It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay University. It is one of the five universities of the Academy of Versailles. It has a population of 19, students, a staff of people, and 1, teachers and researchers, as well as an additional external teachers.
The university teaches courses in the fields of natural science , social science , political science , engineering , technology , and medicine. It also provides interdisciplinary courses covering the relationships across economics , ethics , natural environment and sustainable development. A branch of the Pierre and Marie Curie University was created in Versailles in to increase the university's capacity for enrollment.
In , the status of the university was changed by law. Michel Garnier was its first president, [ 5 ] and created committees that included a board of directors, a scientific council, and a student life council.
Dominique Gentile was the second president, and created new annexes such as the Ph. School, the University Institute of Technology, and Professionalized University Institute of art, science, culture, and multimedia. It is part of the UVSQ today. In , Sylvie Faucheux became the president of the university. The university expanded to develop the plateau de Saclay in English European Silicon Valley , an area with world-class universities and research centers.
This table shows the changes in student population, from to The number of students enrolled has more than doubled over the past ten years. In , the UVSQ welcomed approximately 9, undergraduate, 6, graduate and post-graduate students. The social backgrounds of students are on average, more advantageous than the students matriculated in French public universities. This rate, which is common to most selective universities, [ 23 ] reflects the population of the region where the UVSQ is located. Most were enrolled in Ph.
