Paris-Saclay for international applicants: route, deadlines and fees

Your route into a first-year Licence (L1) at Université Paris-Saclay depends on your diploma, your nationality and where you live. Future French bacheliers depend on the Parcoursup procedure, and, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, foreign students from the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Monaco or Andorra apply via Parcoursup for the first year of a Licence. Non-EU applicants without a French or European baccalauréat use Études en France if they live in a country covered by that programme; for applicants who live outside those countries, the page says they must complete a Preliminary Request for Admission (DAP) to apply for the first year of a Licence 1, with the Dossier Blanc for applicants who live abroad. Paris-Saclay prints a national Licence fee of EUR 178 for 2026-2027, lists French as the teaching language on its L1 Droit parcours Droit page, and names no 2027 cycle on its own first-year pages.

Façade of the Henri Moissan building

Université Paris-Saclay was created in 2020. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the university has 50 000 students, of whom 21% are international.

Route and teaching language

Paris-Saclay states that future French bacheliers depend on the Parcoursup procedure. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, foreign students from the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Monaco or Andorra who want to enter the first year of a Licence apply via Parcoursup. Non-EU applicants without a French or European baccalauréat who reside in a country covered by the Études en France programme use that programme; for those who do not reside in such a country, the page says they must complete a Preliminary Request for Admission (DAP) to apply for the first year of a Licence 1. The page names two DAP files: the Dossier Blanc is for applicants who are not French nationals, do not hold and will not hold a French or European baccalauréat and live abroad; the Dossier vert is for the same applicants when they are currently resident in France.

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the L1 Droit parcours Droit page lists French as its teaching language. On the L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory page, the two Droit constitutionnel course units list the prerequisite “Bonne maîtrise du français”, a good command of French, and no Paris-Saclay first-year page sets a B2, DELF or other test level.

Which cycle the pages name

Paris-Saclay’s L1 Droit parcours Droit page prints a Parcoursup window of 19 January to 12 March 2026. That window is the Parcoursup 2026 cycle and is closed. One Paris-Saclay Parcoursup news page still says rentrée 2024. For the DAP, the international-applicants page says, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, that the request must be made between the November and January preceding the academic year in which you wish to start your studies in France.

Rankings the university reports

The positions below are the university’s own reports. Paris-Saclay says it ranks 13th in the world in the Shanghai ranking 2026. For the Shanghai subject ranking published in September 2026, Paris-Saclay reports 2nd in mathematics and a top-10 place in physics.

Université Paris-Saclay reports 13th in the world and first in France in the Shanghai ranking (ARWU) published on 15 August 2026 and 2nd in the world in mathematics in the Shanghai subject ranking (GRAS) published on 15 September 2026. Both positions are figures the university publishes about itself on its own news pages.

Each position below is a claim Paris-Saclay makes on its own news pages, and each is a result for the whole university, not for a single Licence.

Shanghai ARWU 2026

Paris-Saclay states that it ranks 13th in the world, first in France and first in continental Europe in ARWU 2026. The university adds that it has been in the top 20 of ARWU every year since its creation in 2020 (according to the university’s page as of October 2026). A news page of the university also cites 12th in the 2024 edition of ARWU.

Shanghai subject ranking (GRAS) 2026

For GRAS 2026, Paris-Saclay reports that it is ranked in 40 subjects, 8 of them in the top 50 worldwide. It is in the world top 10 in mathematics (2nd) and in physics for the fifth year in a row; the page gives no exact physics rank.

Agriculture is the lowest-placed of the listed subjects, at 41st in 2026. Paris-Saclay’s news page names these subjects as examples and does not list every ranked subject.

Times Higher Education and employability

Paris-Saclay’s news page also cites 64th in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The page gives no Times Higher Education 2026 position.

In the Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2025 (GEURS), Paris-Saclay reports 50th, up 15 places from 2024. The ranking measures how employers rate graduates; it says nothing about admission to a Licence.

Nobel prizes and Fields medals: two counts on one page

The university’s key-figures page contradicts itself. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, its banner lists 10 Nobel prizes and 12 Fields medals, while the text of the same page lists 9 Nobel prizes and 11 Fields medals. The page does not explain the difference.

