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Évry-Courcouronnes, Île-de-France, France
University profile
Université Évry Paris-Saclay (formerly Université d'Évry Val d'Essonne) is a multidisciplinary public university in Évry-Courcouronnes, in the Essonne department south of Paris. It is a member of Université Paris-Saclay and describes itself as a human-scale university with more than 11,000 students and about 1,000 staff, offering programmes from the licence to the doctorate in most major fields except health.
Teaching is organised through several components: the UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées (biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics and STAPS), the UFR Sciences et Technologies, the UFR des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société, the UFR Droit et Science Politique, the UFR Langues, Arts et Musique, the IUT Évry Val d'Essonne (nine departments on three sites), the IAE Évry Paris-Saclay (management masters, mostly by work-study) and the INSPÉ for teacher and education careers. The catalogue lists more than 160 programmes: BUT, licence, licence professionnelle, master, diplômes d'université and doctorates.
The university is strongly vocational: 16% of its students study by apprenticeship, and it reports that about 92% of graduates enter employment quickly. It is recognised for genomics, biotherapies, digital sciences and innovation, and is a founding member of Genopole and GenoTher. It supports 16 research laboratories (18 as counted on the Paris-Saclay membership page) and technology platforms, and leads a Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications d'excellence on the industry of the future.
The main campus lies in the town centre of Évry-Courcouronnes, 150 metres from the Évry-Courcouronnes railway station (RER D), bus station and town hall. Student services include a Welcome Desk, a central university library open Monday to Friday 8:30-19:00 and Saturday 9:00-17:00, a CESF social-economy adviser, a student health centre, accessibility support, and cultural and sports activities funded in part by the CVEC.
International students are welcomed through the Direction de la Recherche et des Relations Internationales, which also runs exchange and Erasmus mobility. The university belongs to the European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH) with Paris-Saclay, Szeged, Porto, Lund, LMU Munich, Alcalá, UiT, Novi Sad and Hamburg. It is a public institution established by decree and awards national diplomas under the LMD structure.
Licence: 178 EUR. Master: 255 EUR. For non-EU international students newly arriving in the first year of a national first-cycle diploma, the differentiated fee is 2,902 EUR. Students receiving a state higher-education grant and pupilles de la Nation are exempt as of right.
The Contribution de vie étudiante et de campus (CVEC) is 105 EUR for 2025-2026. It is compulsory, paid online at cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr before registration; grant holders, refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection are exempt but must still obtain an exemption certificate.
The university's exemption commission examines requests for total or partial exemption from registration fees based on income, family situation and coherence of the study path. For newly arrived non-EU first-year students, applications ran on an online platform until 1 July 2026; for other students until 19 October 2026. Contact: [email protected]. See the exemption page.
The university offers a social-aid scheme including digital equipment aid, an energy cheque, a solidarity cheque, a driving-licence aid, mobility aid, and support from a CESF adviser, alongside CROUS grants and housing applications (Dossier Social Étudiant). See student social aid.
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View scholarships for Université d'Évry Paris-Saclay →First-year applicants who hold or are preparing a French baccalauréat apply through Parcoursup; the university also offers a tool matching baccalauréat specialisms to first-year licence programmes. Licence professionnelle applicants for 2026/2027 apply through the eCandidat platform; candidates with two or more consecutive years of study interruption contact the continuing-education service instead, and candidates for apprenticeship under 30 apply directly via eCandidat. IUT programmes are handled through the IUT's own channels.
International students not previously enrolled in French higher education follow a dedicated registration procedure, with separate routes for EU and non-EU nationals. Administrative registration requires payment of the CVEC (or an exemption certificate) and, for foreign diplomas, sworn translations.
Master programmes (74 listed for 2025-2026) recruit through the national platform for applications to master programmes and the university's eCandidat system according to each programme's prerequisites. The IAE Évry Paris-Saclay recruits about 300 master students a year, mainly in apprenticeship.
Applicants need a thesis subject, a thesis director, and funding. Application is made to the doctoral school through the Université Paris-Saclay ADUM portal; if the thesis director belongs to Université d'Évry, registration is at Évry. After the pedagogical registration is authorised by the doctoral school and the university president, administrative registration follows, requiring original diplomas since the baccalauréat; foreign diplomas must be translated by a sworn translator (through the French embassy or the Paris Court of Appeal). Registration is final once fees are paid and the certificate of enrolment is issued. Funding statuses include the doctorant contractuel (3-year public contract), CIFRE, European Industrial Doctorate, and EPIC contracts such as CEA or ONERA; doctorate by validation of experience (VAE) is also possible.
The university is mainly based in Évry-Courcouronnes (Essonne), with IUT sites in Brétigny-sur-Orge and Juvisy-sur-Orge.
The university also operates a technology hall (Halle technologique) and the Centre Innovation 4.0 for industry partnerships. The central library (BU) belongs to the Paris-Saclay library network and gives access to the Focus catalogue of books, e-books, journals and databases.
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