Election of the 2025 Academic Senate of PSL University

Who is eligible to vote and stand for election?

All directors of research facilities included in the list adopted by the board of directors.

Directors of research units may only vote and stand for election within their sub-college.

How do I create a list?

Each list must consist of a pair, a permanent member and a substitute, from the same research structure, i.e. 

• The director of the organisation, who holds the seat in question;
• A substitute from the same organisation, of the opposite sex to the holder.

How are seats allocated?

The elected representatives of sub-college a) are appointed by and from among the directors of these structures by a single-member plurality vote.

Seats are allocated to ten pairs (one incumbent and one substitute) in descending order of votes obtained. In the event of a tie, the seat is allocated to the pair with the youngest average age.

Who is eligible to vote and stand for election?

1. University professors and associate or visiting professors;
2. University professors who are hospital practitioners and associate or visiting professors in medical or dental disciplines; 
3. Staff from other higher education bodies, treated as professors under the decrees provided for in Article 6 of Decree No. 92-70 of 16 January 1992, as amended, relating to the National Council of Universities, or in Article 5 of Decree No. 87 -31 of 20 January 1987, as amended, relating to the National Council of Universities for medical, dental and pharmaceutical disciplines, as well as associate or visiting lecturers of the same level governed by Decree No. 91-267 of 6 March 1991, as amended, relating to associate or visiting lecturers in certain higher education establishments under the authority of the Minister responsible for higher education;
4. Researchers at the level of research directors in public scientific and technological institutions or any other public or recognised public-interest research institution, and researchers performing similar functions;
5. Contractual staff recruited (pursuant to Article L. 954-3 of the Education Code) to perform teaching, research or teaching and research duties at the level of the staff mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° above.

To be eligible, you must meet the conditions for exercising the right to vote.
To verify this, you must:

• Please ensure that you are registered on the electoral rolls, which will be displayed in the premises of Jourdan, Amyot, Estrapade, at 60 Rue Mazarine, Mazet, Censier, Santeuil and in each constituent institution, associate member and research organisation mentioned in Article 4 of the PSL University statutes (CNRS, INRIA, INSERM) and on the dedicated web portal with secure access, via professional emails, of PSL University, on the ENT of the Paris-PSL Observatory no later than Monday 20 October 2025. On the same date, the other component institutions of PSL University, associate members and research organisations mentioned in Article 4 of the statutes will post a link on their websites redirecting to the PSL University website where the electoral lists are published.
• Check the conditions set out in the decision on the organisation of elections signed by the President of PSL University, in particular Article 5. This decision is published on the PSL University website.

All professors or equivalent staff employed at the time of the election in the constituent institutions and associate members are eligible to vote and stand for election. If you are a member of staff at a research organisation (CNRS, Inserm, Inria), you must be attached to a research unit under the supervision or joint supervision of a component institution or associate member of PSL.

How do I create a list?

Each list consists of a pair: a woman and a man from two different institutions.
NB: The rule that prevails in determining the institution from which a candidate comes is that of the employer (for example: a CNRS staff member working in a unit located at ESPCI counts as a candidate from the CNRS).

How are seats allocated?

The sub-college is elected by a two-round majority vote by and among all researchers, lecturers/researchers and lecturers of rank A at PSL University, its constituent institutions and associate members, and research organisations (CNRS, Inria, Inserm) affiliated with PSL University.

Who is eligible to vote and stand for election?

1. Teachers-researchers or equivalent and associate or guest teachers who do not belong to College A;
2. Lecturers as defined in Article L. 952-1 of the Education Code (secondary school teachers);
3. Other teachers; 
4. Researchers from public scientific and technological institutions or any other public institution, or recognised public research institution;
5. Scientific library staff (librarians);
6. Contractual staff recruited under Article L. 954-3 of the Education Code to perform teaching, research or teaching and research duties who do not belong to College A.

Doctoral students who are employees/contract workers under public law are part of this sub-college c).

Doctoral students who are employees/contract workers under public law are part of this sub-college c). To be eligible, you must meet the conditions for exercising the right to vote.
To verify this, you must:

• Check that you are properly registered on the electoral rolls, which will be published on notice boards in the premises of Jourdan, Amyot, Estrapade, at 60 Rue Mazarine, Mazet, Censier, Santeuil and in each component institution, associate member and research organisation mentioned in Article 4 of the PSL University statutes (CNRS, INRIA, INSERM) and on the dedicated web portal with secure access, via professional emails, of PSL University, on the ENT of the Paris Observatory-PSL no later than Monday 29 September 2025. On the same date, the other component institutions of PSL University, associate members and research organisations mentioned in Article 4 of the statutes will post a link on their websites redirecting to the PSL University website where the electoral lists are published.
• Check the conditions set out in the decision on the organisation of elections signed by the President of PSL University, in particular Article 5. This decision is published on the PSL University website.

All lecturers or equivalent staff members employed at the time of the election are eligible to vote and stand for election. If you are a member of staff at a research organisation (CNRS, Inserm, Inria), you must be attached to a research unit under the supervision or joint supervision of a component institution or associate member of PSL.

How do I create a list?

Each list consists of a pair: a woman and a man from two different institutions.
NB: The rule that prevails in determining the institution from which a candidate comes is that of the employer (for example: a CNRS staff member working in a unit located at ESPCI counts as a candidate from the CNRS).

How are seats allocated? 

The sub-college is elected by a two-round majority vote by and from among all researchers, lecturers/researchers and lecturers of rank B at PSL University, its constituent institutions and associate members and research organisations (CNRS, Inria, Inserm) of PSL University.

