| Henri Poincaré University | |
| Native Name: | Université Henri Poincaré |
| Established: | 1572, 1970 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Jean-Pierre Finance |
| City: | Nancy |
| Country: | France |
| Address: | 24-30 rue lionnois - BP 60121 54 003 Nancy Cedex FRANCE |
| Affiliations: | Nancy-Université |
The Henri Poincaré University, or Nancy 1, nicknamed UHP, was a public research university located in Nancy, France. UHP was merged into University of Lorraine in 2012, and was previously a member of the Nancy-Université federation, belonging to the French Nancy-Metz academy.
The first University of Lorraine was created in 1572 by the Duke Charles de Lorraine and the Cardinal Charles III, in a city near Pont-à-Mousson.
Nancy 1 merged with Nancy-II, Paul Verlaine University – Metz, and the INPL forming the University of Lorraine. The merger process started in 2009 with the creation of a "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" or PRES and was completed 1 January 2012.
UHP figures in the Academic Ranking of World Universities made by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the year 2007, UHP ranked 305th at a worldwide scale and 124th at European scale.
Uhp had five Faculties:
Three Engineering Schools:
Three Institutes of Technology (IUT):
And one Institute for Teacher Training (IUFM).
The university included a total of 44 laboratories, linked with the most important French research organizations : CNRS, INSERM, INRA and INRIA.