University of Paris-Sud
University of Paris-Sud (French: Université Paris-Sud), also known as University of Paris XI, is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs of Paris including Orsay, Cachan, Châtenay-Malabry, Sceaux and Kremlin-Bicêtre campuses. The main campus is located in Orsay (48.699890°N 2.173309°E / 48.699890; 2.173309). This university is a member of the UniverSud Paris and a constituent university of the federal University of Paris-Saclay.
Paris-Sud is one of the largest and most renowned French universities, particularly in science and mathematics.
Four Fields Medalists and two Nobel Prize Winners have been affiliated to the university.
In 2005, the University of Paris-Sud is tying up together with HEC Paris, the top ranking business school in Paris, and the L'Ecole Polytechnique, the prominent engineering school in the city, to form what is called the Universite Paris-Saclay.
