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University of Perpignan
In 1350, the King of Aragon founded the University of Perpignan. Characterized by a multidisciplinary approach since its inception, this approach continues to define the University today, some 670 years later.
The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) is modestly sized, local and multidisciplinary, and is open to Occitania, Southern Catalonia and to the International world. It is located in an ideal setting, at the centre of three metropolises: Montpellier, Toulouse and Barcelona.
The UPVD has converged its strengths and skills to create a collective dynamic adapted to the challenges of global change. As these changes bring about problems that can only be dealt with in a multidisciplinary manner, the UPVD benefits from undeniable assets and a particularly favourable regional, national and international context.
The academics and research at the University of Perpignan focus on Man within his environment, over a long time period (for 560,000 years, Tautavel) in order to adapt to new constraints, to support expected transitions and to propose future solutions. This work addresses the adaptation of plants to climate change as well as the effects induced in parasitology, the need to develop techniques for restoring fish stocks or the treatment of plastics at sea. Further, we are invested in the invention of the energies of tomorrow, the creation of future regulations to encourage greater sustainability and in the conceptualisation of an evolved concept of Man within his environment.
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Université de Picardie – Jules Verne
The UPJV was created in 1969 as part of an unprecedented reform of French higher education (law of 12 November 1968). In the UPJV’s half century of existence, it has become a major player in the cultural, social and economic development of its territory. It has developed strong links with the local industrial base, which it stimulates through its innovative research activities, but also through the training of highly qualified executives.
The level of excellence of its collaborative and creative research, and its delocalised diplomas, allow it to shine beyond the Hauts-de-France region, in France and internationally. Attached to the values of humanism and the sharing of knowledge, the UPJV is a regional university open to the world, committed for more than 50 years to the service of people and society!
Read moreUniversity of Poitiers
The University of Poitiers is symbiotically rooted in its region, getting as close as possible to institutional, economic, cultural and academic actors.
The University of Poitiers is located mainly in Greater Poitiers, on the campuses of central Poitiers, Poitiers-East and Futuroscope. It has also developed campuses in Niort and Angoulême, where it offers undergraduate (including the 2-year DUT diplomas) and postgraduate studies. It also has sites in Châtellerault and Segonzac.
With five main fields of training, the University of Poitiers offers, within the same institution, courses in all disciplines and at all levels, from 2-year diplomas to PhDs. There are no other higher education structures, besides universities, that offer such a wide range.
Some professions are only accessible through specialized schools, but we provide training that can be one of the gateways to such specific schools.
The major fields of training at the University of Poitiers:
- Legal, economic and management sciences
- Life, sports and health sciences
- Science and technology
- Humanities, Literature, Languages and Arts
- Teaching and Education Sciences
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Université de la Polynésie française
Université de la Polynésie française has several missions:
Formal and lifelong education through a diverse range of national or university diplomas.
Scientific and technical research, as well as the promotion of its results:
- 5 laboratories, including a mixt research unit
- Contribution to scientific and technical development along with research organisation, French state and French Polynesia
- Study and use of polynesian landmarks
Integration into the world of work for students:
- Centre for orientation, internships and occupational integration
- Professionalisation of the training
- Higher education orientation days
- Job fair
- Les Doctoriales, Ma thèse en 180 secondes
Promotion of scientific culture and scientific and technical information:
- Organisation of international symposiums
- Publications by university lecturers and researchers
- Series of lectures Savoirs pour tous
- University library, Fonds polynésien
International cooperation:
- Hosting of foreign students, inter-universities staff exchange
- Erasmus (mobility in the European Union)
- Agreements with universities in the Pacific area
- Assistance for French people abroad
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Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France
Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France stems from the evolution of Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis.
In 2016, leaning on the multi-disciplinarity of the institution (except for health studies), Professor Abdelhakim Artiba, University chairman, united the university community on a unique projet in France: a polytechnical university. In Septemer 2019, France state created the Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France through a decree, and approved its statutes of Experimental institution.
Nowadays, the institution offers 160 trainings, divided up in 3 composing institutions:
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) Hauts-de-France
- Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Valenciennes
- Ecole Supérieure d’Art de Cambrai.
and 2 components:
- Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT)
- Institut Sociétés et Humanités.
