UNIVERSITY MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES 1 KEY DATA 15 700 students and junior researchers 4000 Bachelor of Sciences, 3900 Technological diploma 2 800 Masters, 950 Engineering qualifications More than 1200 postgraduates, 300 engineers 1000 doctoral students 1 786 staff members 780 researchers, 264 professors, 742 administrative staff members Training 10 Bachelor of Sciences specialties, 16 university diploma of technology and 40 professional Bachelors specialties 12 Masters reference, 60 specialties New Master’s degree : Water, STIC for Health, STIC for Environment, Energy 8 Engineering departments 2 CENTRES FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH - Biology and Health - Chemistry - EVAP (Environment Life Food Planet) - MIPS (Computer Mathematics Physics Structures and Systems) - SHS (Humanities and Social Sciences Education Management Training) Centres include all academic components and Joint Research Units 3 5 DOCTORAL SCHOOLS 1020 doctoral students in 5 doctoral schools managed by the House of Doctoral Schools (MED) Yearly Research activities – more than 3,000 articles in the international press – more than 1,500 papers during national and international scientific conferences – 295 doctoral thesis in 2009 – 54 HDR (Research management authorization in 2009) – 81 patent families i.e. 257 patents 4 • • • • • • STAFF DEDICATED TO ERASMUS MUNDUS PROJECTS 1 coordinator (Jerome) 5 project managers (Fabien, Julie, Elena, Colin, Maggy) 1 head of financial issues (Magali) 2 comptability officers (Brigitte, Siham) 1 person in charge of reception (Ambar) 1 assistants 5 Special services provided by the Local Team • Direct contact with the french ambassies in order to accelerate the visa procedure • Welcoming events • Organization of Visits, trips and language courses 6 MONTPELLIER, A FAMOUS STUDENT TOWN IN FRANCE •According to a famous student newspaper (L’Etudiant) Montpellier is the best place in France to study •Sports, associations, plenty of free cultural events, open air concerts •A major crossroad, 20 minutes from the sea,1H30, from Spain and the Pyrénées mountains, 3H from Italy and 3 hours by train from Paris 7 UNIVERSITY LOCATION 8 MONTPELLIER’S MAIN SQUARE 9 MEDITERRANEAN SEA 10