Université Paris-Saclay was created in 2020 and, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, describes itself as a network of 5 faculties, 3 IUT, 5 grandes écoles, 2 associate member universities and 7 research organisations. Its first cycle lists double-degree licences, licences, professional licences, BUT and DEUST.

In its news article published in December 2024 on the GEURS 2025 edition, Paris-Saclay names two of its founding member schools in the ranking: CentraleSupélec and ENS Paris-Saclay.

The undergraduate school and the graduate schools

When Paris-Saclay was created in 2020, the university set up two internal structures to support students from post-bac level to the doctorate: an undergraduate school and graduate schools. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the Master and Doctorate offer is spread across the graduate schools and doctoral schools.

Paris-Saclay’s pages give two counts of graduate schools, according to the university’s page as of October 2026. The about page says 18 graduate schools and 21 doctoral schools. The page on the undergraduate school says 17 graduate schools plus the Institut des sciences de la lumière. The university does not reconcile the two on those pages.

Size and research base

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay reports 50 000 students and 8 100 researchers and teacher-researchers. On research, the university reports 13% of French research, nearly 220 laboratories and more than 350 experimental platforms.

The first-cycle offer

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s undergraduate offer lists double-degree licences, licences, professional licences, BUT and DEUST.

Université Paris-Saclay prints no overall admission rate for its Licences; its programme pages print a capacity (capacité d’accueil) instead. The L1 Droit parcours Droit page lists 510 places, the L1 Economie et Gestion page lists 170 and the L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory page lists 30, each next to the Parcoursup 2026 window.

The figures below are capacities and selection statements for individual programmes. None of them describes the Licence as a whole.

First-year places published

Paris-Saclay’s programme pages print each capacity next to the Parcoursup window of 19 January to 12 March 2026, which was the Parcoursup 2026 cycle and has closed. These capacities belong to those three programmes only; the pages do not give a total for all Licences.

How selective the double-diploma Licences are

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the LDD Mathématiques, Physique et Sciences pour l’Ingénieur page says its first-year target is final-year students of high potential, at the level of a “mention Très bien” at the Bac. The LDD Physique, Chimie page calls its programme “sélectif sur dossier dès le premier semestre”. These statements concern those two double-diploma programmes only.

The international share

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, 21% of Paris-Saclay’s students are international, a figure for the whole university rather than for first-year entrants.

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, a Parcoursup first-year application to Université Paris-Saclay is a file: each wish carries a fiche Avenir with teachers’ comments and the head teacher’s opinion for school pupils, the FAQ for French-bac applicants mentions a motivated project letter in the file, and each programme publishes its attendus and the criteria used to examine wishes.

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s Parcoursup page tells applicants to read the attendus and examination criteria of each programme before they choose. The first-cycle page’s FAQ for French-bac applicants to the first year mentions a motivated project letter among the items that complete the file once the Parcoursup wishes are confirmed. Nothing on these pages sets a French B2 or DELF threshold for the Licence; on the L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory page, the two Droit constitutionnel course units list the prerequisite Bonne maîtrise du français.

Subjects and profiles named on programme pages

The programme pages name subjects, profiles and levels, according to the university’s page as of October 2026. Most are targets or recommendations, not entry thresholds, and Paris-Saclay’s pages publish no numeric grade threshold for the IB, A-levels or other certificates. Read the page of your own programme.

Interviews and extra written work

For L1, Paris-Saclay’s FAQ for French-bac applicants names a motivated project letter in the file. An interview is named for later entry points: according to the university’s page as of October 2026, the LDD Physique, Chimie page says that admission in the second semester, in L2 and in L3 is on file and interview, and the LDD Chimie, Sciences de la vie page says that admission in the second semester and in L2 is on file and interview. Neither statement covers L1 entry.

Université Paris-Saclay names no SAT, ACT or entrance exam for first-year Licence entry; its published selection runs on the file. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the double-diploma Licence (LDD) Physique, Chimie is selective on file from the first semester, and an interview is named only for entry from the second semester onwards.

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the Parcoursup page tells applicants to consult the attendus and examination criteria of each programme before applying.

