Paris and its region have one of the highest concentrations of universities in France, with a student population of over 730,000 (not counting foreign universities with Paris branches). Paris has 15 universities and is home to a large number of Grandes ÃÂcoles (which may be similar to a higher education college), a specialized top level educational institution.
Some of these Grandes ÃÂcoles, which are often over a hundred years old, have been grouped together within new major universities, such as PSL University and the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The Saclay University, for its part, has integrated a number of Grandes ÃÂcoles. For example, the highly specialised Dauphine University, along with a dozen other Grandes ÃÂcoles, forms the collegiate PSL University.
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In France, the CGE has been labelling and listing the Grandes ÃÂcoles since 1973, and now has 238 major institutions specialising in: engineering, management, architecture, political science, creation & design, journalism, military schools, veterinary and health schools, etc. Key (lower numbers are better):
The universités in Paris are the direct or indirect successors of the University of Paris, divided in 1970.
There are five collegiate universities (ÃÂtablissement public àcaractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel expérimental, or EPSCPE) in the Paris region:
There are five groups of universities and higher education institutions in the Paris region - three of them are COMUEs and two of them are alliances:
Some groups have been terminated, such as Paris Universitas, Paris Centre Universités or UniverSud Paris, and some other are still in discussion.