Côte d'Azur University () is a ''grand établissement'' located in

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, and neighboring areas. In 2019, it replaced the

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and the community (ComUE) that was created in 2013. On 9 January 2020, Jeanick Brisswalter was elected as president of Côte d'Azur University. The

was founded in 1965 and organised in eight faculties, two autonomous institutes and one engineering school. It was merged in 2019 into the Côte d'Azur University. It has nearly 30,000 students in initial and continuing education, including 20% foreign students, and eight University and Research Schools (EUR). Its university campuses are located in several cities of the

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department (

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) as well as

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technology park. It is part of the academic region

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which includes the academies of Aix-Marseille and Nice. Under the chairmanship of

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, the university was awarded IDEX for its project called "UCA Jedi" supported by numerous companies. The "University Côte d'Azur Foundation" was created in 2017 to collect donations to finance research projects. It also hosts the first

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(WIMS).

History

Côte d'Azur University, under the name of University of Nice, was officially established by decree dated October 23, 1965. However, it has roots that go back to the 17th century, with the Collegium Jurisconsultorum Niciensium created in 1639 by the Princes of

Savoy Savoy (; )  is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south and west and to the Aosta Vall ...

. It was composed of a body of jurisconsuls (law consultants and lawyers) and it lasted until Nice was incorporated into France in 1860. In the 17th century, courses were taught at its College of Medicine. Côte d'Azur University's vocation was asserted at the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to the combined efforts of several university members, such as the Dean Louis Trotabas and Maurice Mignon. In 1933 with the help of local communities and the city of Nice in particular, they created the ''Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen'' (currently a conference center) situated on the Promenade des Anglais whose first administrator was the French poet, Paul Valéry. Following that, the Institut d'Etudes Juridiques was established In 1938, the Institut d'Etudes Littéraires in 1941, and the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques in 1945. La Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Economiques (The College of Law and Economics) was created by decree on August 2, 1962, and was connected to the

Aix-Marseille University Aix-Marseille University (AMU; ; formally incorporated as ) is a Public university, public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, List of rulers of Provence, Count of ...

Campus

The university has six main campuses: the Valrose campus (Sciences), the Trotabas campus (Law and Political science ), the Carlone campus (Letters, Arts and Humanities), the Saint-Jean d'Angély campus (Economics and Management - Odontology), the Pasteur campus (Médicine), Polytech

(Engineering). However, the university operates on several secondary locations, like STAPS for sports, or

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outside Nice, like

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

Academics

Departments and faculties

* Law, Political, Economic and Management Sciences * Institute of Law, Peace and Development * Spaces and Cultures * Letters, Arts and Social sciences * Medicine * Odontology * Sciences * Sciences and Technology of Physical and Sporting Activities

Institutes and graduate schools

Côte d'Azur University is organised wit
graduate schools
La Lettre economique et politique de Paca
Nice, les nouveautés à l'Université Côte d'Azur
18/09/2020
SPECTRUM
Graduate School Formal, Physical and Engineering Sciences centered around of mathematics, physical sciences, astrophysics, chemistry and earth sciences. It trains around 450 master's level students and 300 doctoral students, it relies on 400 researchers and teacher-researchers spread over 7 renowned laboratories, these themes being recognized in international rankings.
DS4H
: Graduate School Digital Systems for Humans with 300 researchers and professors staff affiliated to laboratories in Computer Science, Electronics and Social Sciences and national research centres (CNRS, Inria), trains more than 250 Master and 250 PhD students in the domains of IT, electronics, digital law and digital economy.
LIFE & HEALTH SCIENCES
: Graduate School centered around biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, molecular genetics and signaling, about 1000 researchers within 82 teams in 9 institutes, in connection with CEA, CNRS, INSERM, INRA.
HEALTHY
: Graduate School Health Science Ecosystems (humanities and social sciences, psychology, sports sciences).
ELMI
: Graduate School of Economics and Management in partnership with

Skema Business School SKEMA Business School ("School of Knowledge Economy and Management") is a leading French business school ("Grande Ecole") with campuses across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. It was established in 2009 through the merger of Ecole Supér ...

LEX SOCIETY
: Graduate School Law, Political Science and Management.
CREATES
: Graduate School Arts and Humanities.
ODYSSEE
: Graduate School Sciences of Society and the Environment. * IAE Nice Graduate School of Management

IAE Nice The IAE Nice (Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Nice) is a business school in the South of France, part of Nice University. It delivers degrees in finance, audit, marketing, wealth management, public management and tourism management. ...

* Institute of the Right of Peace and Development (IDPD) * University Institute of Technology * University Polytechnic School -

Polytech Nice Sophia Ecole polytechnique de l'Université Côte d'Azur (Polytech Nice Sophia) a French engineering College based in the middle of the Sophia Antipolis Sophia Antipolis is a 2,400 hectare technology park in southeast France, and as of 2021 home to ...

