboratories of the Chemistry Graduate School host numerous experimental platforms and computing centres. They have expertise in instrument development and the analysis of all types of samples,  ncluding solid, liquid, gaseous, organic, inorganic, and biological.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Physical, biophysical and analytical chemistry.
• Organic and biomolecular chemistry.
• Inorganic chemistry and materials.

Interdisciplinary themes at the interface with physics and the life sciences.

• Health, well-being and life Master’s students.
• Materials of the future.
• Energy: processes, production, transfers and storage.
• Resources, environment and catalysis.

KEY FIGURES

950 staff members
300 PhD candidates
350 master students
25 research structures
5,000 scientific publications during 4 years

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.chimie@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-chimie

OVERVIEW

The School for Computer Science trains the engineers and researchers of the future, educating them in key subjects such as Big Data, artificial intelligence, the  Internet of Things, cybersecurity, and quantum computing. It also addresses major societal challenges and cross-disciplinary issues, including energy, industrial renewal, health, transport, education, and personal safety.

The School has numerous industrial partnerships, collaborating with SMEs as well as prominent partners such as EDF, Thales, IBM, SNCF, PSA, Danone, Renault,  Airbus D&S, etc. These partners are involved in Master’s and doctoral courses, facilitating patent applications, company start-ups, and international publications.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

- Automation, robotics, signals, images, communications
- Data, knowledge, learning, interactions
- Programming, models, algorithms, architecture, networks

21 themes of research.

• Algorithms.
• Machine learning.
• Architecture of machines and systems.
• Automatic control.
• Bioinformatics.
• High-Performance computing.
• Cybersecurity.
• Quantum computing.
• Artificial intelligence.
• Human-machine interaction.
• Internet of Things.
• Languages.
• Formal methods.
• Programming.
• Knowledge representation.
• Networks, telecommunications.
• Robotics.
• Data science.
• Automatic language processing.
• Image.

KEY FIGURES

500 PhD candidates
1,000 master students
1,000 researchers
21 laboratories
100 software patents per year

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.computer-science@universite-paris-saclay.fr

OVERVIEW

The Graduate School for Economics & Management combines the best of research and education in economic and management sciences. This school sets the standard in subjects such as digitisation, strategic management and innovation, territories and mobility, sustainable economics, food, health, energy, environment, climate, public decision-making, responsible management, and marketing.

With a wide range of expertise on key societal issues for public authorities, it actively engages in both public debates and scientific outreach, whilst also encouraging the social and economic contributions of its researchers in the form of patents and startups. It fosters collaborations with industrial partners, non-academic entities, and stakeholders to further research initiatives in Europe and worldwide.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Networks, digitalisation, and innovation.
• Risks, growth, and cycles.
• Territories, globalisation, and development.
• Food, health, environment, and energy.
• Public policies and organisations.
• Data, modelling, and support for decision-making.

KEY FIGURES

250 staff members
100 PhD candidates
1,850 students
12 research units
11 Master’s tracks
1 Doctoral School

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.economics-management@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-em

OVERVIEW

The Education Graduate School is a learning community dedicated to education, vocational training, academic teaching, and educational innovation, with a focus on  the teaching professions and academic staff. Its purpose is to offer undergraduate studies and continuing education for teachers and academic staff across all levels of education, from nursery school to higher education. The School’s mission is to enhance the recognition and appeal of teaching professions whilst supporting both fundamental and applied research in the field of education.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Economic and social sciences.
• English.
• History-geography.
• Life and earth sciences.
• Mathematics.
• Physics-chemistry.
• Physical and sports education.
• Multicategory and multidisciplinary teaching.
• Building an ‘innovative pedagogy’ approach.
• Development of research programmes in education.

