| Côte d'Azur University | |
| Native Name: | Université Côte d'Azur |
| Latin Name: | Universitas Gallicum Riviera |
| Motto: | Dare to create |
| Motto Lang: | en |
| Type: | Public |
| Established: | c. 1639 : Collegium jurisconsultorum niciensium : University of Côte d'Azur : University of Nice |
| Endowment: | 243 million euros |
| President: | Jeanick Brisswalter |
| Rector: | Richard Laganier |
| Faculty: | 1,575 |
| Administrative Staff: | 1,152 |
| Students: | 35,000 |
| Undergrad: | 12,565 |
| Postgrad: | 5,146 |
| Doctoral: | 1,340 |
| City: | Nice |
| Country: | France |
| Campus: | Multiple campuses in Alpes-Maritimes (Nice and Cannes) |
| Affiliations: | Campus Europae |
Côte d'Azur University (French: Université Côte d'Azur) is a public research university located in Nice, France, and neighboring areas. In 2019, it replaced the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and the community (ComUE) that was created in 2013. On 9 January 2020, Jeanick Brisswalter was elected as president of Côte d'Azur University.
The University of Nice Sophia Antipolis was founded in 1965 and organised in eight faculties, two autonomous institutes and one engineering school. It was merged in 2019 into the Côte d'Azur University.[1]
It has nearly 30,000 students in initial and continuing education, including 20% foreign students, and eight University and Research Schools (EUR). Its university campuses are located in several cities of the Alpes-Maritimes department (Nice, Cannes, Grasse, Menton) as well as Sophia Antipolis technology park. It is part of the academic region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur which includes the academies of Aix-Marseille and Nice.
Under the chairmanship of Frédérique Vidal, the university was awarded IDEX for its project called "UCA Jedi" supported by numerous companies. The "University Côte d'Azur Foundation" was created in 2017 to collect donations to finance research projects.
It also hosts the first WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server (WIMS).
It is a member of the Coordination of French Research-Intensive Universities (CURIF), the equivalent of the Russell Group in the UK.
Côte d'Azur University, under the name of University of Nice, was officially established by decree dated October 23, 1965. However, it has roots that go back to the 17th century, with the Collegium Jurisconsultorum Niciensium created in 1639 by the Princes of Savoy. It was composed of a body of jurisconsuls (law consultants and lawyers) and it lasted until Nice was incorporated into France in 1860. In the 17th century, courses were taught at its College of Medicine.
Côte d'Azur University's vocation was asserted at the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to the combined efforts of several university members, such as the Dean Louis Trotabas and Maurice Mignon. In 1933 with the help of local communities and the city of Nice in particular, they created the Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen (currently a conference center) situated on the Promenade des Anglais whose first administrator was the French poet, Paul Valéry. Following that, the Institut d'Etudes Juridiques was established In 1938, the Institut d'Etudes Littéraires in 1941, and the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques in 1945. La Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Economiques (The College of Law and Economics) was created by decree on August 2, 1962, and was connected to the Aix-Marseille University.
The university has six main campuses:[2] the Valrose campus (Sciences), the Trotabas campus (Law and Political science), the Carlone campus (Letters, Arts and Humanities), the Saint-Jean d'Angély campus (Economics and Management - Odontology), the Pasteur campus (Médicine), Polytech Sophia Antipolis (Engineering). However, the university operates on several secondary locations, like STAPS for sports, or Villefranche-sur-Mer outside Nice, like Cannes, Menton.
Côte d'Azur University is organised with graduate schools.[3]
The university's Institute of Languages also provides lectures and summer courses in French to foreign students.
They contribute to the construction of Côte d'Azur University's strategy, with which they interact in particular in the fields of research, training, innovation, international and territorial relations. These research organizations are:
Alphabetically by surname: