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"Investing for the Future" program

In 2010, the French government launched a call for proposals to boost higher education: the Investing for the Future program (also called the grand emprunt). PSL has successfully responded to several calls for proposals. In 2011, with the Initiatives for Excellence call for proposals, PSL was one of the first three projects selected, along with University of Bordeaux and University of Strasbourg.

While the diversity of project participants has sometimes been cited as a weakness, the promoters of PSL underline the complementarity of its institutions and the potential for collaboration. The funding of the Excellence Initiative has, in addition, supported the creation of 11 Laboratories of excellence (Labex) within PSL: CelTisPhyBio, DCBIOL, DEEP, DYNAMO, ENS-ICFP, ESEP, IEC, IPGG, MemoLife, TransferS, and WIFI. In 2014, the Corail, HaStec, and TEPSIS Labex laboratories joined the list with EHESS and EPHE becoming members of PSL.

Also in 2011, PSL's institutions presented ten projects under the "Equipped with excellence" (Equipex) program. Among the initial submissions, they obtained eight Equipex facilities: BEDOFIH, D-FIH, Equip@Meso, ICGex, IPGG, Paris-en-Resonnance, Planaqua, Ultrabrain. These projects have received funding ranging from 2 to 10 million euros.

In 2017, after a detailed review process, nine institutions agreed to put in place an integrated budget and a multi-year strategy for academic recruitment, as well as to create a number of shared platforms and services. Chimie ParisTech, École Nationale des Chartes, École Normale Supérieure, École Pratique des Hautes Etudes, ESPCI Paris, Institut Curie, Observatoire de Paris, MINES ParisTech, Paris-Dauphine University decided to jointly form PSL University.

The agreement approved by their respective boards calls for the schools and institutions that form the university to adopt a unified strategy, to submit to the budgetary authority of the president of the university, to jointly plan their recruitment, and to transfer the whole of their diplomas to PSL. Towards the end of the process, in 2018, one of the former members, EHESS, did not approve the new statutes and decided not to be part of the target university.

Beaux-Arts de Paris, Collège de France, Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, École Française d'Extrême-Orient, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, La Fémis, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique and Institut Louis Bachelier are recognized as associates of the university pending later integration.

Nobel and Fields laureates

Serge Haroche – B.A and Professor – Nobel in Physics – 2012

Albert Fert – B.A – Nobel in Physics – 2007

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji – B.A and Professor – Nobel in Physics – 1997

Georges Charpak – B.A and Professor – Nobel in Physics – 1992

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes – B.A and Professor – Nobel in Physics – 1991

