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DAAD Delegation
June 14th, 2018 Core Colleges
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Academic and Research excellence in the heart of Paris About Paris Sciences Lettres
• 9 member institutions • 33 Nobel Prizes • 10 associate institutions • 10 Fields Medals • 20 000 students • 35 CNRS gold Medals • 5 000 researchers • 38 César Awards • 181 laboratories • 71 Molière Awards • 359 registered patents annually • 4 million research • 63 spin-offs created documents
• THE Reputation Ranking, 2017 • THE World University Rankings, 2018 • THE Arts and Humanities, 2018
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. A world-leading research university located in the heart of Paris . A unique alliance under one proof of France’s finest and most historical institutions in Sciences, Engineering, Humanities and Arts . Ambition: to create a university model for the 21th century, one of the world’s premier intellectual and cultural center International | PSL Partner universities PSL: a global player, a multidisciplinary institution
SCIENCES
ARTS ENGINEERING
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
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Physics, Chemistry Social sciences and humanities École normale supérieure, ESPCI Paris, Collège de France, École normale supérieure, École des hautes études en Observatoire de Paris, Mines ParisTech, Chimie ParisTech sciences sociales, Ecole pratique des hautes études, Collège de France, Université Paris-Dauphine
Biology, Medicine Archaelogy and Antiquity École normale supérieure, École nationale des chartes, École INSERM, École normale supérieure, Institut Curie, pratique des hautes études, EFEO, Collège de France Collège de France, ESPCI Paris Arts Astrophysics Ecole des beaux-arts, Ecole des arts décoratifs, Conservatoire Observatoire de Paris, Collège de France national de musique et de danse, Conservatoire national d’art dramatique, Fémis
Engineering Economics, business and management MINES ParisTech, ESPCI Paris, Chimie ParisTech MINES ParisTech, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Université Paris-Dauphine, École normale supérieure, Institut Louis Bachelier Mathematics et computer sciences École normale supérieure, Université Paris-Dauphine, INRIA, Law Collège de France, Observatoire de Paris, MINES ParisTech Université Paris-Dauphine, Ecole normale supérieure EDUCATION AT PSL Our core principles in education
To provide education at the undergraduate, graduate and post- graduate level of the highest standard
To provide multidisciplinary education in which the common denominator is excellence
To select and admit some of the world’s brightest students to our cutting-edge programs whatever their means & backgrounds
To gear our teaching towards innovation and research in order to train international graduates who are capable of holding top positions in a globalized world
Combining the best of university teaching with the best of the teaching found at the “Grandes Écoles” and “Classes préparatoires”
Our goal: to train artists, entrepreneurs, senior executives and experts Education at PSL: key figures
17 000 Students (2/3 graduate ; 22% international)
11 Bachelor pgms (3-yr) Undergraduate
Master pgms (2-yr) in all fields + 50 + “Grandes Ecoles” (3-yr) diplomas Graduate
3 600 PhD students (49% female, 46% international) Post-graduate Focus on some innovations in education launched by PSL
. CPES | A 3-yr multidisplinarity undergraduate program
. ITI | Institute of Technology and Innovation to form a new generation of French engineers with start-uper spirit
. PSL Fashion school (GEMM) | Gathering together Dauphine (management), Mines ParisTech (engineering), ENSAD (art & design)
. SACRe | Arts & Sciences PhD program Student Life in Paris
. Welcome Offices . Housing . Low tuition fees . Student Associations . Strong industry connect 22 000 students Internships Jobs . Excellent transportation . Europe at your doorstep!
12 RESEARCH AT PSL Research as Pillar for Education
5 000 researchers 181 laboratories 359 registered patents annually 63 spin-offs created 100+ Research centers and Laboratories
. Research portfolio of member institutions
. Calls for proposal, various formats, communities (eg Chemistry, HSS,…) or interdisciplinary themes (eg: environment)
. Strategic interdisciplinary projects: Labex, IRIS
15 INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT PSL PSL-Pepite: student entrepreneurship
. Currently 57 students / 42 projects . web, digital services, music, food…. from various member institutions . Coaching & personalized training programmes . Events, networking
PSL-Lab co-working space Thank you! Questions & comments welcome… PSL CPES - A disruptive undergraduate program
A 3-yr undergraduate demanding program bringing together French preparatory classes and universities, offering: . the intensity & quality of teaching, supervision and monitoring of progress and small classes that are characteristic of preparatory classes . the emphasis on independent learning, breadth of choice for specialization and teaching through research from the 1st yr
3 tracks: Sciences / Humanities / Economics, social science and law
A core curriculum for the three programs of study to foster Launched in 2012 exchanges between disciplines and an open-minded approach
PSL member 13 institutions involved
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Progressive specialization throughout the three years : philosophy, history, arts, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, economics, social sciences, law
App. 150 students in 1st yr; 50 % grant holders, 2/3 female students in Science track
90% of 1st-yr students got the highest honours at french baccalaureate
High ratio of selection: 1/20
Post-bachelor studies are remarquable (first two classes with diploma)
Still too few foreign students… (classes are in french) PSL-ITI - Institute of Technology and Innovation
. Innovation and research: a key issue for the future - Part of industry in the French GDP is going down (22% in 1998, 16% in 2010, Germany 30%) - Innovation to boost competitiveness - Need to disruptive technologies - Pluridisciplinarity
. Beyond the "french engineering school" model
- Excellent students and academic programs - Low number of engineers with a PhD (5% vs 40% in the US) - Need for International recognition
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- 10 fields in Science - Multidisciplinary approach - Curiosity driven pedagogy 3-yr PhD PSL-ITI - Entrepreneurship - High level professors - Excellence - Innovation & Entrepreneurship course (“start-up program”) - International experience 1-yr Pre-doc (D0)
Master degree / Grandes écoles diploma in Science PSL Fashion School
. Unique national (public) school in France for Fashion
. 2 -yr master degree starting at september 2017
. Joint project with 3 schools within PSL: ENSAD (Design school), Mines ParisTech (Engineering school), Paris-Dauphine (Business school)
. Training by research; active pedagogy (workshop projects)
. Special track on innovative textile for Medical and Professional clothing
. Target: 60 students from France and abroad
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