Evry's University is multidisciplinary and offers a professionalizing education

Evry Val d'Essonne is a recent institution. Created in 90's she's the one of the four new Universities opened in Ile de France on that period.

Double requirement : territorial and societal approach.

From its start, it sets a double requirement that has since been translated into actions. The first is territorial and international in scope: offer quality higher education in close proximity to a young population in full expansion. The second is societal: to participate in the emancipation of these young people to make them citizens and graduates, ready to integrate society and the professional world, in accordance with republican principles.

The University of Evry provides training in most disciplines (excluding health) from the doctoral degree. Since its creation, it has also been developing vocational courses in close connection with the Essonne employment pool, which has quickly raised it to the top rank of French universities in terms of the number of apprentice students in higher education.

Today, the University of Évry is a member of the ComUE "Université Paris-Saclay" (15% of research in France), alongside two other universities (Université Paris-Sud, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin -en-Yvelines), and large schools such as Centrale Supélec, and the Ecole Normale Supérieure. The vast majority of his Masters degrees are now degrees stamped "Université Paris-Saclay".

 

Many assets

Within this group that aims to compete with the best universities in the world, the University of Evry has many advantages:

  • Its active forces are its almost 12000 motivated and creative students, often inspired by the chance to pursue higher education close to their place of life, accompanied by innovative pedagogical devices and teams of teacher-researchers and administrative staff dedicated to their success;

  • Its seeds of excellence: advanced scientific research in exact sciences such as genomics and post-genomics developed with the support of the biocluster Genopole and CEA to further develop a campus of excellence for Health and Industry by integrating these research with mathematics, computer science (bioinfo and e-health) and humanities and social sciences (economics, law, sociology);

    c’est aussi le cas des Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (STICS) et des Sciences et Technologies pour l’espace, la robotique ou les véhicules autonomes aériens et terrestres, faisant de nous des acteurs engagés dans le « Cluster Drones » et le «  Campus des Métiers et Qualifications - Aéronautique et Spatial » ;

    c’est une recherche rayonnante en mathématique financière et en économie et également un secteur très actif en Droit et Sciences Humaines et Sociales où la recherche questionne la place de l’homme au travail, de l’homme dans la société, l’homme et les média visuels.

    Notre rayonnement bénéficie aussi de la production exceptionnelle de nos musicologues et collègues engagés dans l’identification, l’analyse et la construction de liens entre l’art et la musique.

  • Sa vie de campus multiculturelle et protéiforme. Colloques, expositions, animations culturelles, artistiques, sportives : tout est mis en œuvre pour favoriser une vie de campus riche au cœur de la ville d’Évry (60 % des étudiants des premiers cycles sont issus d’Évry et ses environs).

    Les interactions étroites avec les partenaires du territoire (Mairie, Agglomération, écoles de formation supérieure, lieux de culture, Préfecture, CROUS) ainsi qu’avec le Conseil départemental de l'Essonne et la Région Ile de France, font de l’Université d’Évry un partenaire privilégié dans de nombreux projets innovants et solidaires pour créer le monde et la société de demain.