Université Montpellier 2
Sciences et Techniques
April 2013
University location
History
The Université Montpellier 2 celebrated the bicentenary of its creation in 2009
• 1220: creation of Montpellier Medical School
• 1289: creation of the medieval University hosting a Faculty of Medicine
and the Faculties of Law and Arts
• 1808: Napoléon the 1st founded the Faculty of Sciences
• 1963: the Faculty of Sciences of Montpellier was settled on the « Triolet »
campus
• 1970: the Faculty of Sciences becomes the University of Sciences and
Techniques of Languedoc (today called Université Montpellier 2)
• 2013: celebration of the 50 anniversary of the campus
• 2015: expected merger of the Université Montpellier 1 and University
Montpellier 2 creating a new Université of Montpellier
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Key data
• 16 224 students
(58% Bachelor - 36% Master’s - 6% PhD)
• 2 564 employees
(including 1 496 lecturers/researchers and 1 068 administrative staff)
• 111 buildings (30% scientific laboratories)
• 304 600 m2 of buildings on 15 sites in
Languedoc-Roussillon department
• 226 M€ of budget
• 9/82th in France (Shanghai ranking 2012)
EDUCATION
7 academic faculties
 Faculty of Sciences
 Polytech Montpellier (Engineering School)
 Institute of Business Administration (Institute with scientific
and management competencies)
 3 IUT, Technology Institutes:
* Montpellier (annex in Sète)
* Nîmes
* Béziers
 IUFM, Teacher Training College*
(sites: Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan, Carcassonne, Mende)
* The IUFM will become Faculties of Education in September 2013
FRANCE
Education: key data
230 degrees:
209 national degrees
 21 university degrees
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20 DUT – Technical degrees (2 years)
11 Bachelor degrees
38 professional Bachelor specialities
94 Master’s degrees
10 Engineering degrees
RESEARCH
5 Research Centers
Biology and Health
Priority subjects:
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Molecular & Cellular Biology
Genetics & Development
Control of Proliferation & Cancer
Neurobiology
Infectious Process & Parasites
Physiology & Plastic Surgery
 CHEMISTRY
Priority subjects:
• Energy
• Preservation, Natural Resources Valorisation &
Ecological Chemistry Process
• Man Health and Well-being
 Environment, Life, Food and Planet
Priority subjects:
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Food-Process
Biodiversity-Ecology-Evolution
Integrative Biology, Plants & Interactions
Earth-Water
 Mathematics, Computer Science,
Physics, Systems
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Mathematics
Computer Science
Physics
Systems
Mecanics
 Social and Human Sciences - Education
Priority subjects:
• Management of new technologies
• Trainer education and teaching methodology
Research Dynamism
 47 research structures:
• 40 Joint Research Units (UMR)
• 7 Research Federative Structures
 6 Doctoral Schools
 1 032 PhD students in 40 laboratories
 300 PhD graduated & 69 HDR in 2012
 2 700 scientific publications / year
 Close collaboration work with 10 national organisms
Reseach key figures 2012
• > than 200 contracts signed with industrial partners
• > than 20 projects selected FP7 (European Union)
representing 7 M€
• > than 50 projects financed by the National Research
Agency, representing 10 M€
• 225 patent families followed
Participation in 40 “Investments for the Future” successful
projects financed by the French Government, of which:
• 18 LabEx (3 coordinated by UM2)
• 7 EquipEx (1 coordinated by UM2)
• 1 Technological Transfer Acceleration Company: Ax LR
Close collaboration work with
national Research structures
UM2 aims to:
• keep a Research coherence common to all its academic
faculties and laboratories
• collaborate with leading Research
institutions as:
- CNRS, INRA, INRIA, CEA,
IRD, CIRAD, INSERM, IRSTEA,
IFREMER
- BRGM, CNES
Van Allen Foundation
Nanosats @ UM2
Challenge 1: Develop a Synergy between Industry/ Research / Education:
Challenge 2: Become a leader in nanosatellites for environment
Tools:
Funding from Van Allen Foundation
Objective 1: Educate Students in
the field of new technologies
Space center: Designs, fabricates,
assembles, tests and operates Nanosats
Objective 2: Promote Innovation
in research labs
IES, LIRMM, LMGC
Missions: Remote sensing and
technology demonstration
Launch :
« Fly Your Satellite » ESA
Program
Benefits:
International Collaborations
Industrial Collaborations
Astrium, Intespace, TRAD, 3Dplus,
Microcameras, Tecnalia
University governance
President: Michel Robert
• 3 Central Council Vice-Presidents
(Board of Directors, Scientific Council and Studies and Campus
life)
• 1 Vice-President of Students
• 1 Governance committee
• 1 Committee of Directors
Organisation chart
President
DGS
DAG General issues
DAF Financial Management
Cabinet
Communication
Management and Audit Control
Health and Safety Officer
DSI Information System
DRH Human Resources
Accountant Officer
DPE Capital & Environment
DVC Campus life
DDE Studies
DDP Partnerships
DRED Research and Doctoral Schools
UM2 main missions
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Initial & continuing education
Scientific & technological Research
Development of Research
Counselling & employability
Cultural diffusion & scientific and technical
information
Participation in the construction of the European
Space for Higher Education & Research
International cooperation
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UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
THE LIBRARY OF SCIENCES
INTERNATIONAL
International: key data
 300 on-going Erasmus agreements
 2 275 foreign students
 16 official visits from foreign delegations in 2012
 800 UM2 students spend at least one semester
abroad
 2/5 PhDs come from abroad
 1/3 of the publications are co-signed with foreign
authors
International flagship projects
 Erasmus program (student and staff mobility within the Europe
In 2012-2013, 239 UM2 students benefited from a study period or an internship
abroad thanks to the Erasmus program
 Erasmus Mundus Action 1
European Master’s EM3E (Membrane Engineering) coordinated by UM2 and 2
Master’s as a partner: MaMaSelf (materials) and MEME (evolutionary
biology)
 Erasmus Mundus Action 2
2 new projects coordinated by UM2 accepted in 2012 and 10 projects as a
partner university:
- South-East Asia: PANACEA
- Caucasus and Ukraine: BACKIS
UM2 is currently coordinating 5 EMA2 projects (AVERROES 3 et 4 ,
MAHEVA) and is partner in 13 projects.
