The Paris-Saclay Faculty of Sciences or Orsay Faculty of Sciences, in French : ''Faculté des sciences d'Orsay'', is the
mathematics
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and
physics school within
Paris-Saclay University, founded in 1956. It offers
undergraduate and
graduate degrees in mathematics, physics and chemistry (though its undergraduates are officially enrolled in
Paris-Saclay Undergraduate School).
Previously the Paris-Sud Faculty of Sciences, the School assumed its current structure in 2019.
Christine Paulin-Mohring
Christine Paulin-Mohring (born 1962) is a mathematical logician and computer scientist, and Professor at Paris-Saclay University, best known for developing the interactive theorem prover Coq.
Biography
Paulin-Mohring received her PhD in 1989 un ...
has been the School's dean since 2016.
Recent investments as part of the
Paris-Saclay cluster have enlarged the School's faculty and upgraded its facilities. In July 2020,
Paris-Saclay was ranked first worldwide for Mathematics by ''
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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(ARWU)'' and 9th worldwide for Physics (1st in Europe). The Faculty has produced numerous research discoveries and many distinguished alumni and professors.
History
Established in 1956, the Paris-Saclay Faculty of Sciences was originally part of the
University of Paris (founded in c. 1150), which was subsequently split into several universities.
After
World War II, the rapid growth of nuclear physics and chemistry meant that research needed more and more powerful accelerators, which required large areas. The
University of Paris, the
École Normale Supérieure and the
Collège de France looked for space in the south of Paris near
Orsay. Later some of the teaching activity of the Faculty of Sciences in Paris was transferred to
Orsay in 1956 at the request of
Irène Joliot-Curie and
Frédéric Joliot-Curie. The rapid increase of students led to the independence of the Orsay Center on March 1, 1965.
Now it hosts a great number of laboratories on its large (236 ha) campus in
Paris-Saclay. Many of the top French laboratories are among them especially in
particle physics,
nuclear physics,
astrophysics
Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the h ...
,
atomic physics
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and
molecular physics,
condensed matter physics
Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases which arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms. More generally, the sub ...
,
theoretical physics,
electronics,
nanoscience and
nanotechnology
Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal o ...
.
Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies
c2n.universite-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 2019-11-03 The faculty comprises some 40 research units.
Academic overview
Nobel and Fields laureates
* Albert Fert - Professor - Nobel in Physics - 2007
* Pierre-Gilles de Gennes - Professor - Nobel in Physics - 1991
* Ngô Bảo Châu - PhD and Professor - Fields Medal - 2010
* Wendelin Werner
Wendelin Werner (born 23 September 1968) is a German-born French mathematician working on random processes such as self-avoiding random walks, Brownian motion, Schramm–Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematic ...
- Professor - Fields Medal - 2006
* Laurent Lafforgue - PhD and Professor - Fields Medal - 2002
* Jean-Christophe Yoccoz - PhD and Professor - Fields Medal - 1994
* Pierre Deligne - PhD - Fields Medal - 1978
See also
* Paris-Saclay University
* Paris-Saclay
* France
* Science
* Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
References
External links
Faculty of Sciences official homepage
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