Gustave Eiffel University
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| budget = €223 million{{cite web | url=https://www.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/en/footer/press-area/c7a124cba77824e5b740980771a15536/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1133&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bday%5D=28&tx_news_pi1%5Bmonth%5D=01&tx_news_pi1%5Byear%5D=2020 | title=Press file – Creation of Université Gustave Eiffel }}
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| president = Gilles Roussel
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| faculty = 2,300 including 400 professors, 550 researchers, and 1,320 other personnel{{cite web | url=https://www.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/en/the-university/about-us/ | title=Université Gustave Eiffel - About us }}
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| students = 17,000
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| city = Aix-en-Provence ; Lille ; Lyon ; Marne-la-Vallée (Champs-sur-Marne) ; Nantes ; Paris ; Versailles
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| country = France
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Gustave Eiffel University ({{langx|fr|Université Gustave Eiffel}}) is a public university located throughout Metropolitan France.
The university's namesake is French engineer, Gustave Eiffel.
Gustave Eiffel University is known for its civil engineering and urban planning research.{{cite web | url=https://www.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/en/research/areas-of-research-and-expertise/ | title=Université Gustave Eiffel - Areas of research and expertise }}
History
Gustave Eiffel University was created by a French government decree, and was founded on 1 January 2020.{{Cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-l-universite-gustave-eiffel-naitra-au-1er-janvier-2020-09-01-2019-7984476.php|title=Champs-sur-Marne : l'université Gustave-Eiffel naîtra au 1er janvier 2020|last=Olagnol|first=Julie|date=9 January 2019|work=Le Parisien|access-date=20 December 2019}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-l-universite-gustave-eiffel-naitra-au-1er-janvier-2020-09-01-2019-7984476.php|title=Champs-sur-Marne : l'université Gustave-Eiffel naîtra au 1er janvier 2020|work=Le Parisien|access-date=15 December 2019|date=9 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000039508816&categorieLien=id|title=Décret n° 2019-1360 du 13 décembre 2019 portant création de l'Université Gustave Eiffel et approbation de ses statuts | Legifrance}}{{Cite news|url=https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/a-marne-la-vallee-creation-de-l-universite-gustave-eiffel_32553b9c-1fea-11ea-88a9-d2e707b938cd/|title=À Marne-la-Vallée, création de l'université Gustave Eiffel|last=Figaro Etudiant|date=16 December 2019|work=Le Figaro|access-date=17 December 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://histoiresduniversites.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/upem-gilles-roussel-ma-tuer/|title=UPEM : Gilles Roussel m'a tuer !|last=Dubois|first=Pierre|date=29 November 2018|website=Histoires d'universités|access-date=17 December 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-l-universite-gustave-eiffel-veut-reinventer-la-ville-du-futur-77435.html|title=L'Université Gustave Eiffel veut réinventer la ville du futur|last=Arène|first=Véronique|date=18 December 2019|work=Le Monde Informatique|access-date=18 December 2019}}https://formations.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/
It is the result of a merger of the École d'Architecture Marne-la-Vallée, the École des ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris, the École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, the École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique Paris, the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks, and the former University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée.{{cite web | url=https://www.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/universite/qui-sommes-nous/ | title=Université Gustave Eiffel - Qui sommes-nous ? }} The merger was decided upon despite initial opposition{{Cite news|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/champs-sur-marne_77083/seine-marne-fusion-upem-ecole-syndicats-denoncent-flou_29590865.html|title=Seine-et-Marne. Fusion UPEM-école : les syndicats dénoncent un flou|date=21 November 2019|work=La Marne|access-date=18 December 2019}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-derniere-ligne-droite-avant-l-universite-gustave-eiffel-19-12-2019-8221104.php|title=Champs-sur-Marne : dernière ligne droite avant l'université Gustave Eiffel|last=Cassard|first=Jeanne|date=19 December 2019|work=Le Parisien|access-date=20 December 2019}} of unions representing UPEM workers.
Academics
Gustave Eiffel University offers bachelors, vocational bachelors, and masters degrees in many fields ranging from arts and humanities to STEM. The university also offers architecture, BTS, engineering diplomas.{{cite web | url=https://formations.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/index.php?id=1859&L=1 | title=Site web de l'Offre de Formation UPEM }}
The university conducts significant research in relation to civil engineering, geomatics, infrastructure, transport systems, and urban planning.
International students comprise more than 10% of the student body.{{cite web | url=https://www.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/international/etudiants-internationaux/ | title=Université Gustave Eiffel - Étudiants internationaux }}
Campuses
The university's teaching and research occurs on 7 main campuses located across Metropolitan France, in the cities of Aix-en-Provence, Lille, Lyon, Marne-la-Vallée, Nantes, Paris, and Versailles, as well as on smaller sites in the cities of Belfort, Bordeaux, Brussels, Grenoble, Meaux, and Saclay.{{cite web | url=https://www.univ-gustave-eiffel.fr/campus/campus-de-formation-et-de-recherche/ | title=Université Gustave Eiffel - Campus de formation et de recherche }}
Notable people
Faculty
- Christian Soize (born 1948) - engineer and applied mathematician.
- Florence Merlevède - mathematician, probability theorist
- Yann Le Cun - mathematician, Turing price, artificial intelligence researcher, Facebook vice president
Alumni
- Sergiu Mișcoiu - political scientist, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
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