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19-412: Successively named "Université Paris XIII", "Université Paris-Nord", "Université Paris 13 Paris Nord", then "Université Paris 13", it has been known by several names during the last half century. Most recently it was renamed "Université Sorbonne Paris Nord" on January 1, 2020. The University Sorbonne Paris Nord is a major teaching and research center located north of Paris. It has five campuses, spread over

38-587: Is Épinay – Villetaneuse station on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Épinay-sur-Seine , 1.2 km (0.75 mi) from the town center of Villetaneuse. It takes less than 15 min to commute to Paris by train. Charles de Gaulle International Airport is located about 12 km (7.5 mi) away from Villetaneuse. [REDACTED] Media related to Villetaneuse at Wikimedia Commons This Seine-Saint-Denis geographical article

57-694: Is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 12.1 km (7.5 mi) from the center of Paris . The commune has four preschools ( maternelles ) and four primary schools, with 150 employees total. They are: Two junior high schools ( collèges ), operated by Seine-Saint-Denis, are in the commune: Lucie Aubrac and Jean Vilar. Students in Villetaneuse attend senior high schools/sixth-form colleges ( lycées ), operated by Ile de France , in various surrounding municipalities. Villetaneuse

76-591: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . INSERM The Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale ( Inserm , French pronunciation: [insɛʁm] ) is the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research. Inserm was created in 1964 as a successor to the French National Institute of Health. Inserm is the only public research institution solely focused on human health and medical research in France. It

95-659: Is a public institution with a scientific and technical vocation under the dual auspices of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Research . Similarly to the US National Institutes of Health , Inserm conducts fundamental and translational research projects through 339 research units, run by around 13,000 scientists, including 5,100 permanent research staff members and 5,100 staff members co-affiliated with university hospitals and medicine faculties. Inserm's laboratories and research units are located all over France, mainly in

114-588: Is in agreement to form the Avicenna University Hospital , main training center in medicine department of Seine-Saint-Denis . The campus also host several research units related to medicine (mostly joint research units with the INSERM ) and the UFR SMBH but also some units or humanities teams whose research theme is related to medicine (LEPS for therapeutic patient education, or UTRPP for psychopathology). This

133-525: Is the main and historic campus of the university. It has the larger number of students and research units. This campus holds also the presidential buildings and central services of the university. On the side of the search, besides the Office of Research and Doctoral Studies, the campus is home to the administrative services of graduate schools Erasmus and Institut Galilée , and also of the research units. The campus made significant investments since 2010 to improve

152-868: Is the second university campus. The campus at Saint-Denis houses the Technology university institute (Institut universitaire de technologie or IUT in French). The university offers Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees in line with the Bologna Process . Bachelor and Masters courses are organized into various schools. The university awards around 110 doctorates each year and welcomes around 700 doctoral scholars on exchange from other institutions. There are three doctoral schools: 48°57′22″N 2°20′31″E  /  48.956214°N 2.341933°E  / 48.956214; 2.341933 Villetaneuse Villetaneuse ( French pronunciation: [viltanøz] )

171-531: Is well known for its university named " Université Paris XIII or Paris Nord", in particular: the Polytechnique Science Institut " Institut Galilée " where Material Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electronics, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry are taught. Villetaneuse is served by no station of the Paris Métro , RER , or suburban rail network. The closest station to Villetaneuse

190-665: The 2019 Scimago Institutions Ranking , Inserm is the second-best research institution in the health sector (behind the NIH ) and twenty-second best across all sectors. Two Inserm research scientists have been awarded by the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine . In 1980, the French immunologist Jean Dausset received the Nobel prize (along with Baruj Benacerraf and George Davis Snell ), for his work on

209-533: The University of legality. Decree No. 70-1174 of 17 December 1970 on the public, scientific and cultural character of universities gave the university the name of Paris-XIII. Since its establishment, the university has been referred to informally as "University of Paris-13 North" or "University Paris-Nord". On 16 May 2014, the Board of Directors decided to rename the university: University Paris-13 ( Université Paris 13 in

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228-458: The discovery and characterisation of the genes making the major histocompatibility complex . In 2008, the French virologist Françoise Barré-Sinoussi was awarded, together with her former mentor Luc Montagnier , for the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus . Each year, Inserm awards three researchers in three major distinct categories. The Grand prix de l'Inserm recognizes major advancements in biology for an active researcher of

247-466: The faculties of the University of Paris, and the faculty of Villetaneuse became the University of Paris XIII. The new university was designed by the architects Fainsilber and Anspach, as part of the renovation of the town of Villetaneuse. The first stage was the construction of the literary and legal center, expected to receive approximately 5000 students. The first building, completed in October 1970, allowed

266-646: The first 1500 students in December 1500, of first-year of law, economics and humanities. In 1972, the University of Paris XIII completed the building of two libraries, the Library of the University Centre of Saint-Denis and the Library of Villetaneuse university center. Following the dismantling of the University of Paris, the chancellor of universities of Paris owns the buildings and land of the establishment. The Chancery of Creteil universities provides budgetary control and

285-478: The largest cities. Eighty percent of Inserm research units are embedded in research hospitals of French universities. In 1997, Inserm founded Orphanet , a rare disease database. Inserm's CEO is chosen by decree upon a proposal of the Ministers of Health and Research, advised by a review committee. The CEO since January 2019 is Gilles Bloch, a doctor and researcher specializing in medical imaging. According to

304-600: The statutes) in compliance with the law on the Liberties and Responsibilities of Universities . In the 2019 re-organization of the Paris university system, the university announced it would start styling itself as "Université Sorbonne Paris Nord". The university premises are spread over five campuses: The university offers also law and physical education studies in Athens, Greece, in affiliation with IdEF College. The Villetaneuse campus

323-506: The transport connections, by building a new station known as Gare de Villetaneuse-Université . A new library was opened on the campus in spring 2016. The IUT homes a cleanroom dedicated to nanotechnology research. The Bobigny campus is dedicated to medicine, health and human biology, and has the UFR SMBH and the IUT of Bobigny. The campus is side of the Avicenna hospital with which the university

342-488: The two departments of Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d'Oise: Villetaneuse, Bobigny, Saint-Denis, the Plaine Saint-Denis and Argenteuil. The university has more than 25,000 students in initial or continuing training, in many fields: Health, Medicine and Human Biology - Letters, Languages, Humanities and Societies - Law, Political and social sciences - Communication sciences - Economics and management. The University Paris-13

361-574: Was created after the desire of the Rector of the Academy of Paris in the early 1960s, of opening a third faculty of science at Villetaneuse . In September 1969 was also created at Saint-Denis , a science-based university center with status of faculty, in the University of Paris, called University Centre Saint-Denis – Villetaneuse . In 1970, with the application of Law Faure reform, was decided to create 13 autonomous multidisciplinary universities, which replaced

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