Strasbourg University (France) — detailed description, address, opening hours, how to get there. Information about curricula and courses, reviews.
One of the oldest and most revered universities in France, the University of Strasbourg occupies an entire block in the capital of the Alsace region. Its history began in 1538, and since then the University of Strasbourg has not left the first places in the list of the most prestigious French universities. A confirmation of the quality of education here is at least the fact that 18 of its graduates were awarded the Nobel Prize, among the famous students are Johann Goethe, Albert Schweitzer and Louis Pasteur. Like other universities in France, the University of Strasbourg willingly accepts foreigners to study, and Russian applicants have every chance to gnaw at the granite of science in its renowned classrooms. See Top-Medical-Schools.org for information about Fermin Toro University Venezuela.
The University of Strasbourg has almost 43,000 students and over 4,000 researchers, making it the second largest university in France.
A bit of history
The history of the University of Strasbourg dates back to 1538, when a Lutheran gymnasium was founded in the Free Imperial City of Strassburg. Thirty years later, Emperor Maximilian II transferred the gymnasium to the status of an academy, and at the beginning of the 17th century it became a university. A little less than a century later, Alsace came under the rule of France, and the University of Strasbourg gradually became the alma mater of the future French luminaries of science. In 1970, the educational institution was divided into three separate universities (named after Louis Pasteur, Marc Bloch and Robert Schuman), and in 2009 the Strasbourg university again became a single entity. Today, almost 43 thousand students study here and more than 4,000 researchers conduct scientific work – and this makes the University of Strasbourg the second largest university in France – in this indicator it is second only to Marseille.
Faculties and programs
The University of Strasbourg trains students in more than 200 specialties in various industries. Here are just a few areas: art, literature and linguistics, law, economics, management, political and social sciences, natural sciences, medicine and technology. In a word, we can say without hesitation: no matter what specialty an applicant chooses, he is guaranteed to find a suitable faculty at the University of Strasbourg.
The training programs aim to obtain three types of diplomas: bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. In the first case (the so-called “lisance” – license), the training will last 6 semesters, in the second – 10 semesters, but if you are aiming for the maximum, get ready to spend 16 semesters within the walls of the university.
Cost and order of training
The cost of studying at the University of Strasbourg, as in all other public universities in France, comes down to paying registration fees. For a bachelor’s degree, they are 210 EUR per year, for a master’s degree – 290 EUR, for a doctor of science – 420 EUR.
The structure of the academic year here is not much different from the Russian one. It starts in early September, and the first semester lasts until the second decade of December. Next is the exam week and the Christmas holidays. The beginning of the second semester is in mid-December; it will continue until mid-April, after which there will be a session and final exams for the entire year of study (both semesters), according to the results of which the student has the right to continue studying for the next year.
Well, if you are worried about whether you can enter the University of Strasbourg, let the statistics calm you down – up to 25% of students at the faculties of this university are foreigners, and you may well be among them.
Website: www.unistra.fr