Who is eligible to vote and stand for election?

All BIATTS staff within the meaning of Article D 719-15 of the Education Code working at PSL University, a constituent institution, an associate member, or a research organisation (CNRS, Inria, Inserm) of PSL University.

This includes:

1.     engineering, administrative, technical and service staff; 
2.     library staff other than scientific library staff; 
3.     social and health service staff.

All support staff at PSL University (component institutions and associate members, research organisations) who are in post on the date of the election are eligible to vote and stand for election.

If you are a member of staff at a research organisation (CNRS, Inserm, Inria), you must be attached to a research unit under the supervision or joint supervision of a component institution or associate member of PSL.

If you are a contract employee, you must work at least the equivalent of half-time for a minimum of 10 months.

NB: The rule that prevails in determining the institution from which an application originates is that of the employer (for example: a CNRS employee working in a unit located at ESPCI counts as an application originating from the CNRS).

How do I create a list?

Each list shall consist of alternating candidates of each gender. Lists may be incomplete. They must include between 4 and 8 candidates. The first three candidates on the list must come from different institutions.

How are seats allocated?

Elected representatives are appointed by a list system with the highest remainder without vote splitting. Two seats are allocated to the list that obtained the most votes. The other seats are distributed among all the lists. However, lists that did not obtain at least 10% of the votes cast are not eligible for the distribution of seats.

What is a first-past-the-post election?

1) In order to allocate seats among the various lists drawn up by the members of the Academic Senate, the electoral quotient must first be determined. This is obtained by dividing the total number of votes cast by the number of seats to be filled. Each list will obtain as many seats as its score contains times this electoral quotient.

2) If the electoral quotient does not allow all seats to be distributed, the remaining seats are allocated using the “largest remainder method”, which consists of subtracting the total electoral quotients that each list can contain from the number of votes it has, and then comparing the remaining votes. Thus, the unfilled seats are allocated to each list in descending order of unused votes after the first allocation.

Example: The lower school (a) has 10 seats to fill. 1,100 voters cast their ballots. The votes are distributed as follows:
List A: 350 votes
List B: 530 votes
List C: 220 votes

1) Electoral quotient: 1100 / 10 = 110
The different lists obtain:
List A: 350 : 110 = 3.18, the list obtains 3 seats
List B: 530 : 110 = 4.81, the list obtains 4 seats 
List C: 220 : 110 = 2 seats 
Only 9 seats have been allocated, leaving 1 remaining.
The list with the highest remainder will receive the remaining seat.

2) Allocation of the remaining seat to the highest remainder:
To calculate the highest remainder, subtract the total number of electoral quotients that each list can contain from the number of votes on that list, then compare the remaining votes, as follows:
List A: 350 - (3 x 110) = 20
List B: 530 - (4x110) = 90
List C: 220 – (2x 110) = 0
List B obtains the remaining seat.

Final result:
List A: 3 seats
List B: 5 seats
List C: 2 seats

Who is eligible to vote and stand for election?

• Students who are duly enrolled at the University, including doctoral students who are not salaried employees or under public law contracts;
• Individuals who are duly enrolled at PSL University and are enrolled in continuing education programmes in preparation for a degree or competitive examination.

Students enrolled in a programme at PSL University, its constituent institutions, associate members and research organisations (CNRS, Inria, Inserm) are eligible to vote and stand for election.

How do you create a list?

Each list shall consist of alternating candidates of each gender. Lists may be incomplete. They must include between 8 and 16 candidates.
Each list submitted must meet the following conditions:

• The first three candidates in order of ranking must be administratively enrolled in three different component institutions.
• It shall be composed of students belonging to at least two of the following three categories: undergraduate students, master's students, and non-contractual doctoral students under public law at PSL University or a component institution, associate member, or research organisation mentioned in Article 4 of the PSL University statutes.

How are the seats allocated?

The elected representatives are chosen through a list-based proportional representation system using the largest remainder method, with no panachage. Two seats are allocated to the list that has received the highest number of votes. The remaining seats are distributed among all the lists. However, lists that have not obtained a number of votes equal to at least 10% of the votes cast are not admitted to the allocation of seats.

Who is eligible to vote and to stand for election?

Those eligible to vote and to stand for election are the members of the Board of Directors of the PSL-alumni association, as well as the members of the Boards of Directors of the member associations of PSL-alumni within the scope of Université PSL (component institutions and associate members).

How do you create a list?

Each list must be composed by alternating candidates of each sex. To be valid, lists must include four candidates in total. The first two candidates on the list must come from different institutions.

How are the seats allocated?

The elected representatives are chosen through a list-based proportional representation system using the largest remainder method, with no panachage. However, lists that have not obtained a number of votes equal to at least 10% of the votes cast are not admitted to the allocation of seats.

Who is eligible to vote and to stand for election?

All teaching staff and researchers, including equivalent positions, as well as other salaried staff of institutions recognised as partners of Université PSL, are eligible to vote and to stand for election:

• École française d’Extrême-Orient;
• École nationale d’administration;
• École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris;
• École nationale supérieure des métiers de l’image et du son – La Fémis;
• Lycée Louis-le-Grand;
• Lycée Henri-IV;
• Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris.

How do you create a list?

The composition of candidate lists is unrestricted. They must be complete and include six candidates from one or more institutions recognised as partners of Université PSL.

How are the seats allocated?

The elected representatives are chosen through a list-based proportional representation system using the largest remainder method, with no panachage. Seats are distributed among all the lists. However, lists that have not obtained a number of votes equal to at least 10% of the votes cast are not admitted to the allocation of seats.