University of Strasbourg

University of Strasbourg

Our pledge
We would like to build a setup accessible online 24/7 for students taking part of the European programme DigiQ. This experimental setup would be made in cooperation with the University of Barcelone with whom we are already sharing some students for practicals. This will reach around 150 students each year.

About
Located in the heart of Europe, the University of Strasbourg is heir to a great tradition born of the humanism of the 16th century when Jean Sturm created an institution where one could study theology, philosophy, medicine and law. Being moved back and forth between France and Germany for three centuries, the University shaped its bicultural identity, which still transpires nowadays. On 1 January 2009 the University of Strasbourg was born – a unique and pioneering example of merging 3 universities in France. European by nature and international by design, the University’s fundamental training and research goals include forging partnerships with European and international universities with nearly 55 000 students (including 22 % of international students).
A genuine proponent of multilingualism and cross-cultural dialogue, the University offers access to 28 modern languages, 123 multinational diplomas, jointly supervised doctorates, upholding renowned international postgraduate schools and student exchange agreements.
Research is a major asset for the University’s international development. Thanks to the worldwide reputation of its research teams, built on excellence and efficiency, the University of Strasbourg emerges among Europe’s foremost research. The scale of research activity at Strasbourg is substantial, involving a Doctoral College and its 10 doctoral schools and 70 research units. The University employs over 2 800 teachers and teacher-researchers divided between 4 main fields: Law, Economics, Management; Social Sciences and Humanities; Sciences and Technology; Life and Health Sciences, together with cross-border opportunities.
As a centre of excellence in biology, biotechnology, medicine, chemistry, material physics, and space science, the University also actively participates in the development of social sciences through activities at the Maison Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l’Homme-Alsace. The University is involved in national and European research projects within various programmes. Since 2009, the University of Strasbourg obtained 74 FP7 projects, 101 Horizon 2020 projects, 57 Horizon Europe, 74 INTERREG projects and 438 projects under the French National Research Programme (ANR).
Numerous prestigious prizes have been awarded to our world-class researchers, testifying of the quality of the research at the University of Strasbourg, including:
– 4 Nobel Prizes: Jean-Pierre Sauvage in 2016 (Chemistry), Martin Karplus in 2013 (Chemistry); Jules Hoffman in 2011 (Medicine); Jean-Marie Lehn in 1987 (Chemistry)
– 1 Kavli Prize: Thomas Ebbesen in 2014 (Nanosciences)
– 21 researchers honored by the European Research Council since 2008 among the 60 ERC laureates on the regional site (Unistra and other public research organisations in Strasbourg)
– 3 Izatt-Christensen Prizes : Jean-Pierre Sauvage in 1991, Mir Wais Hosseini in 2014 and Luisa de Cola in 2019 (Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry)
The University of Strasbourg is active in many partnerships:
– more than 400 partner institutions in Europe and 175 in the rest of the world,
– more than 60 international partnership programmes,
– founding member of Eucor – The European Campus and of LERU (League of European Research Universities),
– member of international academic consortia: The Franco-German University, Utrecht Network, AC21.
The field of Sciences and Technologies draws on partnerships with over 120 universities and with major industrial organisations.