Université Paris Descartes Employee Directory
Higher EducationÎle-de-France, France1001-5000 Employees
Université Paris Descartes is a major higher education institution in Paris, focused on the human sciences and health. It comprises nine UFRs and an IUT, spanning the full range of human and health disciplines. It is the only university in the Île-de-France region that brings medicine, pharmacy and dentistry under a single health-focused umbrella, and its programs and research are recognized for quality in Europe and beyond. In 2026 the university expanded its international research collaborations, including a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the British Embassy to form an alliance with Université Paris Cité, the University of Oxford, the Institut Pasteur, and major laboratory facilities to advance medical research. It also formalized partnerships with The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Toronto as part of ongoing global research initiatives.