KEY FIGURES

300 staff members
1,200 students
7 teaching disciplines
3 Master’s tracks
11 programmes preparing for national exams
7 affiliated laboratories

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.education@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/graduate-schools/graduate-school-educ…

OVERVIEW

The School for Engineering and Systems Sciences offers programmes in the fields of engineering sciences and related digital sciences. It covers various major subject areas, exploring and developing innovative approaches to designing, manufacturing, using, and maintaining systems that lead to future ecological and  economic advancements for our societies. Its Master’s and Ph.D. programmes enjoy significant international recognition, with international students comprising half of the student body, and they prepare graduates for R&D professions in France and internationally.

With 67 research laboratories that contribute to addressing significant societal challenges through research and innovation, the Graduate School strives to strike a balance between the ecological and economic development of our societies by conducting research at the highest global level.

Situated in a unique ecosystem that brings together academic centres and industrial partners in one territory, the Graduate School benefits from this comprehensive ecosystem for transferring results from laboratories to the market at all stages: SATT (Société d’Accélération du Transfert de Technologies), Fab Labs, incubators, calls for projects, and seed funds.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Automation, control, and robotics.
• Electrical and applied physics engineering.
• Industrial engineering and manufacturing.
• Materials.
• Applied mathematics and digital sciences.
• Fluid and solid mechanics.
• Optics.
• Biochemical, chemical and biomedical processes.
• Telecommunications.

KEY FIGURES

2,800 staff members
600 PhD candidates
1,500 Master’s students
67 laboratories
4 doctoral schools
2,300 publications per year

CONTACT

E-mail: contacts.gs-sis@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-sis

OVERVIEW

Students, academic staff, and researchers at the Graduate School for Geosciences, Climate, Environment, and Planets study the surface layers of the Earth and other planets, exploring how they work.

At the core of scientific, societal, and environmental challenges related to climate change, pollution, natural resource management, energy transition and space exploration, the Graduate School and its laboratories create an interdisciplinary environment for both education and cutting-edge research. This strengthens the combined use of approaches, ranging from fieldwork to space missions and digital modelling.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Fluid surfaces and climate (greenhouse gases and aerosols, climate system modelling, air pollution, etc.).
• Geosciences and environment (mineral deposit formation and environmental impact of resource extraction, subsurface heterogeneity for sustainable resource management and development, etc.).
• Solar system and planetology (space missions from design to results, planetary surfaces and envelopes, history of the solar system, current and past planetary climates, etc.).

KEY FIGURES

650 staff members
120 PhD candidates
250 Master’s students
7 laboratories
3 Doctoral Schools
775 publications per year

CONTACT

E-mail: gs-geosciences@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-geosciences

OVERVIEW

The Graduate School for Health and Drug Sciences coordinates research and education teams in the fields of therapeutic innovation, drugs, and health products, fostering cross-disciplinary health research in pharmaceutical sciences, drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, physiopathology, translational medicine, and clinical  research. It strikes a balance between fundamental and applied research.

The School actively promotes European and international relations and trains future scientific experts with a global outlook through various internationalised courses and practices within its six internship programmes and over one hundred international agreements. It also addresses socio-economic challenges related to health and well-being, industrial renewal, biodiversity, food, big data, and artificial intelligence.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

5 assets for therapeutic innovation

• Assistance, promotion, support.
• Public-private R&D cooperation.
• Technology transfer.
• Safeguarding innovation.
• Entrepreneurship.

7 research areas

• Molecular and cellular physiopathology.
• Microbiology and anti-infective therapies.
• Engineering of proteins and therapeutic targets.
• Pharmaceutical chemistry.
• Pharmacology - toxicology.
• Pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical physical chemistry.
• Immunology and biotherapies.

KEY FIGURES

550 staff members
310 PhD candidates
500 Master’s students
350 scientific articles and 26 patents in 5 years
100 international internship agreements

CONTACT

E-mail: contact.gs-heads@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr

OVERVIEW

The Graduate School for Humanities and Heritage Science is dedicated to research, innovation, and Master’s and doctoral level education in various fields, including arts, design, history, literature, French and foreign cultures and civilizations, musicology, information and communication sciences, and heritage science (encompassing disciplines like archaeometry, archaeology, archaeomaterials, chemistry, history of the arts, physics, paleoenvironment, and associated methods).

