Louis Pasteur University

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Louis Pasteur University Strasbourg I
Université Louis-Pasteur Strasbourg I

Established:	1567
President:	Alain Beretz
Faculty:	18,847 students
Location:	Strasbourg, Alsace, France
Website:	Official university website

Physics are taught at the Le Bel Institute

Louis Pasteur University (Université Louis-Pasteur), also known as Strasbourg I or ULP is a large university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. As of January 15, 2007, there were exactly 18,847 students enrolled at the university, including around 3,000 foreign students. Research and teaching at ULP concentrates on the natural sciences and technology/medicine.

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the ULP belong to the first 100 rank (96th in 2006)

The university is a member of the LERU (League of European Research Universities). It is named after the famous 19th-century French scientist Louis Pasteur.

Some seekers from the University granted prestigious awards:

Nobel Prize :

Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918), professor of physics, Nobel Prize in 1909 ;
Albrecht Kossel (1853-1927), physician, Nobel Prize in 1910 ;
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Nobel Prize in 1952
Jean-Marie Lehn (1939-), French chemist, Nobel Prize in 1987

Fields Medal:

René Thom (1923-2002), French mathematician, founder of catastrophe theory, lauréate of the Fields Medal in 1958

[edit] See also

University of Strasbourg
École européenne de chimie, polymères et matériaux, the European school of chemistry

[edit] External links

v • d • e League of European Research Universities

Amsterdam • Cambridge • Edinburgh • Freiburg • Geneva • Heidelberg • Helsinki • Karolinska (Stockholm) • Leiden • Leuven • London (UCL) • Lund • Milan • LMU Munich • Oxford • Paris VI • Paris-Sud • Strasbourg I (Louis Pasteur) • Utrecht • Zürich