Tests for specific routes

For the LDD Physique, Chimie, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, the programme is selective on file from the first semester, and admission in the second semester, in L2 and in L3 is on file and interview. For health studies, Paris-Saclay states that access to medicine, midwifery, dentistry and pharmacy runs through two routes, PASS or L.AS. The health-studies page names no test for either route and gives no further PASS or L.AS detail. Two other programme pages describe how they select: the LDD1 Mathématiques-Sciences de la vie admits students on review of the file of grades and the motivations of the study project, and the Licence Sciences et Technologies selects its students on their motivation and with a concern for diversity. Neither page names an entrance test.

Language certificates

Paris-Saclay’s first-year pages name no DELF, DALF, TCF or other language certificate as an admissions test. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, two Droit constitutionnel course units on the L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory page list “Bonne maîtrise du français” as a prerequisite, without a level or a certificate.

Your route into the first year (L1) of a Paris-Saclay Licence depends on your diploma, your nationality and where you live. Future French bacheliers depend on the Parcoursup procedure, and the Parcoursup page addresses final-year pupils and holders of the baccalauréat or an equivalent diploma. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, nationals of the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Monaco or Andorra apply via Parcoursup for the first year of a Licence, non-EU applicants without a French or European baccalauréat who reside in a country covered by Études en France use that programme, and for those who do not reside in such a country the page says they must complete a Preliminary Request for Admission (DAP) to apply for the first year of a Licence 1: the Dossier Blanc for applicants living abroad and the Dossier vert for those resident in France.

Paris-Saclay’s international-applicants page gives these rules without naming an application cycle, so check the dates for your own cycle in the calendar chapter before you rely on a window.

Who applies through Parcoursup

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, foreign students who are nationals of an EU or EEA state, Switzerland, Monaco or Andorra and want to enter the first year of a Licence must apply via Parcoursup. The Parcoursup page addresses final-year pupils and holders of the baccalauréat or an equivalent diploma, and the page for future French bacheliers states that they depend on the Parcoursup procedure. The LDD Economie, Mathématiques programme page adds that international students with an equivalent profile are encouraged to apply via Parcoursup; that statement comes from the programme page and is separate from the general international-applicants page.

Études en France and the DAP

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, a foreign student who is not a national of the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Monaco or Andorra and has no French or European baccalauréat falls into one of two cases: the student resides in a country covered by the Études en France programme, or the student does not reside in a country covered by the programme and must then complete a Preliminary Request for Admission (DAP) to apply for the first year of a Licence 1.

For the second case, the page describes the Preliminary Request for Admission (DAP), with two files according to where you live (according to the university’s page as of October 2026):

• The white file (Dossier Blanc) is for applicants who are not French nationals, do not hold and will not hold a French or European baccalauréat, and live abroad.
• The green file (Dossier vert) is for the same applicants when they are currently resident in France.
• The request must be made between the November and January preceding the academic year in which you wish to start your studies in France.

Entering L2 or L3

For the LDD Sciences de la Terre et Sciences Physique, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, entry in the second year, and possibly the third, goes via eCandidat and asks for higher-education studies of a scientific CPGE type.

Paris-Saclay’s own first-year pages publish no calendar for rentrée 2027. They print the Parcoursup 2026 window of 19 January to 12 March 2026, which has closed. For the DAP, the international-applicants page says, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, that the request must be made between the November and January preceding the academic year in which you wish to start; it names no year.

Paris-Saclay’s Parcoursup news page still refers to rentrée 2024, and the programme pages show the 2026 window. Neither names the 2027 cycle, so confirm the dates for your intake on the Parcoursup site before you plan around a window.

• According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s Parcoursup page invites pupils to its open days (January - March) and names no year.
• On Parcoursup you can make up to 10 wishes, with no ranking between them.
• For French-bac applicants, Paris-Saclay’s FAQ mentions a motivated project letter in the file after the wishes are confirmed.

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s page for French-bac applicants says admission results go online during May without naming the year. The same FAQ adds that a French-bac applicant who has missed the Parcoursup deadline can still apply in the complementary phase on Parcoursup.

The DAP calendar

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the DAP request must be made between the November and January preceding the academic year in which you wish to start your studies in France. The Dossier Blanc is for applicants living abroad and the Dossier vert for applicants currently resident in France.

