| University of Limoges | |
| Native Name: | Université de Limoges |
| Latin Name: | Universitas Lemovicinis |
| Established: | 1968 |
| Type: | Public |
| Administrative Staff: | 538 |
| Faculty: | 1200 |
| President: | Alain Célérier |
| Chancellor: | Luc Johann Rector of the Academy of Limoges |
| Students: | 16,548 [1] |
| City: | Limoges |
| Country: | France |
| Campus: | Vanteaux, La Borie, Turgot, Forum, Marcland, Ester Technopôle, Guéret, Ahun, La Souterraine, Tulle, Brive, Neuvic, Égletons, Meymac |
| Affiliations: | Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University, European University Association, Couperin (consortium) |
| Address: | 33 rue François Mitterrand, BP 23204 |
The University of Limoges (Université de Limoges) is a French public university, based in Limoges. Its chancellor is the rector of the Academy of Limoges (an administrative district in France for education and research). It counts more than 16,000 students and near 1,000 scholars and researchers. It offers complete curricula up to the doctorates and beyond in the traditional areas of knowledge. It was structured in October 1968 by the grouping of higher education institutions in Limoges. The oldest historical continuity is that of the faculties of pharmacy and medicine dating back to 1626.
It is one of the main higher education institutions in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. As of July 2015 it is a member of the Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University (Université confédérale Léonard de Vinci) along with the University of Poitiers, the University of La Rochelle, François Rabelais University and several engineering schools.[2] University of Limoges is ranked as the top 50 among the universities in France.[3]
University of Limoges is in the top 7% of universities in the world, ranking 29th in the France as 2020. Ranks 1st among universities in Limoges.[4]
The university of Limoges was created in 1968 by the incorporation into a single institution of various research schools of higher learning in Limoges, some of them previously affiliated to the University of Poitiers. At the time of its creation it counted 7,000 students and soon expanded to 15,000 making it a middle size university in France.
It inherits from a long tradition of research, innovation and teaching possibly dating back in the Middle Ages from the famed Abbaye Saint-Martial de Limoges founded in 848 and suppressed by the French Revolution in 1891, which was a major intellectual center in Medieval Europe (technology of materials, enamel, manuscripts, scholarship, liturgy, theater, etc.). The modern School of Medicine and Pharmacy was created in 1626 (the present day's university council meets in the "Salle Saint-Alexis", the 17th century former chapel of the old Hôtel-Dieu University Hospital).
The university offers bachelor, master and doctorate degrees in line with the Bologna Process. There are five main departments:[5]
In addition, 3iL, School of Computer Engineering is associated with the University.
The University of Limoges has grouped its research laboratories into five major institutes:
The University also supports the activities of the NGO Europa, which is based in Limoges and is involved in the field of European public policies.