The University of Orléans is a public university located in the Centre-Val de Loire region, one hour by train from Paris. OSUC is one of the faculties of this university.
The Geosciences Campus, comprising OSUC and ISTO, is located on CNRS campus in Orléans, which brings together a number of laboratories from all scientific disciplines, including LPC2E, a founding laboratory of OSUC along with ISTO.