University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

**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.

The university has a logo showing a white sunrise on a green earth referring to the sustainable development, major theme of the university.

## Administration

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 decides the strategy of the institution.
- The academic and university life council, which is responsible for training.
- The scientific council, which is responsible for research activities.

### Presidents

|scope="col" style="width:200px;"|Name|scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Years|
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|Michel Garnier|1991 to 1997|||
|Dominique Gentile|1998 to 2002|||
|Sylvie Faucheux|2002 to 2012|||
|Jean-Luc Vayssière|2012 to 2016|||
|Didier Guillemot|2016 to 2017|||
|Alain Bui|Since 2017|||

### Faculties

UVSQ has seven faculties: science, social science, law and political science, Île-de-France West medical training and research faculty, institute of languages and international studies, institute of cultural studies, and the higher institute of management.

### Graduate schools and institutes

UVSQ as a postgraduate school in engineering, called ISTY, and two University Institutes of Technology. There is also a training center for apprentices (called _CFA d'Alembert_). The university also has PhD graduate schools.

### Library and electronic documentation network

Its main library, opened in June 2002. Its area is  and it has 100,000 books. In total, the university has six academic libraries with about 200,000 books, 5,000 digital books and 26,000 magazines and newspapers.

## Student life

In September 2011, 31 associations are approved by UVSQ. They are in science, social sciences and humanities, law, medicine, humanitarian-social-environment, communication, entertainment, thought and politics.  14,226 students were at the university in 2004.

### Demographic changes

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## Related pages

- UniverSud Paris
- Université du grand ouest parisien

### Bibliography

- Agence d'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur, _Rapport d'évaluation de l'université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines _, January 2010
- Comité national d'évaluation des établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel, _L'université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Rapport d'évaluation_, December 2006

## Other websites

- Official website
- Official website

## Infobox (university)

- **name**: Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
- **native name**: Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- **motto**: _La dynamique de la connaissance et de l'innovation_
The dynamics of knowledge and innovation
- **established**: 1991
- **type**: Public University (Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel, EPCSP)
- **endowment**: €166 M
- **president**: Alain Bui (Since October 2017)
- **vice-president**: Alexis Constantin
- **staff**: 752
- **students**: 19,000 <small>(in 2012)</small>
- **doctoral**: 658 <small>(in 2012)</small>
- **city**: Versailles (city), Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- **province**: Île-de-France
- **country**: France
- **address**: 55 avenue de Paris - F-78035 Versailles (city), Versailles cedex France
- **campus**: Versailles (city), Versailles,
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines,
Communauté d'agglomération de Mantes-en-Yvelines, Mantes-en-Yvelines,
Vélizy-Villacoublay,
Rambouillet,
Le Chesnay,
Mantes-la-Jolie,
Mantes-la-Ville
- **nickname**: UVSQ
- **affiliations**: Île-de-France Clusters#Advancity (city and sustainable mobility), Advancity,
Cosmetic Valley,
Medicen,
Île-de-France Clusters, Mov'eo,
Systematic Paris-Region,
University of Paris-Saclay,
UniverSud Paris
- **website**: [http://www.uvsq.fr www.uvsq.fr]