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Universit de Rennes 1
PROFILE
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Universit de Rennes 1 is a comprehensive, multi-campus university devoted to

education and research. The universitys 19 components (departments, institutes,
and schools) enroll 24,600 students, 2,200 of whom are in continuing education or
apprenticeship programs. The faculty and staff include more than 1,844 teaching
and research faculty and 1,363 administrative, technical, and library personnel.
The university is open to international cooperation, with 143 international agreements
and more than 200 Erasmus agreements. It enrolls more than 3,000 international
students.
Structure: 10 faculties, 6 institutes (including 4 technology institutes), 2 engineering
schools, 1 space sciences observatory.
Major fields of study
Science, Technology, and Health: Agri-food industries, archaeological sciences,
biology, chemistry, electronics, environment, civil engineering, computer science,
mathematics, materials, mechanics, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physics,
production and quality assurance, earth sciences, statistics
Law, economics, and management: Law, economics, management, statistics
and applied econometrics, political science
Humanities and social sciences: Social work, information-communication,
philosophy

4 doctoral departments
MATISSE (mathematics, informatics, signals, electronics, and telecommunications)
Materials science
Life sciences, agriculture, and health
SHOS (sciences of man, organizations, and society)
6 associated laboratories abroad (Armenia Chile - China United States India)
1 associated research organization abroad (Japan)
Universit de Rennes 1 participates in 20 GISs (groups of scientific interest) and
leads or is a member of 14 European or international research groups.

Research
40 research units in the following fields:
- Math-STIC (mathematics, sciences and technologies of information and
communication)
- SDLM (materials sciences)
- SDV (life sciences)
- SHS (humanities and social sciences)

Strengths
A founding member of the Universit Europenne de Bretagnehigher education and
research cluster and of several national and international networks, Universit de
Rennes 1 has evidenced the will to raise its international visibility and power to attract
top students and faculty.
The university provides individual tutorials to ensure that international students in
exchange programs adapt quickly and smoothly to French academic life. Exchange
students are eligible for housing in the cit universitaire through an agreement with the
regional student-service agency. They also have access to French-language courses
and to a year-long program of cultural activities.

3 research federations
Rennes institute of chemistry
Armoricain center for environmental research (CAREN)
Functional genetics, agronomy, and health
42 labellized platforms

Location
Lying at the far western tip of the European continent, Brittany has more than 3 million
inhabitants. Rennes, the regional capital, has a population of 210,000 (360,000 in
the metropolitan region). It is an important center of higher education, research and
development, and technological innovation.

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Postal address

www.univ-rennes1.fr
Universit de Rennes 1
Public
Rennes
24 600
13% international students
LMD Other national diplomas Institution-specific diploma Other degrees
No
Yes
Yes
from 177 to 584 euros year 2011-2012 (+ social security 203 euros)
2, rue du Thabor CS 46510 35065 Rennes cedex - France

Mise jour octobre 2011

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