Research at Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France relies on 8 laboratories:
- LAMIH : Laboratoire d’Automatique, de Mécanique, d’Informatique Industrielles et Humaines
- LMCPA : Laboratoire des Matériaux Céramiques et Procédés Associés
- IEMN DOAE : Ultrasons, télécommunications, micro-systèmes acoustiques, électronique
- LAMAV : Laboratoire des Mathématiques et ses applications
- DeVisU : Information – communication / Design, Visuel, Urbain
- DeScripto : Cultures, arts, littératures, histoire, imaginaires, sociétés, territoires, environnement
- CRISS : Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences de la Société
- LMI : Laboratoire de Mathématiques pour l’Ingénieur.
and 3 axis:
- Transportation, Mobility and Smart, safe and sustainable urbanism
- Engineering for health, disability and silver autonomy
- Creation: Sciences, Arts and Industries (conception, writing, imaginaries, representations).
URCA
This multidisciplinary university (URCA) develops innovative, fundamental and applied research. It provides more than 25 000 students with a wide initial undergraduate studies program which corresponds to society’s needs in all domains of the knowledge. The university also accompanies independent or company backed students in continuing professional development training.
Fulfilling students’ needs is a top priority and URCA developed the student citizenship through the evaluation of its formations and is equipped with a student-services desk uniquely devoted to providing new students with information, a help desk to help students get employment placement and a follow-up evaluation.
URCA is situated in five different cities: Reims (main site), Troyes, Charleville-Mézières, Châlons en Champagne and Chaumont. The university largely contributes to the development of Champagne-Ardenne through its partnerships with local and national companies and the regional authorities. With 1557 teachers and teachers-researchers among whom 126 are hospital practitioners as well as a technical and administrative staff of 1038, URCA is one of the biggest employers of the region.
URCA aims to appeal to international students and has consequently introduced the construction of an interregional and international cluster (PRES) which will include the main institutions of higher education of Champagne-Ardenne and Picardie, and Walloon universities.
Situated in the heart of the Ile-de-France, the Rhineland, Northern Europe and Italy, URCA occupies a geostrategic position which is favorable to European and international exchanges. The fact that the TGV is accessible in the Roissy airport facilitates transportation to the university which is only ten minutes away.
By choosing the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne as an institution of higher education one opts for quality education and innovative fundamental and applied research. In addition, the size of the university contributes to the success of the students by offering a working environment convenient to achieving success and which encourages international mobility.
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Read moreUniversité de Rennes 1
Located in the centre of a human-scale city, Université de Rennes 1 is just 1,5 hour away from Paris.
Université de Rennes 1 is the direct predecessor of Brittany’s first university, founded in Nantes in 1461 by François ll, Duke of Brittany. After its official dissolution in 1793, the ducal university became an imperial, secular and independent university, in 1808 in Rennes and the west. The decree of 23rd December 1970 created Université de Rennes 1 as we know it today.
Université de Rennes 1 is a research-intensive university, willing to fully take part in the major challenges of innovation and knowledge of our century. Its expertise in research and its links with the economic sector have made Université de Rennes 1 renowned on an international scale.
Université de Rennes 1 is a member of the European Digital UniverCity (EDUC), one of the first European alliances, selected by the European commission in 2019. EDUC aims to strengthen the European identification process by enhancing knowledge creation and by putting forward European skills acquisition through digitally supported cross-campus and cross-disciplinary teaching activities as well as various learning opportunities.
Université de Rennes 1 has 4 main research sectors, linked to four graduate schools:
- Mathematics and ICT (Information and Communication Sciences & Technologies),
- Life and Health Sciences,
- Material Sciences, engineering and technology
- Humanities and Social Sciences (Law, Economics, Management, Philosophy, Journalism, Political Science)
HAL portal: https://hal-univ-rennes1.archives-ouvertes.fr/
Read moreRennes 2 University
Rennes 2 University is the largest centre for research and higher education in the fields of human and social sciences in western France.
As one of the major public universities in France almost exclusively devoted to arts, humanities and social sciences, Rennes 2 strives to provide excellence through education and innovation within a dynamic learning environment. Our university welcomes more than 24,000 students to its 5 different faculties:
- Arts, Literature, and Communication
- Modern Languages
- Human Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Sports Sciences
Rennes 2 main campus is located in the heart of the city Rennes, the capital of picturesque Brittany. The university helps contribute to regional and national dynamism through the variety of our educational offer, research and cultural vitality. Rennes itself is the 8th largest student city in France, with more than 60,000 students.
While fostering local cooperation has always been a part of Rennes 2’s DNA, it also has an increasingly global perspective. With over 3,000 international students and 265 partners worldwide, the students and staff are now, more than ever, creating strong relationships with university and research institutions around the globe.
