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Strasbourg and Alsace join forces with the neighbouring regions of Baden-Württemberg and Northern Switzerland to form a veritable "golden triangle" of technological research and innovation. This geographical area contains a concentration of one of the highest densities of laboratories and research scientists in Europe.
Strasbourg is the home of more than 50,000 students, 20 % of whom are from overseas. It is the most international university city in France after Paris.
The three Strasbourg universities were the first in France to create a European university hub in 1991.
These three universities have really acted as an incubator in Strasbourg. Using them as a starting point and working in tandem, more than a hundred public and private research laboratories have developed.
The Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg encourages the presence and mobility of students and teachers/researchers in the Upper Rhine region. Alongside the Université de Haute-Alsace, the universities of Strasbourg are responsible for the Maison Universitaire France-Japon, the aim of which is to foster relations between teachers and students from both countries.
These universities are an integral part of EUCOR (European Confederation of Universities from the Upper Rhine) working in tandem with the Universities of Karlsruhe, Freiburg-im-Breisgau (Baden-Württemberg), and Basel (Switzerland).
The Université Louis Pasteur (ULP)
- 18,000 students in exact, health, human and social sciences
- more than 1,200 doctoral candidates
- more than 1,200 teachers / researchers
- 74 research units, 44 of which work with the CNRS, 10 with the INSERM and 1 with the INRA
- 13 priority patent applications
- 33 new companies
- 6 million euros in research contracts
- 21 % of its students come from overseas and represent more than 100 nationalities
- 178 bilateral agreements within the framework of the Socrates – Erasmus mobility programme
- participation in university networks like the one in Utrecht (27 universities in 21 European countries)
- strong research and training links with Japanese universities
- partnerships in numerous disciplines with foreign universities (Germany, Canada, Republic of Congo, Denmark, Spain, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom)
The role of the Polytechnicum at the Strasbourg university hub is to federate and foster higher education in sciences and technologies. It groups more than 4,000 students in the six engineering schools based in the Communauté Urbaine :
ECPM, Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials)
ENSPS, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Higher National School of Physics)
EOST, Ecole et Observation des Sciences de la Terre (Earth Sciences School and Observatory)
ESBS, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Higher School of Biotechnology)
ENGEES, Ecole Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement de Strasbourg (Strasbourg National School of Water Engineering and the Environment)
INSA Strasbourg, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (National Institute of Applied Sciences)
The Université Marc Bloch
- more than 13,000 students in humanities and social sciences
more than 700 doctoral candidates
nearly 400 teachers / researchers
23 research teams
24 % of students from overseas
conventions and agreements with European universities, the Balkan summer school
student and teacher exchanges with Hungary, Poland, Tunisia, Morocco and Israel
25 languages taught
participation in the life of the European institutions in Strasbourg
training experts in translation and interpretation
The University Robert Schuman
- more than 9,000 students, in the fields of law, political sciences, management, industrial property, commerce, communication, informatics, journalism and technology
- more than 400 doctoral candidates
- nearly 300 teachers / researchers
- 10 research teams
- 19 % of students from overseas
- participation in international university exchanges
- specific service for the intake of overseas students
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Université Louis Pasteur
Université Marc Bloch
Université Robert Schuman
(Sources : Les chiffres clés des universités d'Alsace 2003/2004, ORESIPE)
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