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Since its creation in 1969, UPS has been expanding its offer of multidisciplinary education in science, health, engineering, technology, and sports, developing one of the most important scientific research clusters in France. Centered 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. UPS places the human being at the center of its concerns and affirms its role in contributing to the development of all. Fully integrated with the modern world and focused on our society's future, 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. 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 harmonization of qualifications, professional training attuned to the world of employment, and proactive teaching strategies (supervision and tutorial, internships, professional prospects...), UPS is continuously innovating, bringing realism 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. As one of France's top research establishments, UPS is active in public research at the highest level, working with excellence clusters and creating numerous partnerships with major scientific bodies. Recognized across Europe and worldwide, UPS research laboratories function in a scientific research context that works both with the core disciplines, and transversal scientific applications, sharing their work results to increase productivity in core research and encourage knowledge transfer. The links UPS makes with the rest of the world take many forms, both in education and research: a partnership with prestigious foreign universities, bilateral research and education agreements, bilingual teaching, developing European (Socrates, Léonardo) and international (Tassep, Crepuq, etc.) mobility programs. A large number of international students come to study at Université Paul Sabatier. UPS encourages and supports its students' cultural projects and throughout the year organizes events that are open to all: lectures, forums, live performances, theatrical competitions, film-showings, concerts, exhibitions, workshops, and internships... Located in Toulouse (Rangueil, Purpan, and Jules-Guesde campuses) and the Midi-Pyrénées region in Albi, Auch, Castres, and Tarbes, as well as at the Pic du Midi, and in Bagnères and Lannemezan, UPS offers diverse patterns of life, fully integrated into the regional context. UPS is the primary descendant of the Université de Toulouse, itself founded in the 13th Century, making Toulouse one of the oldest university towns in Europe, alongside Bologna, Oxford, Paris, and Salamanca. Today this significant regional capital is France's second-largest university town, with 120,000 students. The city (800,000 inhabitants) incorporates a very active scientific and technological cluster and a dense, very animated urban center. Toulouse is a city of the south, rich in science and technology and history culture, sports and .color The Social and Cultural Action Service (Service Culturel et l'Action Sociale - SCAS) is tasked with organizing, setting up, running, and managing Social Action for the Université Paul Sabatier staff. It contributes to improving working and living conditions for all permanent, temporary, and retired staff, enhancing university life in partnership with other university structures (Department of Student Life), CEVU (Council on Studies and Student Life), SCRAPS (Service for Physical Activities and Sports). Alongside the competent University departments, the department informs staff of their social rights. It helps with social issues and access for all staff to various social or cultural services and resources. It contributes to improving working and living conditions for all permanent, temporary, and retired staff, enhancing university life in partnership with other university structures. (Department of Student Life, CEVU, SCRAPS). View full university