Rennes 2 students also benefit from an exceptional and diversified linguistic offer of 19 foreign languages. Rennes 2 is also home to the premier French-language learning center – the CIREFE.
HAL portal: https://hal.univ-rennes2.fr/
Read moreUniversity of Reunion Island
The University of Reunion Island is a French public higher education and research institution, located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, one of Europe’s outermost regions. By virtue of its unique geostrategic position it is the only European university in the region.
15 000 students are admitted every year at six sites in St Denis (Moufia, Victoire, Bellepierre and the University Technology Park), Le Tampon and Saint Pierre.
Through its research, international influence, range of courses on offer and student living conditions, the University of Reunion Island has many advantages that enable it to play a key role as an interface between Europe and the Indian Ocean.
The University of Reunion Island offers a whole range of full-time and vocational multi-disciplinary and diversified curricula:
- European standard-compliant LMD (Bachelor, Master, PhD) degrees in three fields “Arts & Social Sciences”, “Law, Economics and Management”, “Science, Technology & Health”;
- job-oriented courses (vocational Bachelor’s degree, undergraduate technology degrees, etc.) in widely different fields such as Civil Engineering, Air Conditioning, Banking & Insurance or Networks & Telecommunications;
- engineering degrees in three domains “Innovation & Integrated Agri-Food Development”, “Telecommunication, Computer and Multimedia Services”, “Sustainable Construction & Environment”.
The University of Reunion Island is composed of 5 Faculties, 3 Institutes, 1 Engineering School, 1 Teacher Training School, 1 Observatory of the Sciences of the Universe, 1 Training Centre and 1 Language Centre:
- Faculty of Law and Economics
- Faculty of Sciences and Technology
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Human Sciences and Environment
- Faculty of Health
- Institute of Business Administration
- University Institute of Technology
- Teacher Training School
- Engineering School
- Observatory of the Sciences of the Universe
- Confucius Institute
- Training Centre
- Language Centre
The University of Reunion Island houses 21 research labs.
Read moreUniversity Savoie Mont Blanc
With 15,000 students, a academics rich and multidisciplinary offer of and 19 laboratories of research Internationally recognized, the University Savoie Mont Blanc (Chambéry) is an establishment on a human scale that combines proximity to its territories and a wide opening on Europe and the world.
Between Geneva, Turin, Lyon and Grenoble, on the borders of Switzerland and Italy, with the unfailing support of the communities that gave birth to it, it is a territorial, regional and cross-border player, a major player in social, economic and cultural development.
The research is run by recognised, labelled and distinguished laboratories that are involved in close partnerships with major organisations (CNRS, CEA, INRA), international organisations (CERN) or other structures (INES, Institut de la Montagne) that are also at the cutting edge of innovation. Our researchers are strongly involved in a few fields that accompany territorial dynamics: mountains, mechatronics, the organisation, tourism, image and energy sectors. Together with physics, they contribute to the visibility of the Université Savoie Mont Blanc in niches where its reputation is internationally recognized.
Read moreUniversité Sorbonne Nouvelle
Founded in 1970, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle stems from the former Litterature faculty of University of Paris.
At the heart of Latin Quarter, and through Paris 5th arrondissement, Sorbonne Nouvelle offers several multidisciplinary high level education in Languages, Litterature, Arts and Media, Humanities and Social Sciences.
These trainings offer a variety of job prospects: teaching, research, publishing, resource management, performing arts (comedy, cinema, audiovisual), communication, journalism, coordination of cultural projects, translation and interpretation, in Europe or worldwide. Education at Sorbonne Nouvelle also relies on reputed research in modern humanities.
Read moreParis University 13
Paris University 13 is one of the thirteen universities that were created after the reorganization of the old Sorbonne after 1968.
It now has 24,000 students, spread across five campuses pursuing degrees or continuing education.
Truly multi-disciplinary in nature, Paris University 13 is a major center of teaching and research in the north of Paris.
The fundamental mission of Paris University 13 is to improve the scientific, cultural and professional knowledge of all through initial and continuing education and the development of research, which is its essential foundation.
In accordance with this mission, Paris University 13 pursues the following objectives :
- To welcome, inform and guide the choices of its students and provide them with initial and/or continuing education, particularly so that they obtain degrees.
