Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Université Paul Sabatier, a university going forward!

Since its creation in 1969, UPS has been expanding its offer of multidisciplinary education in the fields of science, health, engineering, technology and sports, developing one of the most important scientific research clusters in France.  Centred on Toulouse, European space and aeronautics capital, UPS is a renowned European university with a global outlook.

UPS is inclusive, humanist, collective and modern; it has always championed the highest values in serving society. Carrying out its missions, it works to ensure equal rights for all, and to open routes to development for all citizens. UPS places the human being at the centre of its concerns and affirms its role in contributing to the development of all. It implements teaching, scientific, cultural and organisational systems which aim to achieve fulfilment for all, students and staff. Fully integrated with the modern world and focused on the future of our society, UPS sees itself as an exemplar university, innovating both scientifically and academically, fully aware of its social and economic context. Its leading priorities are its students' professional future, developing and generating value from research, and its European and international profile.

EDUCATION

UPS is one of the leading French universities, in the quality of its teaching, the breadth of its scientific research and the number of students it attracts. With university courses aligning with European harmonisation of qualifications, professional training attuned to the world of employment and proactive teaching strategies (supervision and tutorial, internships, professional prospects...), UPS is constantly innovating, bringing realism and ambition to the education it provides. Whatever field is chosen: core sciences, life sciences and health, technology, sports or human and social sciences, all courses are available full or part-time. Courses with a professional focus, which are genuine passports to working life, are offered alongside more traditional courses which orient students towards positions in teaching and research. Above all, UPS is committed to the success of its students, who are given guidance in mapping out their future career and the best pattern of education to choose.

RESEARCH

As one of the top research establishments in France, UPS is active in public research at the highest level, working with excellence clusters and creating numerous partnerships with major scientific bodies. Recognised across Europe and all over the world, UPS research laboratories function in a scientific research context that works both with the core disciplines, and transversal scientific applications, sharing the results of their work to increase productivity in core research and encourage knowledge transfer.