The interplay between the disciplinary dimension of research and interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary practices is central to the School’s mission. It supports  research teams and laboratories in their development strategies, assisting numerous individual and collective projects recognised for their international excellence.  The School also fosters innovative research approaches, leading to new methods, objects, and research questions. The Master’s and doctoral programmes provide students with a high level of expertise, knowledge, and skills, enabling them to engage with research and development hubs in both the public and private sectors.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

2 main research areas

• Heritage science and its foundation (archeometry, archaeology, archaeo-materials, chemistry, art history, physics, paleoenvironment).
• Science(s) and culture(s): knowledge societies and knowledge outreach.

Disciplinary range

• Humanities: arts, design, history, literature cultures and civilizations, musicology.
• Social sciences: information and communication sciences

KEY FIGURES

160 staff members
105 PhD candidates
550 Master’s students
22 Master’s tracks
12 research laboratories

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.hsp@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-hsp

OVERVIEW

The Law Graduate School offers a comprehensive education and research framework that encompasses all areas of law and promotes an understanding of legal regulations at the national, European, and international levels. It prepares students for competitive examinations and provides pathways to various legal professions in both the public and private sectors. It is built on three key areas: international openness, direct involvement in the socio- economic fabric of the region (including entities currently practising judicial and legal professions), and establishing stronger interdisciplinary links to conduct research and training projects in various fields, such as the environment, social and solidarity economy, and artificial intelligence.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Environnements & heritages
• Justice & liberties
• Regulations & technologies

4 methodological guidelines for research.

• Foundations of the law & innovations.
• History, dissemination and internationalisation of legal doctrines.
• Integration of legal research into the society.
• Training through legal research and professional practice.

KEY FIGURES

200 staff members
175 PhD candidates
800 Master’s students
9 cross-disciplinary research centres
60 partner universities worldwide

CONTACT

E-mail: graduate-school.droit@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-droit
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/graduate-school-droit-universit%C3%A9-paris-sa…

OVERVIEW

The Graduate School for Life Sciences and Health offers education and research in the fields of Biology, Bioinformatics, and Medicine. It adopts an integrative approach to life sciences, encompassing the study of molecular mechanisms in biological systems and their interactions at various levels, including the evolutionary, pathophysiological, and biotechnological scales. It focuses on understanding fundamental mechanisms in models representing the biodiversity of living organisms,  ith a strong emphasis on microorganisms, plants, animals, and humans.

The Graduate School provides a collaborative space that encourages interaction across various aspects of Life Sciences and establishes a productive relationship between fundamental and applied research. Its initiatives align with significant scientific and societal challenges and are central to the objectives of the European University, EUGLOH, for Global Health. Additionally, the School’s emphasis on Biotech nology and Health is particularly conducive to innovation.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Fundamental mechanisms of biodiversity in the living world.
• Human and animal health and biotechnologies.
• Data sciences & advanced technologies for the exploration and engineering of living organisms.

Graduate programmes

• Biochemistry and structural biology.
• Bioinformatics.
• Oncology and biotherapy.
• Cell biology, development, ageing, reproduction.
• Clinical sciences.
• Endocrinology, biosignaling, metabolism & physiology.
• Evolutionary biology.
• Genetics & genomics.
• Immunology.
• Microbiology.
• Neurosciences.
• Systems & synthetic biology.
• MD-PhD programme.

KEY FIGURES

2,000 staff members
500 PhD candidates
1,000 master students
70 laboratories / 6 doctoral schools
60 licensed patents and 70 startups in 5 years

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.lsh@universite-paris-saclay
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr

OVERVIEW

The Mathematics Graduate School covers a wide range of pure mathematics disciplines, including algebra, geometry, analysis, arithmetic, topology, dynamical systems, partial differential equations, probability, and statistics.

