Université Pierre-Mendès-France - Why study at the UPMF?
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Why study at the UPMF?
The UPMF totals19000 students, 800 lecturers, 20 research teams.
A customized training offer
Companies, teaching and research institutes, local authorities, associations... In all disciplines, we focus on the success of our students who will be able to find a job thanks to their professional qualification.
Over 200 training programs answer the real needs of our economic, social and industrial environment, offering a true added value: international recognition.
Research
In terms of research, the UPMF combines fundamental thinking and capacities in applied research and expertise in the fields of political, economic, social and cultural changes; and so the university contributes to a particularly fruitful scientific technological, industrial, local and regional context.
Accompanying different types of public
The UPMF answers the needs of all its students.
The young people who have just obtained their Baccalauréat are integrated at the beginning of the academic year during a "welcome week" which enables them to become acquainted with the university environment.
High-level sportsmen and sportswomen benefit from special conditions to help them combine sport and studies.
Employees who resume their studies are followed-up, helped and integrated to adapted programs.
Clearly orientated towards an international dimension
The UPMF manages over 650 exchange programs and works in partnership with universities worldwide.
Come and study at the UPMF and give your degrees an international dimension!
Student life
The UPMF buildings are located in the town center and on the campus, accessible via the tramway.
Students can use the services and equipment common to the Grenoble universities: librairies, restaurants and university accommodation, swimming-pool, stadiums and sports fields, university medical facilities, language centers...
To know more about student life:
Student life at Université de Grenoble (procedures, information, culture, sport ...)
EVE Espace Vie Etudiante (culture and services)
Association InteGre (welcoming foreign students)
Service Accueil Handicap (welcoming disabled students)
The campus
Students' impressions in pictures.
The assets of the region
The UPMF is mainly attractive thanks to the expertise of its researchers and lecturers, and to the quality of its syllabuses, but also thanks to its exceptional location in the heart of Europe, in the Rhône-Alpes region.
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