The University of Paris VI (also known as Université Pierre et Marie Curie, French: Université Paris VI or Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UPMC), has its main campus located in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Founded in 1971, UPMC is a member of the European Union of Research Universities and the Sorbonne, and has more than 125 laboratories, most of them in collaboration with the French National Center for Scientific Research. The Honorary Rector of the Paris Academy of Sciences, Marc Zamansky, likens the University of Paris VI to the crystallization of scientific thought in the heart of Paris. The school has nine bachelor's degrees in science and technology: mathematics, mathematics-computer information, computer information, mechanics, electronics, physics, chemistry, life sciences and earth sciences; and one multidisciplinary sub-discipline: basic, natural and experimental sciences.