* Centre de la Méditerranée Moderne et Contemporaine, which produces the academic journal ', * Observatory of the Côte d'Azur Côte d'Azur Observatory, Nice * 3IA Côte d'Azur : Institute of Artificial Intelligence is one of 4 artificial intelligence institutes in France, focused on health and digital biology applications on the one hand and smart territories including autonomous and connected vehicles on the other. * IMREDD : Mediterranean Institute for Risk, Environment and Sustainable Development develops its activities in the field of sustainable development and the

Smart City A smart city is an urban area that uses digital technology to collect data and operate services. Data is collected from citizens, devices, buildings, or cameras. Applications include traffic and transportation systems, power plants, utilities ...

around four Strategic Activity Areas : environment, risks, energy, mobility. The university's Institute of Languages also provides lectures and summer courses in French to foreign students.

Associated institutions of University Côte d'Azur

SKEMA Business School SKEMA Business School ("School of Knowledge Economy and Management") is a leading French business school ("Grande Ecole") with campuses across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. It was established in 2009 through the merger of Ecole Supér ...

EDHEC Business School The École des Hautes Études Commerciales du Nord, commonly known as EDHEC Business School or simply EDHEC, is a French business school and ''grande école'' founded in 1906. It has campuses in Lille, Nice, and Paris, as well as in the United Ki ...

* University hospital center of Nice (CHU) * ESRA Côte d'Azur, Higher school of audiovisual production * Sustainable Design School * the

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Cannes dance school * the Nice Regional Conservatory.

National research organizations

They contribute to the construction of Côte d'Azur University's strategy, with which they interact in particular in the fields of research, training, innovation, international and territorial relations. These research organizations are: *

National Center for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engi ...

(CNRS) * National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) * National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) * National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) * Development Research Institute (IRD)

Notable alumni

Alphabetically by surname: *

Yukiya Amano was a Japanese diplomat, who served as the Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1 December 2009 until his death on 18 July 2019. Previously, Amano served as an international civil servant for the United Nations ...

- Japanese diplomat, Director General of

IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

* Robert B. Asprey – American military historian and author *

William Boyd William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to: Academics * William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator * William Boyd (pathologist) (1885–1979), Scottish-Canadian professor and author * William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928), ...

– Scottish novelist writer *

Merieme Chadid Merieme Chadid (; born 11 October 1969 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan- French astronomer, explorer and astrophysicist. She leads international polar scientific programs and has been committed to installing a major astronomical observatory at the ...

– Astronomer and Explorer *

Simon Critchley Simon Critchley (born 27 February 1960) is an English philosopher and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City, U.S.A. Biography Critchley was born on 27 February 1960, in Letchworth, Engl ...

– English philosopher * Noah Dana-Picard – Israeli mathematician, professor, and Talmudic scholar * Driss Dahak – Moroccan diplomat, General Secretary of the Government *

Jean-Lou Justine Jean-Lou Justine (born 1955), French parasitologist and zoologist, is a professor at the National Museum of Natural History (France), National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France, and a specialist of fish parasites and invasive species, inv ...

– parasitologist and zoologist *

Philippe Kahn Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952) is a French engineer, entrepreneur, and founder of four technology companies: Borland, Starfish Software, LightSurf Technologies, and Fullpower Technologies. Kahn is credited with creating the first camera ...

- mathematician, technology innovator and entrepreneur *

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Marie Carroll (born 1956), English musician and composer * Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic med ...

– writer,

Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...

Philippe Mariani Philippe Mariani is CEO of Genesis Investment Company (B.S.C.), which was incorporated in June 2008 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House Bahrain (B.S.C). Mariani was Honorary Consul of the Republic of Seychelles in Nice from 2003 ...

– British entrepreneur *

Zita Martins Zita Carla Torrão Pinto Martins (born 1979), OSE, is a Portuguese astrobiologist, and an associate professor at Instituto Superior Técnico. She was a Royal Society University Research Fellow (URF) at Imperial College London. Her research expl ...

– Portuguese astrobiologist * Mohammed VI – King of Morocco * Tomer Sisley – Israeli humorist, actor, screenwriter, comedian, and film director *

Fatoumata Tambajang Aja Fatoumata C.M. Jallow-Tambajang (born 22 October 1949) is a Gambian politician and activist who served as Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs (The Gambia), Minister of Women's Affairs from February 2017 to June 2018, ...

– Vice-President of the Gambia * Gilles Tonelli – Monegasque engineer, diplomat and politician *

Zeine Ould Zeidane Zeine Ould Zeidane (; born 1966)
Agence Mauritanienne d'Information, April 21, 2007 . is a Mauritania, Mauritanian ...

– Former Prime Minister of Mauritania

References

External links

University Côte d'Azur website

Côte d'Azur Observatory

3IA Côte d'Azur

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