- To develop research in science and technology as well as spread and extract value from findings
- To support students in their choice of courses and their entry into working life
- To support all desirable form of relations within the regional environment
- To enrich the culture and the scientific and technical knowledge of the academic community and the regional population
- To promote cooperation with other universities both nationally and internationally, particularly by participating in the European Higher Education Area
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Université de technologie de Compiègne
UTC, a public institution with a scientific, cultural and professional nature, was born in 1972, as an experimental technology university.
Be it about education, research, international perspective or interaction with companies, UTC regularly ranks at the top of engineering schools.
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Research, education and technology transfer are the core missions of Université de technologie de Troyes (UTT). Au public institution established in Troyes in 1994, UTT now ranks among the 10 most recognized engineers schools in France.
Each year, it trains over 3.100 students, issuing master’s degrees and doctorates.
Both a university and a Grande école, UTT relies on 8 research teams to offer education embracing the whole higher education scope: bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, engineer’s degree, doctorate, short and professionalising trainings, specialised graduate degrees, APEL, language certifications.
The trainings offered match companies’ expectations.
The 5-year engineer studies is customised from the very start, enabling each student to match his education to his career objectives.
University of Toulon
Founded in 1968 and independently managed since January 1st 2012, the University of Toulon (UTLN) places the University’s attractiveness at the core of its long-term strategic plan.
Well-established throughout the region, the University of Toulon works closely with the region’s social and economic institutions to tailor its academic programmes and research activities to their needs.
The University of Toulon is an interdisciplinary institution with 3 campuses. The University offers a hundred different degrees (excluding medical school) and operates 15 Research Units.
The University of Toulon offers a hundred different degrees in the following fields :
- Art, Literature and Languages (ALL)
- Law, Economics and Management (DEG)
- Humanities and Social Sciences (SHS)
- Sciences, Technology and Health (STS)
The University of Toulon is proud of the quality of its academic programmes and the support from the Department of Academics and Student Life (DEVE) and the Department of Continuing Education (FTLV).
Each Faculty has its own Academic and Development Committee to ensure the quality and attractiveness of its degree programmes.
Research is a fundamental element of French universities. The University of Toulon has nearly 300 professors/researchers and 15 dynamic and internationally recognized Research Units.
The University’s Research Units regularly organise and participate in seminars and symposiums and actively publish their research.
Having a wide range of research programmes is a valuable asset which facilitates an interdisciplinary approach. The three main areas of research at the University of Toulon are :
- Sea, Environment, and Sustainable Development
- Information
- Comparative Euro-Mediterranean Civilisations and Societies
University Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
Founded in 1229, the University earned a great reputation in the 16th century hosting prestigious humanist thinkers such as Rabelais, Michel Servet, Etienne Dolet, Michel de l’Hospital and Montaigne.
In 1808, the institution became an imperial University and consisted of the Faculties of Catholic and Protestant Theology, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Law, of Sciences, and a School of Medicine.
Reaching its full development in the 20th century, the Faculty of Humanities is transferred in 1968 from the centre of Toulouse to its current location, the newly-built Mirail district which gave its name to the campus.
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University Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier
The name of the University Toulouse 3 is a tribute to Paul Sabatier, a scientist born in Carcassonne in 1854. Winner of the 1912 Chemistry Nobel Prize, Paul Sabatier was the dean of the faculty of sciences in Toulouse, and a member of the Académie des sciences. Under the aegis of this scholar, University Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier is proud to train over 35.000 students and to host 64 research labs.
University Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier’s roots go back to the 13th century; however, its birth occurs in 1969, when the faculty of Medicine, the faculty of Pharmacy, and the faculty of Sciences merge. The diversity of its laboratories and the quality of the training in sciences, health, sports, technologies and engineering are responsible for the University’s standing in the last 50 years, and rank it among the top universities in the world. It is among the 300 best establishments for scientific performances in the international ranking of National University of Taïwan (NTU ranking).
Read moreUniversity of Tours
Multidisciplinary (Arts & Humanities, Law, Economics & Social Sciences, Literature & Languages, Medicine, Sciences & Technology, 2 Institutes of Technology (IUT), 1 Centre for Advanced Renaissance Studies, 1 Graduate School of Engineering), the University is located in the heart of Tours but also in Blois.
With over 36 research laboratories, it is the leading public research institution in the Centre Val de Loire region.
It is distinguished by the richness of its culture, with a theatre with nearly 600 seats and a student cultural passport giving access to more than 65 regional cultural activities and events at special rates!
