University of Strasbourg
With its 500 years of history, the University of Strasbourg remains a resolutely modern institution. A bold pioneer in many fields, our university occupies a position at the forefront of the international scene.
An innovative university, enjoying international recognition
1
active Nobel Prize winners
4 in chemistry
1 in medicine
4 in chemistry
1 in medicine
No. 1
university for chemistry in the European Union . The only French university in the top 50 for chemistry
(Shanghai Ranking 2021)
(Shanghai Ranking 2021)
No. 1
university in Europe for impact on innovation . In 16th place globally ahead of Harvard, CalTech, Yale, Cambridge and Oxford (most recent Nature Innovation Index, 2017)
The University of Strasbourg selected as a pilot innovative campus in 2018
The objective was to establish a route map for other universities wanting to support innovations.
The university achieves the University Innovation Cluster (PUI) label in 2021
A label accompanied by a funding envelope worth €1m in order to develop a more clearly articulated technology transfer offering and facilitate public-private partnerships.
“Choosing Strasbourg to talk about innovation was self-evident in a sense […], at the avant-garde of science, where today’s impossible prepares for tomorrow’s common practice.”
Frédérique Vidal
Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation (2018)
A pioneering university
1st
French university to merge
Merger of the city’s three universities in 2009: decompartmentalising disciplines for a global, multidisciplinary approach. A campus on a human scale favouring collaboration and a transdisciplinary approach.
1st
placed university for capital
A total of €750m invested and €25m in annual interest to build new laboratories, continue to innovate and train students at the highest level.
1st
technology transfer service in France
Creation of SATT Conectus in 2012: a desire to transform the discoveries achieved by public laboratories into industrial applications. A service backed by a €36m. investment fund.
1st
for fundraising through patronage
. A university-sector success story for France. Over €50m in donations raised between 2008 and 2021 for the University of Strasbourg and the Strasbourg University Hospitals.