After admission: CVEC and administrative registration

Paris-Saclay states that every student in initial training must pay the student life and campus contribution (CVEC) to the CROUS before registering. For the school year 2026-2027 the page gives the CVEC as EUR 105. Administrative registration is compulsory, annual and personal, and its campaign opens in early July.

Université Paris-Saclay publishes no CEFR level, no DELF, DALF or TCF requirement and no exemption rule for first-year Licence applicants. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the two Droit constitutionnel course units of its L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory list French as the teaching language and the prerequisite Bonne maîtrise du français.

No Paris-Saclay page sets a B2 level for the Licence, and the university does not name DELF or DALF for the first year.

French for the Licence

The wording Paris-Saclay uses, “Bonne maîtrise du français”, is a prerequisite on the two Droit constitutionnel course units in the L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory, not a certificate threshold. Because the page states no level, no test and no exemption, an applicant who wants a certificate-based answer has to ask the programme. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay also offers French courses for beginners and for people who want to improve their French on its international-students pages.

English and other languages in the Licence

Two double-diploma Licences name language skills. The LDD Physique, Chimie page asks for the ability to document oneself in a foreign language, preferably English, and to speak and write it at level B. The LDD Mathématiques, Physique et Sciences pour l’Ingénieur page lists, among its outcomes, communicating orally or in writing in English and French. These are programme-level skills, not an entry test with a score. The LDD Sociologie, Science politique page lists, among its selection criteria, a very good level of written and oral French, according to the university’s page as of October 2026. Three more programmes state language points: the LDD1 Droit-Informatique page says that a good level of French, oral and written, is needed; the Licence LEA is organised around two languages (English and Spanish) and foreign cultures; and the Licence Sciences de la vie includes a mandatory English course unit every year, which is part of the curriculum and not an entry test.

English-taught Master’s programmes

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay has a page titled Master’s programmes taught in English. The text of that page does not state an English level, and Paris-Saclay names no TOEFL or IELTS score for the first-year Licence.

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Université Paris-Saclay’s Parcoursup page addresses final-year pupils and holders of the baccalauréat or an equivalent diploma. Its pages publish no minimum grade for the IB, A-levels or other foreign diplomas; where subjects are named, they sit on individual programme pages.

Which diploma gives access

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s Parcoursup page addresses pupils in the final year or holders of the baccalauréat or an equivalent diploma. In its procedure for national students, the first-cycle page adds that an admission notice is always issued subject to meeting the administrative formalities and regulatory requirements, which the registrar checks at administrative registration, including the diploma required for the programme.

How a foreign school-leaving certificate is treated

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, a foreign student who has no French or European baccalauréat and is not a national of the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Monaco or Andorra falls into one of two cases: the student resides in a country covered by the Études en France programme, or the student does not reside in a country covered by the programme and must then complete a Preliminary Request for Admission (DAP) to apply for the first year of a Licence 1. For the LDD Sciences de la Terre et Sciences Physique, first-year entry via Parcoursup is open to the bac général with the Mathématiques and Physique-Chimie specialities and/or Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre or to a holder of an equivalent foreign title.

For the Licence Chimie, the page lists, next to the Bac route, a successfully completed scientific bridging year (mise à niveau), according to the university’s page as of October 2026. A general statement on the site says that no predetermined set of equivalences between French and foreign degrees is officially recognized in France. Paris-Saclay’s pages print no list of accepted foreign diplomas and no numeric grade threshold for the IB, A-levels, Abitur or Matura.

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Université Paris-Saclay offers a first cycle of double-degree licences (LDD), licences, professional licences, BUT and DEUST, across sciences and engineering, life sciences and health, and social sciences and humanities. Its L1 Droit parcours Droit page lists French as the teaching language, and its English-taught listing is for Master’s programmes.

Double-diploma Licences

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the LDD Mathématiques, Physique et Sciences pour l’Ingénieur page describes a balanced programme, 1/3 mathematics, 1/3 physics and 1/3 transverse projects and languages, which opens the door to all Master’s programmes in mathematics, physics or engineering sciences. Paris-Saclay also lists double-diploma licences such as Informatique-Mathématiques and Physique, Chimie on separate pages; the selection rules for these programmes are in the selection chapter.

