Grenoble Alpes University

Université Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble-Alpes-logo
Latin: Universitas Gratianopolitana
Former name
University of Grenoble
(1339–1970), UPMF & UJF & Stendhal (1971–2015)
Motto
Veritas Liberabit
Motto in English
Truth shall set you free
TypePublic
Established1339 (1339)
FounderHumbert II of Viennois
Budget€450 million
Presidentunder provisional administration[1]
Academic staff
3,000
Administrative staff
2,500
Students60,000[2] (2020)
Location,
CampusUrban/College town
432 acres (175 ha)
AffiliationsAurora, EUA, AUF, SGroup
Websitewww.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "Grenoble Alps University") is a public research university and a grand établissement in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers.[3]

Established as the University of Grenoble by Humbert II of Viennois, it split in 1970 following the wide-spread civil unrest of May 1968. Three of the University of Grenoble's successors—Joseph Fourier University, Pierre Mendès-France University, and Stendhal University—merged in 2016 to restore the original institution under the name Université Grenoble Alpes. In 2020, the Grenoble Institute of Technology, the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, and the Grenoble School of Architecture also merged with the original university.

The university is organized around two closely located urban campuses: Domaine Universitaire, which straddles Saint-Martin-d'Hères and Gières, and Campus GIANT in Grenoble. UGA also owns and operates facilities in Valence, Chambéry, Les Houches, Villar-d'Arêne, Mirabel, Échirolles, and La Tronche.[4][5]

The city of Grenoble is one of the largest scientific centers in Europe,[6][7] hosting facilities of every existing public research institution in France. This enables UGA to have hundreds of research and teaching partnerships, including close collaboration with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). After Paris, Grenoble as a city is the largest research center in France with 22,800 researchers. In April 2019, UGA was selected to host one of the four French institutes in artificial intelligence.[8]

  1. ^ https://www.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/medias/fichier/arrete-administrateur-provisoire-uga-2024_1707474427667-pdf?ID_FICHE=1206757&INLINE=FALSE
  2. ^ (in French) Petitdemange, Amélie (September 2019). "Classements, attractivité… Pourquoi les universités et les écoles se regroupent". Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ Flochlay, Anne-Claire. "Université Grenoble Alpes". Université Grenoble Alpes. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. ^ "ComUE - Les chiffres-clés de la Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes". www.communaute-univ-grenoble-alpes.fr. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  5. ^ "GIANT campus". www.giant-grenoble.org. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ^ Esposito, Mark (November 2011). "The Grenoble Cluster of Minalogic: France's most competitive pole?".
  7. ^ "Virgile Adam, PhD". Virgile Adam, PhD.
  8. ^ "La France lance officiellement ses quatre Instituts Interdisciplinaires d'Intelligence Artificielle". usinenouvelle.com (in French). 25 April 2019.

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