Paris-East Créteil University (French: ''Université Paris-Est Créteil'', commonly known as Paris XII or UPEC) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

located in Créteil,

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. It was inaugurated in 1970. The university offers training in law, arts and humanities, science and technology, economics and development, administration and exchange, educational science, as well as social sciences. The university is composed of seventeen institutes situated in Créteil (

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a pop ...

), Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, and in the 14th arrondissement of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

History

Following the division of the second oldest academic institution, the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

, into thirteen autonomous universities, Val de Marne University was created on March 21, 1970. The CHU Henri-Mondor facility for the medical school was the first to be built in 1969, shortly before the law and business schools hosted in La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire. In 1970 the university expanded through the construction of the Créteil centre. Further major expansions occurred in 1988, when the Technological centre was created in

Sénart Sénart (formerly Melun-Sénart) is a new town in southern Île-de-France, covering parts of the departments of Seine-et-Marne and Essonne. Education * Institut catholique d'arts et métiers Communes * Combs-la-Ville * Réau * Moissy-Crama ...

and

Fontainebleau Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ...

, and 2005, when the law school was relocated from Saint-Maur to Créteil. The last institute of International politics studies was created in 2021 in

Academics

UFR (Units of formation and research)

Institutes

*Institute of International Administration and Exchange (AEI School) *Institute of Health and Digital Engineers ( EPISEN) *Institute of Healthcare Training and Research (ESM) *Institute of Urbanism ( Ecole d'urbanisme de Paris) *Institute of Technology in Créteil-Vitry ( IUT of Créteil-Vitry) *Institute of Technology in Sénart-Fontainebleau ( IUT Sénart-Fontainebleau) *Institute of International politics studies *

Eiffel School of Management The Eiffel School of Management (known as ''IAE Gustave Eiffel'' or ''Institut d'administration des entreprises Gustave Eiffel'') is a public graduate school of management in France. Its research lab IRG is one of the largest in management in ...

( IAE Gustave Eiffel) *Institute of Ergotherapy *Institute of Humanities *Institute of Universe sciences ( OSU-EFLUVE) *Institute of Medical *Institute of Educational Studies (INSPE Créteil) *Institute of Economic Science and Business Administration *Institute of Sciences and Technology *Institute of Educational and Physical sciences (ESS-STAPS)

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