Paris 8 in figures

Students(1)

20,523 registered students

14,070 enrolled in "licence" degrees

6,259 enrolled in "master’s" programmes

Educational programmes

11 UFRs (education and research units) and 5 institutes including 2 IUTs (university level technology institutes)

32 "master’s" degree courses (77 specialities)

33 "licence" degree courses (including 11 professional degrees)

5 DUTs (university level technology degrees)

Courses are offered in 6 main fields

• Law, economics, and management
• Human and social sciences
• Science, technology, and health
• Culture and communication
• Humanities and foreign languages
• Arts

Research

1,637 doctoral students(1)

4 doctorate schools

36 research laboratories and teams, 7 of which operating under the aegis the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research)

More than 180 doctoral degrees are awarded every year

International

300 partnerships with foreign universities including Berkeley, the Beijing Film Academy, and the universities of Berlin and Algiers

150 nationalities are represented in the student body

Staff

1,047 faculty (all levels)

630 BIATOSS BIATOSS Les personnels bibliothécaires, ingénieurs, administratifs, techniciens, ouvriers, de service et de santé sont les personnels non enseignants des universités.
  personnel (library staff, engineers, administrative personnel, technicians, maintenance staff, social and health services)

Assets

The total surface of the university (3 different sites) is 78,199 m², 82% for the main site in Saint-Denis alone.

(1) Source: Statistics and coordination department - Remontée SISE on January 15^th , 2010