Paris-Sud University is involved in almost all fields of the knowledge except human sciences. It has five locations, namely the towns of Orsay, Sceaux, Châtenay-Malabry, Cachan, and Kremlin-Bicêtre, all in the southern suburbs of Paris.

The university is composed of :

5 Faculties (Sciences, Law and Economic Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Sports Science); 3 IUTs, Academic Institutes of Technology.

The President and her staff, and most of the central services are located on the campus of Orsay.

Scientific Environment:

• LURE (Electromagnetic radiation instrument)
• IOTA (Applied Optics)
• CNRS laboratories in Orsay and Gif / Yvette
• CEA (Atomic Research)
• INRIA, INRA, ENSIA (Computing and agronomic research institutes)
• Laboratories of famous schools and institutes (Polytechnique, ENSTA, Ecole Centrale, Ecole Supérieure Electricité, IHES)

• Department de Mathématique, Université Paris-Sud 11
• Laboratoire de Génie Electrique de Paris, University Paris Sud XI
• Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3-CNRS et Université Paris-Sud
• Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud 11