University of Lorraine

University of Lorraine

Université de Lorraine
Latin: Universitas Lotharingiae
Motto	Innovation through the dialogue between knowledge fields
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
Doctoral students	1,900
Location	Nancy, Metz, Epinal, Thionville , Grand Est , France
Campus	Urban
Colors	Black, Yellow and White[1]
Affiliations	Campus Europae, Grands établissements, EPSCP
Website	www.univ-lorraine.fr

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.

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.