Pierre & Marie Curie University (UPMC) is one of the largest universities teaching science and medicine in France, and indeed in Europe, with 4000 researchers and teaching academics/researchers, 180 laboratories, and some 30 000 students including 8000 in postgraduate studies. UPMC is based in the Latin Quarter in Paris, with most facilities on a campus of 500 000mē.
UPMC also has branches in regions outside Paris: 3 oceanological observatories, at Roscoff (Atlantic Ocean), Banyuls and Villefranche-sur-Mer (Mediterranean Sea).
Medicine: 2 medical teaching and research units in Paris teaching hospitals [CHUs]: Saint-Antoine and Pitie-Salpetriere. Partnerships with a number of hospitals and health care centers. The different campuses are part of a complete renovation program.