PSL Research University, Research university in 6th arrondissement, France

PSL University is a collegiate public research university with eleven constituent schools, the oldest founded in 1530. Its main sites lie in the Latin Quarter, including the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève campus, with others at Jourdan, Dauphine, Condorcet and Carré Richelieu. The entrance shown here has a wide stone arch with carved medallions, light-brown paneled wooden doors and a blue "PSL Université Paris" sign beneath a red-framed transom window.

The university formed in 2019 from the merger of historical Parisian educational institutions whose collaboration began in 2004. The participating institutions kept their own traditions while developing shared degree programs and research projects.

The name PSL stands for Paris Sciences et Lettres, combining science and letters in a network of schools across the city center. Students move between different locations and use libraries, laboratories, and lecture halls distributed across several arrondissements.

The campuses spread across several arrondissements in central Paris, so visitors can use public transport to move between buildings. Information about individual schools and their addresses is available on the university website.

The stone archway with its carved corner medallions and the blue "PSL — Université Paris" sign marks the main entrance on rue d'Ulm. The university counts 28 Nobel laureates, 11 Fields Medalists and 3 Abel laureates among its alumni and staff, and its oldest constituent school was founded in 1530.