Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP; French for "Institute of Geophysics of Paris") is a French governmental, non-profit research and higher education establishment located in Paris, dedicated to the study of earth and planetary sciences by combining observations, laboratory analysis and construction of conceptual analogical and numerical models. The institute mission is to achieve excellency in research and academic education in the fields of geosciences through several peer-reviewed governmental and international programs. The institute has 14 research devisions and 6 observatories. IPGP is also in charge by the French government of monitoring the active volcanoes on French territories in addition to the management of the worldwide network of seismological stations GEOSCOPE, and a major contribution to the worldwide network of magnetic observatories INTERMAGNET. IPGP maintains permanent volcanologic observatories in Réunion ("Piton de la Fournaise"), Guadeloupe ("La Soufrière") and Martinique (Mount Pelée) islands. The institute also maintains several state of the art analytical facilities in applied geophysics as well as a park of a variety of geophysical instrumentations.

IPGP maintains three campuses in the Paris area, Its main headquarter location is presently inside the Jussieu Campus in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, although it is underway to move in 2010 to a state of the art dedicated facility adjacent to the Jardin des Plantes. IPGP has a second campus located 6 km to the east of Paris were it undergo space and planetary science activities ranging from building geophysical space instruments and sensors to planetary data analysis. The third campus is located in Paris VII university and is mainly dedicated for teaching. IPGP maintain a staff of nearly 500 persons, it is one of the world's largest geophysical institutions, ranked second among the best research institutes in natural sciences in France and employs many world-renowned Earth scientists.

External links

* [http://www.ipgp.jussieu.fr/ IPGP website] (in French)
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=paris,+france&ll=48.847307,2.356803&spn=0.006010,0.020548&t=h&hl=en Satellite image of Jussieu Campus from Google Maps]

See also

* Grands établissements