page_title: Paris Sciences et Lettres University
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Paris Sciences et Lettres University / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Centre universitaire Dauphine (which houses the Paris Dauphine University as well as other higher-education institutions) seen from the intersection of the Boulevard Lannes with the Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny in Paris. Français&#160;: Le Centre universitaire Dauphine (siège de l'université Paris-Dauphine ainsi que d'autres établissements d'enseignement supérieur) vue depuis l'angle du boulevard Lannes et de la place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny à Paris.
context_page_description: Paris Sciences et Lettres University is a French public university, established in 2010, and formally created as a University in 2019. It is a collegiate university with 11 constituent schools. PSL is located in central Paris, with its main sites in the Latin Quarter, at the Jourdan campus, at Porte Dauphine, in northern Paris, and at Carré Richelieu.
  PSL awards Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD diplomas for its constituent schools and institutes. It offers an education based on research and interdisciplinary instruction, and its 17,000 students have access to a broad range of disciplines in science, engineering, humanities and social sciences, and performing arts.
  In 2020, PSL University is ranked, globally, 36th by the Academic Ranking of World Universities,
  45th by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 52nd in 2021 by the QS World University Rankings.
  PSL's alumni include 28 Nobel laureats, 10 Fields Medalists, 3 Abel laureats, 48 CNRS Gold Medalists, 50 César and 79 Molière winners.
context_section_description: In 2004, institutions in the Latin Quarter began thinking of how to join forces to boost their international visibility. The French law on research enacted in 2006, which encouraged the formation of research networks (in various forms including PRES and RTRA), paved the way for new projects such as Paris Universitas, PRES ParisTech and an early version of the PSL project. This new organization combined five institutions of higher education in the Latin Quarter: Chimie ParisTech, Collège de France, École normale supérieure (Paris), École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), and Observatoire de Paris. Together, they adopted the status of a scientific cooperation foundation (FCS) (fr). The new entity, called "Paris Sciences et Lettres – Quartier Latin", was initially conceived as a scientific alliance.  In 2011, the five institutions submitted a joint application for the Initiatives for Excellence (IDEX) as part of France's Investing for the Future program (PIA), causing the project to evolve into a new form of French university. This university would have 70% of its students at the Master's and PhD level and offer a Bachelor's program, with an emphasis on equal opportunity students (40% scholarship students in the CPES multidisciplinary preparatory class).
   In 2011, the five institutions submitted a joint application for a government funding opportunity among higher education institutions.
caption: Paris-Dauphine
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