Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL) University, also known as Université PSL or PSL University, is located in Paris, capital of the French Republic. PSL University is an elite, international, world-renowned research university.
Located in France, Paris Sciences & Lettres-PSL University (French: Université PSL) is a world-renowned research institution and a leading international university.
PSL was established in 2010 through the merger of 11 centuries-old Parisian universities and leading research institutes, including Paris Dauphine University (originating from the University of Paris in 1200), École normale supérieure (ENS), École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech), Collège de France, and Institut Curie, among others. As a collegiate university, similar to Oxford and Cambridge, PSL stands as the premier institution of higher learning in France and continental Europe, renowned for its high academic standing and wide influence across fields such as engineering, literature, science, economics, management studies, and medicine.
Consistently Ranked in the Global Top 50
PSL consistently ranks among the top 50 global universities. It was ranked 19th in the CWUR World University Rankings for 2022 and 2024, 21st in the 2023 CWUR rankings, 24th in the QS World University Rankings for 2025, 40th in the THE World University Rankings for 2024, and 41st in the ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2023.
The International Finance Forum (IFF) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental international organization founded in October 2003 by financial leaders from over 20 countries and regions, including China, the United States, the European Union, and emerging economies, along with leaders from international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IFF serves as a long-standing, high-level platform for dialogue, communication, and multilateral cooperation, and has been elevated to F20 (Finance 20) status.
The IFF advocates for an international and market-oriented operational mechanism to enhance the role of finance in supporting sustainable development. It achieves this through its platforms for strategic dialogue, cooperation, communication, practical innovation, research, and training programs.
Since its founding in 2003, the IFF has garnered support from:
The International Finance Forum Institute (IFF Institute) is the IFF’s institute for strategic consulting, academic research, and educational training. Its goal is to establish a new form of international, professional think tank that is independent, transparent, nonprofit, unofficial, and focused on China and other emerging market economies.
The IFF Institute has 10 major global centers in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Washington DC, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. These act as an academic exchange network that integrates and leverages the strength of its members around the world - including the IFF’s hundreds of financial and economic dignitaries, leaders of international financial institutions, heads of large financial institutions, and world-renowned scholars (including over a dozen Nobel Prize winners in economics). This platform of global financial exchange, cooperation, and networking - which is distributed across over 50 countries and regions and has over 50 international and regional partners - enables the world to better understand the real China, and also enables China to better understand the real world.
