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University of Strasbourg

{{Short description|Public university in France}}

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{{Infobox university

| name = University of Strasbourg

| native_name = Université de Strasbourg

| image = Neustadt (52297125377).jpg

| caption = Palais Universitaire, main building of the former Imperial University of Strasbourg

| image_size = 225px

| established = {{start date and age|1538}}

| founder = Johannes Sturm

| president = Frédérique Berrod

| chancellor =

| students = 55,004{{cite web |title=Chiffres clés |url=https://statistiques.unistra.fr/ |publisher=University of Strasbourg |access-date=19 March 2025}}

| undergrad =

| postgrad =

| doctoral = 1,931 (2023){{cite web |title=Formation doctorale |url=http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=27943#c127611 |publisher=University of Strasbourg |access-date=19 March 2025}}

| city = Strasbourg

| country = France

| region = Grand Est

| type = Public research university

| budget = €581 million (2024)

| affiliations = Udice Group, LERU, Utrecht Network
AACSB, EFMD, EUCOR

| logo = Université de Strasbourg.svg

| website = [http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=english www.unistra.fr]

}}

The University of Strasbourg ({{langx|fr|Université de Strasbourg}}, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. Founded in the 16th century by Johannes Sturm, it was a center of intellectual life during the Age of Enlightenment.

The old university was split into three separate entities in the 1970s before merging back together in 2009. Today, the University of Strasbourg comprises 35 academic faculties, schools, and institutes, as well as 71 research laboratories spread across six campuses, including the historic site in the Neustadt.

Throughout its existence, Unistra alumni, faculty, or researchers have included 18 Nobel laureates, two Fields Medalists and a wide range of notable individuals in their respective fields. Among them are Goethe, statesman Robert Schuman, historian Marc Bloch and several chemists such as Louis Pasteur.

History

File:Johannes Sturm by Jacob van der Heyden.jpg

The university emerged from the Jean Sturm Gymnasium, a gymnasium of Lutheran and humanist inspiration, founded in 1538 by Johannes Sturm in the Free Imperial City of Straßburg. It was transformed to a university in 1621 ({{langx|de|Universität Straßburg}}) and elevated to the ranks of a royal university in 1631. Among its earliest university students was Johann Scheffler who studied medicine and later converted to Catholicism and became the mystic and poet Angelus Silesius.{{cite book |last=Paterson |first=Hugh Sinclair |last2=Exell |first2=Joseph Samuel |date=October 1870 |title=The British & Foreign Evangelical Review |contribution=Angelus Silesius: Physician, Priest and Poet|url={{Google books|KQ8EAAAAQAAJ|The British & Foreign Evangelical Review.|page=682|plainurl=yes}} |volume=XIX |issue=LXXIV |location=London |publisher=James Nisbet & Co. |pages=682–700 |postscript=, based in large part on Kahlert, August (Dr.). Angelus Silesius: Ein literar-historiche Untersuchung (Breslau: s.n., 1853).}}

The Lutheran German university still persisted even after the annexation of the city by King Louis XIV in 1681 (one famous student was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1770/71), but mainly turned into a French speaking university during the French Revolution.

The university was refounded as the German Kaiser-Wilhelm-Universität in 1872, after the Franco-Prussian war and the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany provoked a westwards exodus of Francophone teachers. During the German Empire the university was greatly expanded and numerous new buildings were erected because the university was intended to be a showcase of German against French culture in Alsace. In 1918, Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France, so a reverse exodus of Germanophone teachers took place.

During the Second World War, when France was occupied, personnel and equipment of the University of Strasbourg were transferred to Clermont-Ferrand. In its place, the short-lived German Reichsuniversität Straßburg was created.

In 1971, the university was subdivided into three separate institutions:

Following a national reform of higher education, these universities merged on 1 January 2009, and the new institution became one of the first French universities to benefit from greater autonomy.{{cite web|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000019341825&dateTexte= |title=Décret n° 2008-787 portant création de l'université de Strasbourg |date=2008-08-18 |publisher=legifrance.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=2009-06-21}}

Buildings

File:Palais Universitaire de Strasbourg-Aula (1).jpg Assembly took placeSee commemorative plaque Palais Universitaire de Strasbourg-10 août 1949]]

{{see also|Palais Universitaire, Strasbourg|National Academic Library (Strasbourg)|Observatory of Strasbourg}}

The university campus covers a vast part near the center of the city, located between the "Cité Administrative", "Esplanade" and "Gallia" bus-tram stations.

Modern architectural buildings include: Escarpe, the Doctoral College of Strasbourg, Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute (ISIS), Atrium, Pangloss, PEGE (Pôle européen de gestion et d'économie) and others. The student residence building for the Doctoral College of Strasbourg was designed by London-based Nicholas Hare Architects in 2007. The structures are depicted on the main inner wall of the Esplanade university restaurant, accompanied by the names of their architects and years of establishment.

The administrative organisms, attached to the university (Prefecture; CAF, LMDE, MGEL—health insurance; SNCF—national French railway company; CTS—Strasbourg urban transportation company), are located in the "Agora" building.

La Gallia à Strasbourg (29033990614).jpg|The Gallia building, formerly Germania, seat of the Regional Student's Service Centre

Unistra tour de chimie et faculté de droit Strasbourg août 2019.jpg|Main Law faculty building of the former Robert Schuman University

Absolute pege strasbourg 01.JPG| Main building of the university for economic and management studies (AKA : [http://pege.u-strasbg.fr/ PEGE - Pôle Européen de gestion et d'économie])

Bnu-2018-01.jpg|The National and University Library on Place de la République, former Kaiserplatz

Nobel laureates

Notable people

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Rankings

{{Infobox university rankings

| ARWU_W = 151–200 | ARWU_W_year = 2023 | ARWU_W_ref = {{Cite web |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023 |title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023}}

| THE_W = 601–800 | THE_W_year = 2023 |THE_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-strasbourg|title=World University Rankings: University of Strasbourg|date=18 October 2023|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}

| QS_W = =421 | QS_W_year = 2024 |QS_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universite-de-strasbourg|title=QS World University Rankings: Université de Strasbourg|date=1 February 2024|website=Top Universities}}

| USNWR_W = =277 | USNWR_W_year = 2023 |USNWR_W_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/universite-de-strasbourg-501292|title=U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities: Universite de Strasbourg |website=usnews.com}}

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See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=unistra_en University of Strasbourg]
  • [http://collections.u-strasbg.fr/ The Art and Science collections of the University of Strasbourg]
  • [https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/RETE/article/view/68253 Scholars and Literati at the University of Strasbourg (1621–1795)], in [https://ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/RETE/index Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae/RETE.]

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