International flagship projects
Tempus Sucsid – Entrepreneurship/University
UM2 coordinates this project in partnership with Ukrainian, Moldovan
and Belarusian universities.
Tempus Defi Averroès – Liaison University/Business - internships,
students employability in Maghreb and Lebanon.
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Hanoi (USTH) – 1
international laboratory + 400 teaching hours)
Confucius Institute in close cooperation with the University of Electronic Science
and Technology of China in Chengdu (UESTC) / launch announced in 2013 (in
partnership with Rector’s Office – City Council – Universities)
Opening-up to the world
• UM2 leads a real prospection policy and hires foreign students,
professors and researchers through prestigious academic cooperation
and excellence networking
• UM2 aims to become a leader in terms of foreign students flow,
develop international-oriented courses adapted to non Frenchspeaking students
Student and staff mobility – UM2 top priority:
• Worldwide partnerships thanks to various mobility programs
• Close relationships with South-East Asia and Mediterranean countries
and plans to further strengthen these collaborations in the near future
An outstanding historical and
scientific heritage
Botany: 2nd French herbarium, 3,5 million of samples
Zoology: 40 000 items
Palaeontology: 1,5 million of specimens
Mineralogy: 3 000 deposit samples
Ethnology: 120 objects (from Kanak, Papou and Maori cultures)
Contemporary scientific and technical heritage in
partnership with the CNAM
Collection of old scientific equipment (XVIII and XIXth
century): astronomy, physics, chemistry, etc.
UM1/UM2 merger: a shared ambition
2 complementary universities, a common history, founding the
new University of Montpellier in January 2015
Students
UM1
UM2
UM1 + UM2
24 700
16 200
# 41 000
1 800
2 500
4 300
160 M€
226 M€
# 380 M€
190 000 m 2
304 600 m2
# 500 000 m 2
Staff
(civil servants and contract
workers)
Budget
Property assets building
(area)
MONTPELLIER’S MAIN SQUARE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
8 km from Montpellier city center
Montpellier Agglomération
Territorial Advantages
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The fastest population growth in France, benefiting from an ideal, central location
between Northern Europe, the Middle East and Africa:
Twice the rate of national demographic growth by 2020-2030*
43% of the population under 30 years old*
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A business and scientific community that attracts world leaders:
Leading location in France in terms of public-sector research intensity*
5 excellence sectors supported by 7 competitiveness clusters, plus numerous
other clusters and internationally-oriented professionnal associations:
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Health: Sanofi, Horiba Medical, Bausch+Lomb
Agronomics: Kraft Jacob Suchard (Kraft Foods industrial group)
ICT: IBM, Dell, Ubisoft, Intel, Free, Orange
Environment: Schlumberger, EDF, Deinove, GDF Suez Group
Water: Véolia Water, Egis Water
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Highly qualified workforce:
- 60,000 students, including 15% international students, in Montpellier Sud de France
Universities
- 6 engineering schools: Telecom School, Polytechnic Feminine School, Polytech, School
of Mines, SupAgro, National School of Chemistry, and numerous renowed management
schools
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Recognized quality of life:
- Montpellier appeals to 78% of managers and business owners (TNS Sofres Institute)
- 4 tramway lines now in operation and a fifth in the planning stages (for launch in 2017),
providing service to 84% of the local population
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- 5 largest university hospital in France (ref. Le Point newspaper)
- Intense cultural activity: Montpellier Danse Festival, Radio France Festival, etc.
- 300 sunny days a year along the Mediterranean seaside
EDUCATION: THE « LMD » SYSTEM
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