University of Lorraine
Multi-campus public university in Lorraine, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The University of Lorraine (French: Université de Lorraine), abbreviated as UL, is a public research university based in Lorraine, Grand Est region, France. It was created on 1 January 2012, by the merger of Henri Poincaré University, Nancy 2 University, Paul Verlaine University – Metz and the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (INPL). It aimed to unify the main colleges of the Lorraine region. The merger process started in 2009 with the creation of a Pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (PRES) and was completed in 2012.
Université de Lorraine | |
Latin: Universitas Lotharingiae | |
Motto | Innovation through the dialogue between knowledge fields |
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Type | Public |
Established | 2012 (1572) (2012 (1572)) |
Budget | €682 million (2022) |
President | Pierre Mutzenhardt |
Academic staff | 4,000 |
Administrative staff | 3,000 |
Students | 62,000 |
1,900 | |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Black, Yellow and White[1] |
Affiliations | Campus Europae, Grands établissements, EPSCP |
Website | www |
The university has 51 campus sites, over the Lorraine region, the main ones are around Nancy and Metz. The other sites are in the towns of Epinal, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Bar-Le-Duc, Lunéville, Thionville-Yutz, Longwy, Forbach, Saint-Avold, Sarreguemines.
The University of Lorraine has over 62,000 students (10,000 international students, mostly from Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, China, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire) and 7,000 staff.