AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY...and “Belle de Mai” business incubators encourage the creation of start-ups. It is anticipated that this innovation will lead to the creation of social

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AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY

A university with an international outlook and

strong local roots

Aix-Marseille University, it’s :

•  The biggest university in the French-speaking world,

•  A comprehensive education provision, covering all disciplines and representing 6

sectors

•  A recognized world wide center for intensive research,

•  An international position being reinforced by an Initiative of excellence A*Midex,

•  Renovated campuses and improvements in conditions for its students in Aix and

Marseille, thanks to « Opération campus ».

•  A university foundation

•  An Institute for Advanced Studies

•  A budget of 750 M€

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Aix-Marseille University in figures :

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6 education and research fields (with 1 multi-disciplinary sector), 19 faculties

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The university in its territory : 5 large campuses

58 locations 290 buildings

800 000 m2 of net surface area

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Education provision which combines knowledge acquisition and skills

development :

•  35 bachelor’s degree program and 137 courses

•  75 vocational degree specialisms

•  82 master’s degree programmes and 317 specialisms

•  4 state health diplomas : medecine, pharmacy, dentistry and maieutics

•  3 paramedical diplomas

•  8 engineering diplomas

•  19 technological diplomas

•  351 institutional diplomas

•  64 doctoral programmes

•  One school of teaching and education (ESPE)

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A comprehensive and multi-disciplinary education provision

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- Student life supporting by student welfare offices serving as an interface between students

and university

=> AMU’s Handicap Service studies and examines arrangements for people

with disabilities

- Careers guidance and employability carried out by the SUIO

- Sport for all et high-level sport with 67 sports and activities :

•  11 000 students enrolled with the University Physical Activity and Sports Service

•  3 200 students at competitive level

•  10 sports venues

- Culture at the heart of campus :

•  AMU’s Cultural Service helps to plan the university’s cultural and arts provision

•  AMU’s Scientific Culture and Heritage Service plays its part in disseminating scientific

and technical knowledge to the general public

- Support for education and research : 77 libraries, 30 000 online journals

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Dynamic campuses

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A state-funded capital grant of 500 million euros A funding agreement, unprecedented in France, between the EIB and AMU 2 fully refurbished campuses between 2011 and 2020 (Aix Quartier des facultés – Marseille Luminy) Goal : to support excellence and international visibility through : •  Standardized university locations and research equipments to international norms •  Improved conditions for its students

Big impact on territorial development (for instance BHNS), with a new university metropolis

Opération campus : pleasant and modern campuses

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Aix-Marseille University includes 130 research structures - 117 research units and 13

federative structures – working with national agencies (CNRS, INSERM, IRD, INRA, CEA et

IFSTTAR)

5 interdisciplinary research interests : •  Energy ; •  Environment ; •  Health and life sciences ; •  Advanded sciences and technologies ; •  Humanities

« INVESTISSEMENT D’AVENIR » PROGRAMME (PIA) :

Approved by the state on 29 April 2016, IDEX ranked AMU among the 3 French

universities recognised by a jury of international experts. This label comes with a

financial award of over 25 millions euros a year.

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Recognised research of excellence

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AMU now boasts modern tools and structures for exploiting the full potential of the research work conducted in its laboratories. Therefore, the Research and Exploitation Department and the Protisvalor Méditerranée subsidiary handles public, private and European contracts, SATT Sud-Est deals with the maturation of inventions and their transfer to the business world, whilst the “Impulse” and “Belle de Mai” business incubators encourage the creation of start-ups. It is anticipated that this innovation will lead to the creation of social value, the creation of jobs for our students and increased regional visibility for the university. Aix-Marseille University has all the attributes required to meet the challenges of innovation: efficient organization, interdisciplinarity and excellent research structures and education provision. If it is successful, this venture will place Aix-Marseille University among the world’s leading universities.

Innovation, a central part of AMU’s identity

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Topics : it helps

•  To promote research excellence

•  To provide support for students

•  To forge closer links with the business world

•  To raise the institution’s international visibility, particularly across the Euro-

Mediterranean region

AMU Foundation supports different actions :

•  Vocational education

•  Applied research

Its serves as a key interface between the academic world, residents and businesses.

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Aix-Marseille University Foundation

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Institute for Advanced Study of interdisciplinarity in the Mediterranean region Member of Réseau français des Instituts d’Etudes Avancées (Labex RFIEA+), as well as Réseau Eurias that includes the main European Institutes for Advanced Study IMéRA aims at : •  Fostering the emergence and development of world-class cross-disciplinarity research approaches •  Grooming young researchers for such approaches on Aix-Marseille University •  Welcoming projects bearing on Mediterranean territories or submitted by researchers from the Mediterranean rim

•  IMéRA receives researchers and artists under residence schemes of 3 to 12 months (depending on calls for applications); it also accommodates a few multi-disciplinary teams with a collective project for short duration stays (2 to 4 weeks).

IMéRa : A foundation devoted to territorial attractiveness

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AMU’s integration in the economic world follows 5 strategic orientations :

•  Promotion of research and innovation

•  Education by alternating blocks of time

•  Professional training

•  Lifelong learning and accreditation of prior learning (APL)

•  Employability

The main condition for managing these 5 strategic orientations depends on abilities of

AMU and business companies to work together

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Partnerships with socio-economic actors

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- Framework partnership agreements in 2012 •  CMA-CGM •  SOGETI High Tech •  Bull •  Capgemini •  Cepac •  Edf •  Airbus Helicopters •  ITER •  Orange, Veolia, Afep, CCIMP, Optitec, La Criée…

- Boards of improvement of education - A platform of employability : IPRO - PEPITE PACA OUEST center - « AMU-entreprises » week : more than 120 private and public partners

Partnerships with socio-economic actors

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A rewarding and dynamic international policy

•  367 ERASMUS+ partners

•  33 diplomas in collaboration with international universities (with 10 Erasmus Mundus

programmes)

•  279 partners out of Europe

Teaching French language to more than 60 nationalities (SUFLE)

AMU is the biggest university in the French-speaking world.

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=> Shanghai Ranking 2016 : AMU is ranked 112th in the Academic Ranking of World

Universities (up 21 places from last year).

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International importance and recognition

+10 000 international students

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4 values championed by Aix-Marseille University

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Communication The very best for everyone Audacity An outward-looking

perspective


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AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY...and “Belle de Mai” business incubators encourage the creation of start-ups. It is anticipated that this innovation will lead to the creation of social