The School, in partnership with the Fondation Mathématique Jacques Hadamard (EDMH), offers excellent career opportunities in both academic and industrial research for the world’s top young mathematicians. The Master’s programme, “Mathematics and Applications,” is the largest mathematics Master’s programme globally.

With a strong focus on interdisciplinary research, the Mathematics Gradiate School maintains close collaborations with neighbouring graduate schools and disciplines, such as biology, computer science, scientific computation, engineering, theoretical physics, and actively participates in interdisciplinary initiatives at local, national, and international levels.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Fundamental mathematics.
• Applied mathematics.
• Mathematics at interfaces.

KEY FIGURES

350 researchers
20 ERC grants
300 PhD candidates
750 Master’s students
12 laboratories
10 Fields medals
3 Abel prizes

CONTACT

E-mail: gsmath@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/graduate-school-mathematics

OVERVIEW

The Physics Graduate School is internationally recognised for its research and education that covers the entire spectrum of physics, including theoretical work, modelling, simulation, instrumentation, and laboratory experiments. With 115 scientific and technical platforms, capable of accommodating external activities, it spans a wide range of thematic scientific areas, including chemistry, engineering, and biology, facilitating cutting-edge disciplinary research within laboratories.

The School possesses strong potential for scientific and technological innovation and contributes significantly to socio-economic challenges related to energy, the environment, and health. Its research activities involve extensive collaborations at local, national, European, and global levels, with strong ties to industrial sectors.

The School also benefits from the support of three Labex initiatives: P2ІO (Physics of the Two Infinities and Origins), PALM (Physics of Atoms, Light, and Matter), and NanoSaclay.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Waves and Matter.
• Physics of the Two Infinities.
• Astronomy and Astrophysics.
• Fundamental Physics.

KEY FIGURES

3,400 staff members
500 PhD candidates
550 Master’s students
115 scientific and technical platforms
40 laboratories
4 doctoral schools
2 Nobel prizes

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.physique@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-physique

OVERVIEW

The Graduate School for Public Health, built on research conducted by the Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP) and its affiliated units, focuses on significant health issues throughout a person’s lifespan and the complexities of public health phenomena.

The School’s key objectives include reducing social health inequalities, managing infection and environmental risks, promoting both physical and mental well-being, contributing to the protection of human and animal populations, and upholding the values of healthcare and health research.

These issues and objectives are approached through a highly multidisciplinary and integrative perspective, integrating epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, clinical research, and social sciences. This approach combines biological and environmental aspects and relies on extensive health databases, advanced analytical methods, while considering ethical, environmental, cultural, and social factors.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Epidemiology.
• Etiological epidemiology.
• Clinical epidemiology.
• Genomics.
• Health systems.
• Treatment evaluation.
• Health sciences.
• Humanities and social sciences.
• Social issues.
• Ethics.
• Methods: biostatistics and qualitative methods.

KEY FIGURES

700 staff members
150 PhD candidates
500 Master’s students
1 School of Public Health
11 research teams
2 research service units dedicated to therapeutic trials in infectious diseases and large cohorts

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.sante-publique@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/graduate-schools/graduate-school-sante-p…
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/graduate-school-sante-publique

OVERVIEW

The mission of the Graduate School - Research and Higher Education is pertinent to all other Graduate Schools at Université Paris-Saclay. On one hand, it offers foundational skills for early-career students and doctoral candidates aspiring to work in research and/or higher education. This training strategy follows a personalised ‘pre-doctorate + doctorate’ approach, providing complementary educational pathways closely integrated with discipline-specific training. It also ensures close  collaboration with research teams, enabling students to maintain strong connections with the research community.

On the other hand, the Graduate School proposes tailored training and events for educators, teaching researchers, active researchers, and newly recruited  researchers, serving as an interdisciplinary platform for collaborative discussions and the development of training programs for research and higher education careers.

