LocationStrasbourg, Alsace, France WebsiteOfficial university website Address4 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67081 Strasbourg, France Undergraduate tuition and feesDomestic tuition: 184 EUR (2015), International tuition: 184 EUR (2015) Notable alumniJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alberto Fujimori, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean‑Claude Juncker, Albrecht Kossel SimilarMarc Bloch University, University of Paris, University of Lorraine, University of Burgundy, Pierre‑and‑Marie‑Curie University Profiles YouTubeFacebookTwitterGoogle+
Louis Pasteur University (Université Louis-Pasteur), also known as Strasbourg I or ULP was a large university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. As of 15 January 2007, there were 18,847 students enrolled at the university, including around 3,000 foreign students. Research and teaching at ULP concentrated on the natural sciences, technology and medicine. On 1 January 2009, Louis Pasteur University became part of the refounded University of Strasbourg and lost its status as an independent university.
The university was a member of the LERU (League of European Research Universities). It was named after the famous 19th-century French scientist Louis Pasteur. Eighteen Nobel laureates and one laureate of the Fields Medal have studied, taught or conducted research at Louis Pasteur University, underlining the excellent reputation of the university.
Notable staff and students
Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), professor of chemistry
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), medical student, Nobel Prize in 1907
Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), lecturer in physics, Nobel Prize in 1901
Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), professor of physics, Nobel Prize in 1909
Hermann Emil Fischer (1851–1919), graduate student in chemistry, Nobel Prize in 1902
Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927), physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in 1910
Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), medical student, Nobel Prize in 1908
Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943), postdoctoral fellow, Nobel Prize in 1902
Otto Loewi (1873–1961), medical student, Nobel Prize in 1936
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Nobel Prize in 1952
Max von Laue (1879–1960), undergraduate student in mathematics and physics, Nobel Prize in 1914
Hermann Staudinger (1881–1965), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in 1953
Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884–1951), medical student, Nobel Prize in 1922
Alfred Kastler (1902–1984), graduate student in physics, Nobel Prize in 1966
Louis Néel (1904–2000), graduate student in physics, Nobel Prize in 1970
René Thom (1923–2002), mathematician, founder of catastrophe theory, laureate of the Fields Medal in 1958
Martin Karplus (1930–), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in 2013
Pierre Chambon (1931–), professor of biology, Lasker Award in 2004
Jean-Marie Lehn (1939–), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in 1987
Jules Hoffmann (1941–), professor of biology, Nobel Prize in 2011
Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944–), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in 2016
Mounir Majidi
Points of interest
Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg
Musée zoologique de l'ULP et de la ville de Strasbourg