Areas The university focuses on medical sciences (medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, psychology), biomedical sciences (cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry, biomedical physics), social sciences (sociology, anthropology, linguistics, demographics, science of education), mathematics, computer science and law (information technology law, business law, tax law, public law, private law...). The University Paris Descartes supports a modern approach to social sciences on the basis of
fieldwork,
participant observation and
ethnography (master's degree in cultural and social anthropology at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences). The dual master's degree ("Economics and Psychology" and "Cogmaster") in partnership with other important French academic institutions such as
Panthéon-Sorbonne University and the
École Normale Supérieure emphasizes opportunities offered as far as research is concerned.
CESAMES In 1994
Alain Ehrenberg founded and co-directed the research group "Psychotropics, Politics, Society" (Centre de recherche Psychotropes, Santé mentale, Société, aka CESAMES). This is a joint research unit of Paris Descartes and the
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS - National Centre for Scientific Research), where Ehrenberg is professor of sociology. ==Rankings==