Louis Pasteur University

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Established 1567 Students 18,847 Total enrollment 46,627 (2014) Founded 1567		President Alain Beretz Phone +33 3 68 85 00 00 Founder Johannes Sturm Budget 512 million EUR (2015)

Location Strasbourg, Alsace, France Website Official university website Address 4 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67081 Strasbourg, France Undergraduate tuition and fees Domestic tuition: 184 EUR (2015), International tuition: 184 EUR (2015) Notable alumni Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alberto Fujimori, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean‑Claude Juncker, Albrecht Kossel Similar Marc Bloch University, University of Paris, University of Lorraine, University of Burgundy, Pierre‑and‑Marie‑Curie University Profiles YouTube Facebook Twitter Google+

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

References

Louis Pasteur University Wikipedia

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