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Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is a leading multidisciplinary higher education and research institution. The quality of UVSQ’s undergraduate and graduate programs (master’s programs, doctorates, post-doctoral fellowships) is backed by the compelling research programs conducted in UVSQ research centers and laboratories.
UVSQ is a medium size university (20 000 students) located in the Southwestern suburb of Paris, where internationally known businesses are established (such as Renault, PSA, Dassault…) as well as renowned French research institutes (CNRS, INRA, CEA…).
Spread over 5 campuses with 19,000 students, UVSQ offers more than 200 disciplinary programs which allow it to welcome international students interested in studying in France for a semester, an academic year, or the full duration of a degree program. UVSQ faculties offer academic and professionally-focused undergraduate and graduate programs in many fields of study such as:
- Law,
- Political science,
- History,
- Geography,
- Economics,
- Management,
- Media and cultural studies,
- French Language,
- Medicine and Health,
- Biology,
- Chemistry,
- Physics,
- Mathematics, etc.
About 12% of UVSQ students are in apprenticeship training degrees which creates a solid bond with the economic environment and maintains the strength of the industrial sector partnership of the University. UVSQ also develops strong international cooperations with 120 universities throughout the world.
Ranked 12th in the French university of the 2019 World University ranking THE and 2nd in the 2018 Shanghai ranking in Atmospheric Sciences, the UVSQ places pedagogical innovation, professionalization and internationalization of its programs at the heart of its strategy.
The excellence of UVSQ as a research university is assured by its 39 laboratories and research institutions and is locally, nationally and internationally recognized as a source of expertise and resources. Heritage, materials, climate, environment, space science, public health, epidemiology, and disability are all fields in which UVSQ has become a major player, both within research networks and beyond.
These laboratories foster innovative, cross-disciplinary research that anticipates societal concerns, informs citizens and advice decision-makers.
UVSQ’s research laboratories are grouped into doctoral schools for the teaching and research supervision of PhD students.
UVSQ has strong links with the Department of Justice and university hospital centers (CHU), prestigious French research organizations such as CNRS, CEA, INSERM, INRA, INRIA, ONERA and with other French universities through its Joint Research Units (UMR in French).
UVSQ bases its research policy on 8 major lines of research:
- Climate, environment and sustainable development
- Culture and heritage
- Inflammation, infection, cancer and environment
- Public health: epidemiology, aging and cohort studies
- Disability
- Institutions, organizations and public policy
- Innovative materials: from concepts to applications
- Modeling and simulation of complex systems
The university participates in twenty state-funded “Investment for the Future” programs of the French government. With a dozen technology platforms, five industrial research chairs and participation in six competitiveness clusters, UVSQ actively cultivates projects with high potential for knowledge and technology transfer with industry partners in strategic sectors of the French economy.
USVQ campuses are located in exceptional natural, historical and cultural settings close to Paris.
The science campus is located in the city of Versailles, near the Palace of Versailles and many historical sites. Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines that houses the humanities, law and health campuses, stands out for its parks and vibrant cultural life. Each campus has its own library, dining center and plenty of student accommodations nearby.
Choosing to study at UVSQ means choosing a university on a human scale. Joining UVSQ, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a campus life full of energy.
UVSQ also values all talents by offering programs outside the student curriculum (free EU). In addition to the main academic disciplines, students have the opportunity to participate in an artistic, sporting, social or associative EU valued by ECTS in order to develop new skills or simply to perfect their general knowledge.
UVSQ is a founding member of the world-class academic research cluster Université Paris-Saclay, which is a consortium of outstanding higher education and research institutions, constituting the largest research hub in France.
The institutions of the consortium Université Paris-Saclay share more and more of their educational and research activities: since 2015/2016, the entire doctoral training offer and most courses in master studies are pooled with other partners of the consortium, which increases the conditions for internationalization of these Programs.
VetAgro Sup
VetAgro Sup is an institution of higher education and research (ESR) under the aegis of the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food. It is the only establishment in France that trains veterinarians, agricultural engineers, and veterinary public health inspectors. It also runs educational and research programmes centred on the essential theme of global health, addressing issues at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health.
VetAgro Sup has strong academic ties. It has officially partnered with the University of Lyon and the University of Clermont Auvergne and Associates, which were classified as IDEX and I-Site establishments, respectively, in 2017.
VetAgro Sup possesses expertise that it parlays into support for major economic players at the national, European, and international level. It specialises in the domains of food, animal health, the agricultural sciences, and the environmental sciences.
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