The Graduate School of Research and Higher Education collaborates closely with discipline-specific Graduate Schools to provide comprehensive research-focused training and is committed to remaining flexible and responsive to the ever-evolving landscape of research, innovation, and technology.

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.mres@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/graduate-schools/gs-metiers-de-la-recher…

OVERVIEW

The Graduate School for Sociology and Political Science brings together two social science disciplines employing both qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse contemporary issues, with a particular emphasis on public policy evaluation. It maintains a prominent position at regional, national, and international levels in areas such as justice, labour, environment, and governance.

The Graduate School is actively engaged in several international and European research networks, including the European University Alliance for Global Health, the International Public Policy Association, and the European Consortium for Political Research.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Environment, regions, and transitions.
• Work, employment, and professions.
• Sociology of public action.
• Data analysis.

6 key topics.

• Evaluation of public policies.
• Justice and security.
• Labour and markets.
• Science, technology, and society.
• International policy.
• Environment.

KEY FIGURES

100 staff members
120 PhD candidates
1,000 Master’s students
7 research units
1 research federation

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.ssp@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-ssp

OVERVIEW

The Graduate School for Sports, Motor, and Human Movement Sciences maintains high standards of excellence in the study of sports, physical education, adapted physical activity, training and performance optimisation, ergonomics, management, and engineering with the aim of advancing human movement.

It offers a dynamic environment rooted in top-quality academic research and supported by professional partners in the sports, leisure, and health sectors. Through its research and education in leisure, sports events, prevention, health, ageing, well-being, and disability, it is relevant to the entire population, spanning from the  youngest to the oldest, from beginners to elite athletes, and from non-disabled individuals to those with disabilities.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Physical and sports education.
• Adapted physical activity and sports health.
• Training and sports performance optimisation.
• Sport management: sports events and public policies.
• Engineering for human movement.
• Basic and applied research in motor control, psychology, cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, exercise physiology, and biomechanics.

KEY FIGURES

80 staff members
130 PhD candidates
500 Master’s students
17 laboratories
1 doctoral school
1 federative research organisation

CONTACT

E-mail: gs.sports-sciences@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/gs-smfh

OVERVIEW

Université Paris-Saclay’s Institute for the Sciences of Light, originally established as the Institute of Optics in 1917, upholds a century-old legacy of both fundamental and applied research in optics. With over a century of development, marked by numerous remarkable milestones and achievements, it actively fosters cross-cutting research projects spanning six Graduate Schools. It continues to advance quantum technologies, observe gravitational waves, explore matter and life, study the sun, planets, climate, and master energy.

As a cross-disciplinary institution without walls, the Institute encourages collaborations between teams working in this field and contributes to advancements in sciences of light across all areas, from the most theoretical to the most applied. It benefits from a diversity of world-class facilities on the Saclay site, including  Synchrotron SOLEIL, Free Electron Laser, Attosecond X-UV Laser Platform, and the Nanotechnology Centre at C2N, among others.

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH

• Atomic and molecular physics, plasmas, spectroscopy.
• Biophotonics.
• Extreme light, specialised optics (ultra-high intensity, relativistic optics, ultrashort pulses, X-UV optics and sources).
• Imaging (biomedical imaging and microscopy, super-resolution, image sensors, lensless imaging, SNOM, image processing).
• Information and communication technologies (optoelectronics, fibre optics).
• Instrumentation (sensors, detectors, LIDAR, optical diagnostics, metrology).
• Lasers.
• Materials for optics (inorganics, semiconductor, organic, liquid crystals, photochromic).
• Nanophotonics (plasmonics, metamaterials, 2D materials, surfaces and interfaces, optomechanics).
• Photochemistry.
• Quantum technologies.

KEY FIGURES

690 researchers and academics
60 PhD candidates
200 engineers
26 laboratories
8 R&D infrastructures
23 ERC projects

CONTACT

E-mail: contact.isl@universite-paris-saclay.fr
Website: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/isl