University of Rennes

University of Rennes

Université de Rennes
Latin: Universitatis Redonensis
Motto	La volonté de progresser, d'innover, d'entreprendre (French)
Motto in English	The will to progress, innovate, and undertake
Type	Public research non-profit coeducational higher education institution
Established	1460; 564 years ago (1460) (as Duke's University of Brittany) 2023 (2023) (current legal status)
Endowment	€280 M
President	David Alis[1]
Academic staff	4,500
Students	37,200
Location	Rennes , Brittany , France
Campus	Rennes, Lannion, Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Malo
Colors	Black   and   White
Website	www.univ-rennes.fr

The University of Rennes is a public research university located in Rennes, Upper Brittany, France. Originally founded in 1460, the university was split into two universities in 1970: Rennes 1 University and Rennes 2 University. On 1 January 2023, the Rennes 1 University merged with five grandes écoles: EHESP, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes, ENS Rennes, INSA Rennes and Sciences-Po Rennes to create the new University of Rennes.^[2]

The University of Rennes 2 with other research institutes (CNRS, INRAE, Inria, Inserm and CHU de Rennes) are associated with the 'UNIR' project. The six establishments will be grouped together in an 'Experimental Public Establishment' (EPE), weighing nearly 7,000 staff and teachers, including a thousand researchers, 156 research laboratories and 60,000 of the 68,000 students in the Breton capital, including 7,000 international students.