Universite Paris-Sud was founded on 17th December 1970 to fulfill the need for rigorous research due to the accelerated growth happening in the field of Nuclear Chemistry and Physics. The university claims to be an excellent place for high quality research as proven by the numerous awards and consistently higher positions it has gained in the world rankings. The Paris-Sud University aims to integrate its courses with Paris-Saclay University by January 1st, 2020. According to the Shanghai Ranking in 2009, this university was ranked 5th in Mathematics and 9th in Physics while this year it was ranked 37 worldwide. Presently, the university has 470 million euros as its annual consolidated budget. The university has also been home to the 2007 Nobel Prize winner Albert Fert, who won the prestigious award in Physics and the 1991 winner Pierre-GIlles de Gennes, who also won it in Physics. There are various other honourable award winners who belong to this institute and have presented the globally with their critically acclaimed works in diverse fields. The university is a multidisciplinary institute which is located in 5 prime locations, including: Sceaux Cachan Orsay Chatenay-Malabry Kremlin-Bicetre Further, the university was also ranked at the 10th position in the Times Higher Education Ranking Under 50 category which lists the top 100 global universities that have been established for 50 years.