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Facts and Figures

Published on 26/03/2024 - Updated on 18/06/2024

Facts and Figures

Bringing together our community to the service of research and education

  • 3,300 university professors
  • 3,800 national research partners
  • 3,100 administrative and technical staff
  • 1,900 administrative and technical staff of national research partners

Educating citizens so they can change the world

  • More than 53,000 students
  • Of which 11,500 are international
  • 37 bachelor’s degrees with 45 options of bi-disciplinary studies
  • 240 master's programs
  • 3,900 doctoral candidates
     
  • 750 international programs
  • More than 1,500 ERASMUS+ exchange agreements
  • The 4EU+ Alliance, a new model for a European university
  • 12 international strategic partners
  • Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
     
  • 9,200 bachelor's diplomas awarded per year
  • 8,200 master's diplomas awarded per year
  • 2,600 new doctors & medical professionals trained per year
  • 12,500 active in the alumni network
  • More than 90% employability rates
     
  • More than 750 student jobs
  • 4,000-person capacity in libraries
  • More than 150 student associations

Driving intensive and multidisciplinary research

  • 135 research units
  • 23 doctoral schools
  • 125 technology platforms
  • 3 Marine stations
  • 900 doctorates awarded each year
  • 97% of research work in co-publication
  • More than 1,800 research contracts signed per year

 

  • 5 Nobel Prizes since 2004
  • 3 Fields Medals since 2004
  • Almost 20% of the members in the French academies
  • 9% of the members at University Institute of France (IUF)
  • The Sorbonne University Alliance: 6 members & 4 national research centers
  • 3 University Hospital Institutes

 

  • Top French university in ocean sciences
  • Top French university in European projects including 78 ERC
  • Top French university in open science according to Leiden rankings

Putting science in service to society

  • 12,000 participants at the science festival in 2023
  • The Sorbonne Summer University: 50 nationalities learn about French culture
  • 7th science podcasts: more than 52,000 listeners per year
  • Between 20 to 30 events in science and culture per month
  • The Choir & Orchestra
  • Science Together: a platform dedicated to community Science
  • The University of Patients
  • The House of Science in Paris Île-De-France
  • More than €30 M collected since 2010
  • 80 projects financed (in research, education, real estate and heritage)
  • 108 corporate sponsors
  • 2,300 individual donors

Creating a complete innovation ecosystem

  • Innovation Cite, a public/private entrepreneurial space
  • One job created by Sorbonne University generates 2.8 jobs
  • €1 invested generates €4 for the French economy
     
  • 9 Institutes & 11 Initiatives with a transdisciplinary approach, renewing education and research
  • 2 Carnot Institutes
  • Summit: exchanges with researchers & companies
  • 4 incubators
  • 2 Fab Labs: in Science & Engineering and in the Arts & Humanities
  • More than €3 M from intellectual property rights
  • 300 start-ups created
  • More than €1.5 B raised
  • Seed funding goal of €100 M
  • More than 150 inventions declared per year
  • More than 1,200 patents filed
  • 590 matured projects