Law tracks

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the Licence Droit aims at professional communication in French and, as well as possible, in English. The unit sheet of Droit constitutionnel 2 - Ve République in the L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory lists French as the teaching language, with the prerequisite “Bonne maîtrise du français”.

Health studies: PASS and L.AS

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, access to medicine, midwifery, odontology and pharmacy (MMOP) at Paris-Saclay runs through two admission routes, PASS (Parcours Spécifique Santé) or L.AS (Licence Accès Santé). The health-studies page gives no further selection detail for either route.

English-taught programmes

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s page Master’s programmes taught in English is the university’s English-taught listing, and it covers Master’s programmes. The text of the page gives no count of programmes. The L1 Droit parcours Droit page lists French as the teaching language.

Université Paris-Saclay reports 50th in the Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS) 2025, up 15 places on 2024. The ranking reflects employer feedback on the university as a whole; it is not a graduate-outcome statistic for the Licence.

Paris-Saclay states that the 2025 GEURS analysed feedback from 13,240 employers in 33 countries. In the 2025 edition (article published in December 2024), the two member schools, CentraleSupélec and ENS Paris-Saclay, appeared in the same ranking as separate institutions. Their positions describe those schools, not the first-year Licence.

Research and start-ups

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, its key-figures text counts 50 start-ups created per year. The page gives this as a university-wide figure without a breakdown by programme or by international graduates.

Nobel prizes and Fields medals

Paris-Saclay’s key-figures page gives two different counts of prizes. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the banner shows 10 Nobel prizes and 12 Fields medals, and the text of the same page shows 9 Nobel prizes and 11 Fields medals. The page does not say which count is current, and it names no laureates.

For 2026-2027 Université Paris-Saclay prints national registration fees of EUR 178 for a Licence, EUR 255 for a Master and EUR 398 for a Doctorate, plus a student life and campus contribution (CVEC) of EUR 105 for 2026-2027. Non-EU students subject to differentiated fees receive a partial exemption that Paris-Saclay says brings them to the national amount under the conditions of resolution CA-2026-013, and the university prints no differentiated amount.

These are the 2026-2027 amounts on Paris-Saclay’s fee page. Check the fee page for the rates of your own year before you budget.

Paris-Saclay states that the fees of national diplomas are set by ministerial decree. It applies a full rate to a first programme and a reduced rate to further programmes in the same institution, and allows payment in 3 instalments without charge, online and by bank card only, for students paying registration fees.

Non-EU students and differentiated fees

Paris-Saclay states that non-EU students concerned by differentiated fees receive a partial exemption. That exemption brings the differentiated amounts to the amounts for national students, under the conditions set by resolution CA-2026-013 of the Board on 3 February 2026. The university does not print the differentiated amount on its fee pages.

On the fee page, Paris-Saclay writes that the 2025-2026 fee-waiver procedure is closed and that the information note for 2026/2027 will be published soon. Check the note for your own year before you rely on the exemption.

CVEC and exemptions

Paris-Saclay’s registration page gives the CVEC as EUR 105 for the school year 2026-2027, payable to the CROUS before registration by each student enrolled in initial training in a higher education institution. You are exempt if you are a need-based grant holder, a refugee with subsidiary protection or an asylum seeker. The fee page also says you can be fully or partly exempt from registration fees by right, for example as a need-based grant holder.

Paris-Saclay’s aid pages describe CROUS need-based grants, which the CROUS of Versailles grants for one year with no automatic renewal; the page does not say whether international applicants qualify. The international scholarships Paris-Saclay lists, the International Master’s Scholarships and the Eiffel programme, are for Master and Doctorate level only, and no undergraduate scholarship for international students appears on its scholarship pages.

CROUS need-based grants

To request a grant and housing for the 2026-2027 rentrée, Paris-Saclay told students to complete the DSE (dossier social étudiant) before 31 May 2026. That deadline has passed and belongs to the 2026-2027 cycle; the page prints no DSE date for 2027-2028. Grant holders can be exempt from registration fees, as Paris-Saclay states on its fee page: exemption by right for need-based grant holders. Paris-Saclay’s pages do not set out CROUS eligibility rules; those sit on the CROUS sites.

