Bures-sur-Yvette hosts the greater part of the Orsay campus of the University of Paris-Sud (Paris XI), as well as the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS).
Bures-sur-Yvette memiliki sebagian besar kampus Orsay milik Universitas Paris XI, juga IHÉS (Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques).