Paris-Saclay Science & Innovation Campus

Designed to concentrate nearly 15% of France's public and corporate R&D onto one green plateau 20 km south of Paris, Paris-Saclay unites Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CentraleSupélec, ENS Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, and CEA labs for 60,000+ students. Paris-Saclay ranks #4 behind Columbia Manhattanville (#3) and ahead of Riyadh's Princess Nourah University (#5). Backed by France's Opération Campus and €8.6B Investissements d'Avenir allocations on public plateau land, it propelled Université Paris-Saclay into the global ARWU top 15 while linking to Grand Paris Express Line 18 in 2026.