International scholarships: Master and Doctorate only

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the International Master’s Scholarships target Paris-Saclay Master’s programmes (national diploma). The France Excellence Eiffel programme funds degree programmes at Master and Doctorate level. Paris-Saclay states that the Eiffel 2027 call (academic year 2027/28) for Master and Doctorate is open. For the Master level, the internal Paris-Saclay application deadline is 26 November 2026.

Neither scheme applies to a first-year Licence application. Paris-Saclay’s scholarship pages list no undergraduate scholarship for international students.

Housing aid and emergency aid

For housing, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay presents Visale, a rental guarantee for students with income but no personal guarantor. On material hardship, the page lists specific aid for students under 35 in particular difficulty.

Université Paris-Saclay points students to many CROUS residences of the Créteil and Versailles CROUS near its campuses and to its own housing platform CASA. Its housing calendar covers the 2026-2027 cycle.

CROUS residences

Paris-Saclay states that many university residences of the Créteil and Versailles CROUS are accessible near its campuses. The CROUS file for 2026-2027 asked students to complete the social file before 31 May 2026 and tick the housing box. For a renewal under the university’s partnership in a Versailles or Créteil CROUS residence for 2026-2027, one condition is not having lived in a university residence for more than five years, with a sixth year possible as an exception.

University housing platform

The university points to CASA Université Paris-Saclay, a housing platform with verified listings for all budgets.

Université Paris-Saclay is not one compact campus: according to the university’s page as of October 2026, it describes itself as made up of four Île-de-France departments and many strategic sites, among them Courtabœuf, Évry, Massy, Orsay, Saclay, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Vélizy and the Bièvre valley. Students get more than 40 libraries, a learning centre called the Lumen and more than 80 sports.

The Lumen building

The site you study on depends on your programme. Check the campus on your programme’s page before you look for housing.

Libraries, sport and health

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s about page lists access to more than 40 libraries and documentation centres, a learning centre, the Lumen, more than 80 sports and student-health schemes. The first-cycle application page adds that library registration is automatic for all students. For sport, the CVEC gives the right to two SUAPS slots over the year without extra charge.

Arrival and Welcome Day

For the 2026 rentrée, Paris-Saclay held a Welcome Day on Thursday 24 September 2026. Paris-Saclay’s news page about that rentrée lists it among the events for international students; the page names no date for the 2027 rentrée.

With student status you may work at most 60% of the annual working time of the sector concerned, or 50% for Algerian nationals, according to the university’s page as of October 2026 on student residence permits.

Working while you study

Paris-Saclay’s residence-permit page expresses this limit as a share of the annual working time of the sector or profession concerned and prints no figure in hours.

Université Paris-Saclay suits applicants who can study a Licence in French, want state-set fees of EUR 178 a year for a Licence in 2026-2027, and accept a file-based route; its pages publish no overall acceptance rate and no French test level. For entry in autumn 2027, Paris-Saclay’s own first-year pages do not name the 2027 cycle; its international-applicants page says, according to the university’s page as of October 2026, that a DAP request must be made between the November and January preceding the academic year.

Who it suits

According to the university’s page as of October 2026, Paris-Saclay’s L1 Droit parcours Droit page lists French as the teaching language, so that Licence suits applicants who can study in French. Paris-Saclay’s own English-taught listing is for Master’s programmes, which is a different application. Paris-Saclay sits at the heart of a territory of four Île-de-France departments and many strategic sites, among them Orsay, Saclay and Évry; check on your programme’s page where it is taught.

Paris-Saclay reports the Shanghai subject rank of 2nd in mathematics for 2026. According to the university’s page as of October 2026, the LDD Mathématiques, Physique et Sciences pour l’Ingénieur page targets first-year students at the level of mention Très bien at the Bac, and the LDD Physique, Chimie page calls its programme “sélectif sur dossier dès le premier semestre”. Those statements describe those programmes only.

