Discover University Paris Nanterre

University Paris Nanterre is a leading research and training institution in Ile-de-France, with over 35,000 students and 43 research units. As the University of Hauts-de-Seine, it enjoys its rich history, values, and national and international standing.

As a multidisciplinary university, it offers a wide range of academic programs and conducts research across various disciplines. These include humanities and social sciences, letters and languages, legal, economic, and business sciences, technology, culture and arts, information and communication sciences, engineering sciences, and sciences and techniques of physical and sports activities. In all these areas, since its creation, University Paris Nanterre has championed innovation in research and teaching, and has made a point of playing a social role: contributing to students' social development and taking a critical look at society and its evolutions.

The institution is established on four sites: Nanterre, Ville-d'Avray, Saint-Cloud, and la Défense. The campus at Nanterre is unique within the Parisian region, with its “green” campus of 32 hectares offering exceptional infrastructures catering to sport and cultural activities and the students’ needs in scientific literature. Other cultural infrastructures can also be found there, such as La Contemporaine, library, archive, and Museum of worlds of the contemporary era, the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme-Mondes, and the Bernard-Marie Koltès theatre.

Firmly rooted in a territory with a unique potential, University Paris Nanterre is also involved in networks on all scales, including the Condorcet Campus, the Paris Lumière Alliance and the EDUC European alliance.

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