Louis Néel – B.A – Nobel in Physics – 1970

Alfred Kastler – B.A – Nobel in Physics – 1966

Jean Perrin – B.A – Nobel in Physics – 1926

Gabriel Lippmann – B.A – Nobel in Physics – 1908

Marie Curie – PhD – Nobel in Physics – 1903

Pierre Curie – PhD – Nobel in Physics – 1903

Jean-Marie Lehn – Professor – Nobel in Chemistry – 1987

Frédéric Joliot-Curie – B.A and Professor – Nobel in Chemistry – 1935

Irène Joliot-Curie – Professor – Nobel in Chemistry – 1935

Paul Sabatier – B.A and PhD – Nobel in Chemistry – 1912

Marie Curie – PhD – Nobel in Chemistry – 1911

Henri Moissan – B.A – Nobel in Chemistry – 1906

Jean Dausset – Professor – Nobel in Physiology and Medicine – 1980

Jacques Monod – Professor – Nobel in Physiology and Medicine – 1965

François Jacob – Professor – Nobel in Physiology and Medicine – 1965

Charles Nicolle – Professor – Nobel in Physiology and Medicine – 1928

Jean-Paul Sartre – B.A – Nobel in Literature – 1964

Roger Martin du Gard – B.A – Nobel in Literature – 1937

Henri Bergson – B.A and Professor – Nobel in Literature – 1927

Romain Rolland – B.A – Nobel in Literature – 1915

Esther Duflo – B.A – Nobel in Economics – 2019

Jean Tirole – PhD – Nobel in Economics – 2014

Maurice Allais – Grad Attendee and Professor – Nobel in Economics – 1988

Gérard Debreu – B.A – Nobel in Economics – 1983

Cédric Villani – B.A, PhD and Professor – Fields Medal – 2010

Ngô Bảo Châu – B.A – Fields Medal – 2010

Wendelin Werner – B.A and Professor – Fields Medal – 2006

Laurent Lafforgue – B.A – Fields Medal – 2002

Jean-Christophe Yoccoz – B.A and Professor – Fields Medal – 1994

Pierre-Louis Lions – B.A and Professor – Fields Medal – 1994

Alain Connes – B.A and Professor – Fields Medal – 1982

René Thom – B.A – Fields Medal – 1958

Jean-Pierre Serre – B.A and Professor – Fields Medal – 1954

Laurent-Moïse Schwartz – B.A – Fields Medal – 1950

Hugo Duminil-Copin – B.A – Fields Medal – 2022

Notable alumni

Business leaders

Odile Hembise Fanton d’Andon, CEO of the ACRI-ST (since 2000)

Emmanuel Roman, CEO of PIMCO

Olivier François, President and CEO of Fiat

Anne Rigail, CEO of Air France (since 2018)

Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies (since 2014)

Jacques Aschenbroich, CEO of Valeo (since 2009)

Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, CEO of BNP Paribas (since 2011)

Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Credit Suisse (2015–2020)

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan (2001–2018) and CEO of Renault-Nissan (2005–2018)

Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of Areva (2001–2011)

Thierry Desmarest, CEO of Total (1995–2010)

Didier Lombard, CEO of France Télécom (2005–2010)

Jean-Louis Beffa, CEO of Saint-Gobain (1986–2007)

Jean-Martin Folz, CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën (1995–2007)

Denis Ranque, CEO of Thales Group (1998–2009)

Noël Forgeard, former CEO of Airbus (1998–2005) and EADS (2005–2006)

Francis Mer, CEO of Usinor (1986–2001) and former Minister of Finances of France (2002–2004)

Thierry Bolloré, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, former CEO of the Renault group

Jacques Aigrain, Chairman & CEO of Swiss Re

Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, former CEO of TDF

Christophe Chenut, CEO of Lacoste

Thierry Morin, Chairman & CEO of Valeo

François Pierson, Chairman of AXA France

Bruno Bonnell, Chairman & founder of Infogrames, former CEO of Atari

Régis Arnoux, CEO and founder of Catering International Services

Diane Barrière-Desseigne, CEO of Groupe Lucien Barrière

Jean-Michel Severino, CEO of the French Development Agency

Florent Menegaux, Chairman & CEO of Michelin group

Philippe Dupont, Chairman of BPCE

Eugène Schueller, founder of L'Oréal

Philippe Camus (1967), Chairman of Alcatel Lucent

Isabelle Kocher (1987), CEO of Engie

Jean-Charles Naouri (1967), CEO of Groupe Casino

Georges Claude, founder of Air Liquide

Régis Schultz, CEO of JD Sports

Yannick Bolloré, CEO of Havas, chairman of the supervisory board of Vivendi, Vice Chairman of Bolloré group

Politicians

Laurent Fabius (1966), Prime Minister of France, 1984–1986

Édouard Herriot (1891), Prime Minister of France, 1924–1925, 1926 and 1932

Jean Jaurès (1878), Socialist leader

Alain Juppé (1964), Prime Minister of France 1995–1997

Bruno Le Maire (1989), Minister of the Economy, 2017–present; Minister of Agriculture 2009–2012

Benny Lévy (1965), founder of Gauche prolétarienne

Paul Painlevé (1883), mathematician; Prime Minister of France in 1917 and 1925

Georges Pompidou (1931), Prime Minister of France 1962–1968; President of France 1969–1974

Alain Poher (1909–1996), politician, president of Sénat, president by interim of French Republic.

Jean-Louis Bianco (1943–), General Secretary of President of France (1982–1991), Minister of Social Affairs (France) (1991–1992), Minister of Transport (France) (1992–1993), députy of Alpes de Haute Provence's 1st constituency (1997–)

Charles de Freycinet, prime minister of France at the end of the 19th century

Albert François Lebrun (1871–1950), president of France

Najla Bouden Romdhane (1958–), prime minister of Tunisia (2021–)

Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin

Raymond Ndong Sima, Prime Minister of Gabon

Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo

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History

Development

"Investing for the Future" program

University status (2019)

Organisation and administration

Presidents

Organization

Programs

Undergraduate programs

Sustainable Development Goals

Graduate education

Doctoral programs

Research

International rankings

Partnerships

PSL Symphonic Orchestra and Choir

Nobel and Fields laureates

Notable alumni