Type Public President Jean-Pierre Finance Administrative staff 1,146 Founded 1572 | Established 1572, 1970 Academic staff 1,375 Number of students 18,000 | |
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Address 24-30 rue lionnois - BP 6012154 003 Nancy CedexFRANCE, Nancy, France Similar Nancy 2 University, University of Lorraine, Telecom Nancy, École nationale supérieur, École nationale supérieur | ||
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The Henri Poincaré University, or Nancy 1, was a public research university located in Nancy, France. UHP was a member of the Nancy-Université federation, belonging to the French Nancy-Metz Academy.
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Nancy 1
History
The first University of Lorraine was created in 1572 by the Duke Charles de Lorraine and the Cardinal Charles III, in a city near Pont-à-Mousson.
Nancy 1 merged with Nancy-II, Paul Verlaine University – Metz, and the INPL forming the University of Lorraine. The merger process started in 2009 with the creation of a "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" or PRES and was completed 1 January 2012.
International
UHP figures in the Academic Ranking of World Universities made by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the year 2007, UHP ranked 305th at a worldwide scale and 124th at European scale.
Components
Uhp had five Faculties:
Three Engineering Schools:
Three Institutes of Technology (IUT):
And one Institute for Teacher Training (IUFM).
Research
The University included a total of 44 laboratories, linked with the most important French research organizations : CNRS, INSERM, INRA and INRIA.
École Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois
The École Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois (ENSTIB) is a French grande école located in Épinal in Lorraine, which is one of the biggest forested regions of France.
Studies are oriented to the wood industry and technologies, including everything that is related to wood as a construction material or for furniture.
Students specialise in one of the following themes:
The origin of the school dates back to the petrol crisis of 1973. France had no petrol and a need for innovative ideas on renewable material. A group of professors and doctors created a very small university class in Epinal that had a focus on wood as a material. It became an engineering school in the year 1985. Now the scope of studies has enlarged to biological fiber materials and paper.