The Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne (''Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne'' or UEVE) is a French

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located in

Évry-Courcouronnes Évry-Courcouronnes () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, prefecture of the department of Essonne. It was established on 1 January 2019 from the amalgamation of the communes of Évry and Courcouronnes. The city is the home ...

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

, and is one of the founding members of

Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University (french: Université Paris-Saclay) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 prestigious universities that emerged from the division of the University of Paris, also known as the Sorbonne ...

. The UEVE is expected to merge with the

in 2025. This university founded in 1991 (by

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), is located in a “ville nouvelle” which is dynamic and constantly evolving. The city of

is home to many firms (

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etc.), the largest mall in Île-de-France and a national theatre. Just 25 minutes from Paris by RER, Évry is near the countryside. The Forest of Fontainebleau is only 21 miles (35 kilometres) away. There are more than 160 curricula from two-year undergraduate degrees to the doctoral level, over half of which are professionally oriented. The university offers courses in Science, Technology, Law, Economics, Management and Social Sciences. Today, the university counts more than 10,000 students (data from April 2008) in both initial and ongoing training and the university has built a reputation as a center of excellence. Thanks to 18 laboratories and three doctoral schools, the university is also a significant research centre developing major projects, in particular, those concerning Biology in conjunction with the French National Sequencing Center (

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). The university is a member of

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, Cap Digital,

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, ASTech, Medicen, and Finance Innovation and an associate member of the

University of Paris-Saclay Paris-Saclay University (french: Université Paris-Saclay) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 prestigious universities that emerged from the division of the University of Paris, also known as the Sorbonne. ...

Academics

Unité de Formation et de Recherche (UFR)

The Savary Law of 1984 restructured academic departments in French universities. Each department was made into a UFR, "Unité de formation et de recherche" or Research and Formation Unit that offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. Each UFR of the university is governed by a director elected from the department and heads over a council of elected professors who control its curriculum. * Law and Political Science * Social Sciences of Management ** Management - Administration Economic and Social ** History ** Sociology ** Economy * Languages, Arts and Music ** Arts - Music ** Applied Foreign Languages * Fundamental and Applied Sciences ** Biology ** Chemistry ** Computer ** Mathematics ** Physical ** Science and Technology of Sports and Physical Activities * Science and Technology ** Science and Technology ** Engineering Sciences

University Institute of Technology

* Marketing Techniques * Thermal Engineering and Energy * Business Management and Administration * Mechanical and Production Engineering * Logistics and Transport Management * Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering * Science and Engineering * Quality, Industrial Logistics and Organisation

Doctoral Schools

Nationally assessed laboratories and research teams support Doctoral Schools which are based on one or several fields of study. In addition to high-level training in a discipline, the Doctoral Schools assist future doctors in the preparation of their careers by creating bridges between private enterprise and the economic environment. * "Science and Engineering" * "From Genomes to Organisms" * "Economics, Management and Locale"

Research laboratories and units

Humanities and Society

* Laboratory of Social and Economic History of Technology * "Pierre Naville" Center * Search Arts Entertainment Music (MSAR) * "Leon Duguit" Center for the Study of the new law changes

Life Sciences

* "Statistics and Genome" Laboratory * Molecular Immunology and Innovative Biotherapies * European Research Laboratory for Rheumatoid Arthritis * Institute for Systems Biology and Synthetic (ISSB) * Laboratory Structure - Activity of Normal and Pathological Biomolecules * Metabolic Genomics * Institute of Stem Cells for the Treatment and Study of Monogenic Diseases (I-STEM) * Unit of Integrative Biology of adaptation to exercise * Research Unit Plant Genomics (URGV)

Science and Technologies of Information and Communication

* Computing, Integrative Biology and Complex Systems (IBISC)

Basic Sciences and Engineering

* Analysis and Modeling Laboratory for Biology and Environment * "Kastler Brossel" Laboratory * Analysis and Probability * Laboratory of Mechanics and Energetics of Évry

International relations

The University of Évry has established links with many foreign universities. The agreements allow for exchanges of both students and professors. They concern the five continents. Member of exchanges programmes :

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(EU)
MICEFA
(USA) and CREPUQ (Quebec).

Notable

* Professor

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* Professor Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison * Professor Michel Caboche * Professor Jérôme Glachant * Professor Jean-Pierre Durand

Alumni

* Cyprien Verseux,

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References

External links

Official website

Official website

Bologna Process
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