Title: University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Content: Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a French public university. It was created in 1991 in the department of Yvelines. Since 2002, it has been in Hauts-de-Seine. It is mainly in the cities of Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines and Vélizy-Villacoublay and Rambouillet. It has eight campuses. The school has 19,000 students, 752 staff people and 1389 teachers and researchers. 285 teachers outside of the university come each year to give courses. The subjects taught are the sciences, the social sciences, the political sciences, engineering, technology and medicine. It also has courses about the relationship between economy, ethics, natural environment and sustainable development. == History == === 1987 - 1991 === Some Parisian universities had anticipated the decree of the French Ministry of National Education and had relocated part of their activities outside of Paris. In fact, experiencing a significant increase of their numbers, they begin to open new locations to alleviate their main campuses. Thus, an antenna of the Pierre and Marie Curie University is created in Versailles in 1987.UVSQ, une université à l'âge de tous les possibles Dedicated to Sciences, it joined in the Yvelines the law annex of Nanterre established two years earlier at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. In the mean time, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research program as part of French higher education modernization plan called "Université 2000" the creation of new universities. The Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University is officially created the 22th of July 1991 from these two centers of delocalized of the Pierre and Marie Curie University and Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.L'université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Rapport d'évaluation, p. 3 === 1991 - 2002 === At the end of 1996, the university changes its special status to join the regime of the law of 1984, as well as other French universities. UVSQ elects its instances and its first President, Michel Garnier, at the beginning of 1997. He sets up the final structure (board of directors, scientific council, student life council) which then proceeded to his election. It is then the turn of Dominique Gentile to be at the President of the university, from 1997 to 2002.Témoignages This period is marked by a strong evolution of the French higher education and the university took the opportunity to consolidate : creation of the Doctoral colleges and prefiguration of UniverSud Paris. It is also during this period that of the college of Medicine of the Paris Descartes University is relocated at Saint- Quentin-en-Yvelines, renamed «Paris-Île-de-France-Ouest» (PIFO).FACULTÉ DE MEDECINE PARIS ILE DE FRANCE OUEST === 2002 - today === In 2002, the university has a new President. Sylvie Faucheux is nominated. The university starts to delivers Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates in 2004.Edition spéciale LMD (Licence, Master, Doctorat) - Construction de l'espace universitaire européen - Quelques propositions pour une approche du LMD à l'UVSQ The CFA d'Alembert is created at Guyancourt in 2006. The year 2007 shows the removal of the Unité de formation et de recherche médicale Paris Île-de-France Ouest (PIFO) to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and the creation, with Paris-Sud 11 University and École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, of UniverSud Paris. 2010 is also the year of the reorganization of the humanities and social sciences college of UVSQ. He disappears to make way for four new colleges : institut des études culturelles (cultural studies institute), institut supérieur de management (management institute), institut de langues et études internationales (languages and international studies institute) and social sciences research institute. The university is entering a phase of expansion. The UVSQ becomes founding member of UniverSud Paris but also of the foundation for scientific cooperation. A partnership with Cergy-Pontoise University is studied in 2011.Un nouveau PRES entre Versailles et Cergy en project Thus, the Université du grand ouest parisien is created in February 2012.Décret n° 2012-178 du 6 février 2012 portant création de l'établissement public de coopération scientifique « Université du Grand Ouest Parisien » An political studies institute commons to both universities is also being studied.« Sciences po : un nouvel IEP en projet entre les universités de Versailles et Cergy » == Administration == === Governance === Like all the other French universities, UVSQ is managed by a President elected by the Board of directors. He is member of the three councils of the university. * The board of directors, which determines the strategy of the institution.Les 3 conseils de l'université * The academic and university life council, which is responsible for training. * The scientific council, which is responsible for research activities. === Presidents history === The current President is Alain Bui. He is the sixth person to be the Chairman since the creation of the university. He was elected in 2017, succeeding at Didier Guillemot.Didier Guillemot démissionne de la présidence de l'UVSQ  == Key people == === Teachers and former teachers === Several sociologists teach or have taught at the university like Roland Guillon,Les tensions sur l’activité en Afrique de l’Ouest, Une approche comparative Nord-Sud known for his work on the problem of employment and capital, Laurent Mucchielli,Laurent Mucchielli : « La violence surgit là où il n’y a pas d’autres recourse » specialist in criminology, Philippe Robert,ENSEIGNEMENTS (E) specialized in the study of delinquency, or also Étienne Anheim,Cultures de cour, cultures du corps : pratiques, normes et représentations corporelles dans les cours européennes avant la Révolution Didier Demazière and Claude Dubar.Piriou Odile UVSQ also counts among its current or former teachers historians like Bernard Cottret,Bernard Cottret honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Christian Delporte, specialist of the twentieth-centuryChristian Delporte tire le portrait des grands « séducteurs » politiques of France, Bruno Laurioux,Bruno Laurioux est nommé directeur scientifique des sciences humaines et sociales du CNRS French Middle Ages historian, Jean-Yves MollierJean-Yves Mollier and Loïc Vadelorge,Loïc Vadelorge both specialized in contemporary history. In science, people like the creator of the ext2 file system Rémy Card,Experts susceptibles de siéger dans les jurys des concours d’accès aux corps des ingénieurs et de personnels techniques et administratifs de recherche et de formation du MESR the specialist in photography Fabien Danesi,Le mythe brisé de l’Internationale situationniste – L’aventure d’une avant-garde au cœur de la culture de masse (1945-2008) the vice director of the École Normale Supérieure Jean-Charles DarmonDarmon Jean-Charles or the chemist and member of the French Academy of Sciences Gérard FéreyMédaille d'or 2010 du CNRS : Gérard Férey, chimiste et architecte de la matière teach or have taught at the university. Valérie-Laure Bénabou, teacher of law, is also on the faculty.Valérie Laure Benabou === Doctors Honoris causa === During the honorary degree graduation ceremony the 18th of October 2011, Sylvie Faucheux awards six people:Cérémonie Docteur Honoris Causa 2011 Andrew Abbott (sociology teacher at the University of Chicago), George Bermann (international law teacher at Columbia University), Amos Gitai (director and filmmaker Israeli), Robin Hartshorne (mathematics teacher at the University of California),Robin Hartshorne Günther Lottes (history teacher at the University of Potsdam)Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Günther Lottes and Seiji Miyashita (physics teacher at the University of Tokyo). Seiji Miyashita == Image and communication == The university has a logo showing a white sunrise on a green earth referring to the sustainable development, major theme of the university. It has also diaryLe journal T'DACtu and a movie diary.UVSQ & Vous - le magazine vidéo de l'université Moreover, the university is the initiator of the European project « Europolytec » which purpose is to design a website for careers in computer science and mechatronics.Bienvenue sur le site internet d'Europolytec / TIC ==Related pages== * UniverSud Paris * Université du grand ouest parisien