English Name: | Aix Marseille University |
Region: | Western Europe |
Country/Region: | France |
Found Year: | |
Address: | Jardin du Pharo, 58 bd Charles Livon |
Website: | http://www.univ-amu.fr |
Aix-Marseille University is a public, research-intensive, cultural and professional institution located in the south of France.
The merger of the three previous universities of Aix-Marseille was completed on January 1st, 2012. It is now the largest French university with 130 recognized research units linked with major research organizations and 19 faculties and schools. (117 research units and 13 federatives structures that conduct joint research with CNRS, INSERM, IRD, INRA, CEA et l’IFSTTAR). The main research subjects are Mathematics and its interactions, Ecological and agricultural sciences, Physics, Earth and universe sciences, Chemistry, Biology, medicine, Human sciences, humanities, Social sciences, Engineering, Information and communication.
Aix-Marseille University contributes extensively to the knowledge-based economy and the dissemination of knowledge. The research policy in collaboration with leading national research organizations, affirms a strong ambition to improve research in the Aix-Marseille area. AMU aims to encourage innovation and risk taking in basic and applied research. A major challenge is to facilitate interaction and exchange between disciplines, essential to progress in research and to put at the service of research the means necessary to place the potential of the university at the highest national and international levels. Therefore the University has established an Institute for Advanced Study (IMéRA), open to researchers of all disciplines from around the world.
In 2014, Aix-Marseille University gathers almost 72.000 students including more than 10.000 international students from 128 different countries and 4000 PhD students in 12 doctoral schools. The University with its wide range of general and vocational courses including over 590 degree courses offers education and training in all disciplines (19 faculties and school) : Arts, literature, languages and social sciences, Economics and management, Law and politics, Health, medical sciences, Science and technology.
With more than 500 international agreements the University participates in the creation of European area of education and research and in the development of mobility. AMU is actively involved in many networks and consortia (407 Erasmus partners, 298 International cooperation agreements, 88 Degrees with international partnerships, 10 Erasmus Mundus programs, 360 Joint PhDs with 74 countries). Aix-Marseille University is the coordinator of A*Midex, which is one of the 8 French Excellence Initiatives (whose goal is to develop excellence of the French leaders in research and higher education) selected by an international jury on the basis of their potential and strategy, in the framework of the “Investments for the Future” program launched by the French government in 2012. An ambition is an empowerment tool for Aix-Marseille University to boost its excellence and implement a relevant interdisciplinary strategy to take up local and global scientific challenges.
Total Enrollment:
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Undergraduate Programs
Activities and Technical Communication
Anthropology
Applied Foreign Languages
Art History and Archaeology
Arts Science and Technology of Image and Sound
Biology
Biotechnology
Computer Systems and Software
Computer Systems and Software
Cultural and Artistic Activities
Development and Protection of Cultural Heritage
Earth Sciences and Environment
Educational Sciences
Engineering Sciences
Fundamental and Applied Sciences
Geography
History
History and Geography
Landscape Planning
Language Sciences
Languages, Literature, Foreign Civilizations
Letters
Management Des Organisations
Management of Industrial Production Plant Production
Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics Applied To Social Sciences
Music
Philosophy
Physics, Chemistry
Psychology
Social Intervention
Sociology
Spatial Planning and Urbanism
Theory and Practice of Performing Arts
Visual Arts
Master's Degree Programs
Anthropology
Applied Foreign Languages
Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences
Archaeology and Art History
Bioinformatics, Genomics and Structural Biochemistry
Careers In Teaching, Education and Training
Chemistry
Computing
Development and Immunology
Education and Training
Environmental Sciences Earth
Ergology
European Studies
Foreign Languages and Cultures: Arab Cultural Area, Muslim and Semitic
Foreign Languages and Cultures: Asian Cultural Area
Foreign Languages and Cultures: English Speaking Cultural Area
Foreign Languages and Cultures: Intercultural Franco-German Area
Foreign Languages and Cultures: Roman Cultural Area
Foreign Languages and Cultures: Slavic Culture Area
Geography
History and Humanities
Human Pathology
Information Science and Communication
Information Sciences and Systems
Instrumentation, Information Science and Communications
International Negotiation
Language Sciences
Material
Mathematics and Applications
Mechanics, Physics and Engineering
Microbiology, Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Microelectronics & Nanoelectronics
Neuroscience
Philosophy
Physics
Planning and Development
Production Engineering Building
Psychology
Science, Arts and Technology of Image and Sound
Sensory Analyzes
Sociology
Translation
Doctoral Programs
Arab Worlds, Muslim and Semitic
Archeology
Art History
Astrophysics and Cosmology
Automatic
Biological Anthropology
Biology
Biophysics
Chemical Sciences
Chinese Language and Literature
Computing
Ecology
Education Sciences
Energy
Energy, Plasma and Radiation
English Studies
Environment and Health
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Geosciences
Film Studies
French Language and Literature
General and Comparative Literature
Geography
Germanic Studies
History
Human Pathology
Information Science and Communication
Instrumentation
Language Sciences
Languages and Literatures
Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry and Nanosciences
Mathematics
Mechanics and Physics of Fluids
Micro and Nanoelectronics
Musicology
Neuroscience
Oceanography
Optics, Photonics and Image Processing
Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Philosophy
Prehistory
Process Engineering
Psychology
Romance Studies
Slavic Studies
Sociology
Solid Mechanics
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Urban and Regional Planning
Visual Arts and Art Sciences
ARWU | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Institutional Ranking |
301-400 | 302-403 | 301-400 | 201-300 | 203-304 | 201-302 | 201-302 | 201-300 | 102-150 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 |
Broad Subject Fields | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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SCI | / | / | / | / | / | 151-200 | 151-200 | 76-100 | 76-100 | 76-100 |
ENG | / | / | / | / | / | 151-200 | / | / | 151-200 | 151-200 |
LIFE | / | / | / | / | / | 151-200 | / | 101-150 | 101-150 | 76-100 |
MED | / | / | / | / | / | / | 151-200 | 151-200 | 151-200 | 151-200 |
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Subject Fields | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Mathematics | 76-101 | 77-100 | 52-75 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 47 | 25 |
Physics | / | / | / | 151-200 | 101-150 | 76-100 | 101-150 |
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