Next steps

• Find your route: Parcoursup for EU and EEA nationals entering the first year of a Licence; Études en France for non-EU applicants without a French or European bac who live in a covered country; and, for those who do not live in a covered country, the DAP for the first year of a Licence 1 (Dossier Blanc if you live abroad, Dossier vert if you are resident in France), as the route chapter sets out (according to the university’s page as of October 2026).
• If you file a DAP, the request must be made between the November and January preceding the academic year in which you wish to start your studies in France.
• If your route is Parcoursup, you can make up to 10 wishes without ranking them, and each programme publishes its attendus and examination criteria.
• Read the page of your own programme on Paris-Saclay’s site for its attendus, teaching language and capacity, since those vary by programme.
• Check the 2027-2028 fee note when Paris-Saclay publishes it, and the differentiated-fee conditions, before you budget; the rates printed now are the 2026-2027 rates.

Sources and method

Every number links to a quote from a Paris-Saclay page, with the cycle or session that page states. Where two pages disagree, both figures are shown. Where a page is silent, the text says the university does not publish the item.

Official pages of Université Paris-Saclay (Paris-Saclay University), UCAS, gov.uk and the ranking publishers. Applicant reports, where shown, are self-reported and labelled.

L’école universitaire de premier cycle et les graduate schools | Université Paris-Saclay · À propos de l'Université Paris-Saclay | Université Paris-Saclay · L1 Droit parcours Droit | Université Paris-Saclay · Parcoursup | Université Paris-Saclay · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/admissions/applying-undergraduate-programmes · Droits d'inscription de l'Université Paris-Saclay | Université Paris-Saclay · Inscription administrative | Université Paris-Saclay · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/ldd-physique-chimie · Candidature en premier cycle | Université Paris-Saclay · L1 Droit parcours Law & Advisory | Université Paris-Saclay · Parcoursup : c'est parti ! | Université Paris-Saclay · Classement de Shanghai 2026 : l’Université Paris-Saclay 1ère université française, dans le top 20 des meilleures univers · Classement thématique de Shanghai 2026 | Université Paris-Saclay · 2026 Shanghai Ranking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) | Université Paris-Saclay · Université Paris-Saclay ranked in the global top 80 of the QS World University Rankings 2026 | Université Paris-Saclay · Université Paris-Saclay in the top 50 of the Global Employability University Ranking & Survey 2025 (GEURS) | Université · L1 Economie et Gestion Parcours Economie et Gestion | Université Paris-Saclay · Mathématiques, Physique et Sciences pour l'Ingénieur | Université Paris-Saclay · Informatique, Mathématiques | Université Paris-Saclay · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/economie-mathematiques · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/sciences-de-la-terre-et-sciences-physique · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/droit-sciences-et-innovation · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/staps-sciences-pour-lingenieur · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/sociologie-science-politique · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/mathematiques · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/physique · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/informatique · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/chimie · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/droit-informatique/ldd1-droit-informatique · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/droit-economie/ldd1-droit-economie-0 · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/informatique-sciences-de-la-vie/ldd1-informatique-sciences-de-la-vie-site-versailles · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/informatique-sciences-de-la-vie/ldd1-informatique-sciences-de-la-vie-site-evry · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/mathematiques-sciences-de-la-vie/ldd1-mathematiques-sciences-de-la-vie-0 · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/sciences-et-technologies · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/sciences-de-la-terre · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/staps-activite-physique-adaptee-sante · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/staps-entrainement-sportif · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/sociologie · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/histoire · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/professorat-des-ecoles · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence-double-diplome/ldd-chimie-sciences-de-la-vie · Etudes de santé | Université Paris-Saclay · Droit | Université Paris-Saclay · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/langues-etrangeres-appliquees · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/sciences-de-la-vie · Présentation des études supérieures en France | Université Paris-Saclay · Master’s programmes taught in English | Université Paris-Saclay · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/education/french-higher-education-system · https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/licence/sciences-enseignement-mediation · Aides financières et bourses | Université Paris-Saclay · Bourses d’études et de formation | Université Paris-Saclay · Bourses France Excellence Eiffel | Université Paris-Saclay · Aides au logement | Université Paris-Saclay · Logement | Université Paris-Saclay · Étudiantes et étudiants internationaux : préparez votre rentrée 2026 ! | Université Paris-Saclay · Titres de séjour pour étudiants | Université Paris-Saclay

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