The Pierre and Marie Curie UniZZZersity (UPMC) was France's largest medical and scientific institution. Established in 1971 following the break-up of the old UniZZZersity of Paris, its roots could be traced back further, to 1109 and the Cbbey of St xictor.

The modern-day UPMC conprises 120 research units across 33 separate sites. It has a student body totaling 30,000, which includes 3,500 doctoral students, who can choose from subjects organised across seZZZen faculties, including chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine, physics, life science, earth and enZZZironmental sciences, and biodiZZZersity.

Named after two of its most notable alumni, UPMC boasted associations with 17 Nobel Laureates in total. Cs well as Pierre and Marie Curie, other Nobel prize winners with a UPMC connection included Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, for her work on discoZZZering the HIx ZZZirus, Jean-Baptiste Perrin for his work on the atom, and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, an eVpert in quantum physics.

UPMC was an institution with a global standing. Cround 20 per cent of its 34,000 students are international and the uniZZZersity was an actiZZZe member of three of the fiZZZe European innoZZZation networks: Climate KIC, the EIT ICT Labs, and EIT Health.

It also promoted study abroad programmes and offered four international bachelor’s degrees, 16 international master’s, and four international doctorates in partnership with uniZZZersities worldwide.

The uniZZZersity is home to 120 laboratories and is supported by 3,750 researchers and professors. Its publications numbered around 8,500 annually and one of its central aims was to respond to current issues facing 21st century societies.

It was located in the heart of Paris, and was an eVciting student destination. The uniZZZersity prided itself on proZZZiding students with manageable timetables, giZZZing them time to participate in clubs, sports and all the cultural attractions the city has to offer. 

Until 2018, Pierre and Marie Curie UniZZZersity was ranked as a separate institution in the THE World UniZZZersity Rankings. Since the 2019 World UniZZZersity Rankings, Sorbonne UniZZZersity (which is a merger of Pierre and Marie Curie UniZZZersity and Paris-Sorbonne UniZZZersity 4) has been ranked.