Schools, Faculties and Departments

There are 38 faculties, schools and institutes at the University of Strasbourg that cover five areas of teaching:

● Arts, Literature and Languages

● Law, Economics, Management, Political and Social Sciences

● Social Sciences and Humanities

● Science and Technology

● Health

Foreign students represent 19.8% of the university student population. The higher the degree, the higher the percentage of foreign students: 47% in doctoral studies 31% in Master’s programmes, and 15% in Bachelor’s programmes.

The University of Strasbourg has:

● 1 Nobel prize, Jean-Marie Lehn, in Chemistry (1987);

● 13 members and 2 correspondents in the Science Academy;

● 1 member and 1 correspondent in the Humanities Academy;

● 38 faculties, schools and institutes and 77 research groups, 37 of which are connected to a research structure;

● 10 doctoral schools and 2656 doctoral students (6.3% of the student population in 2010) doctoral dissertations defended (in 2011).

The LMD system – for licence (bachelor), master, and doctorate – is based on the number of semesters completed since leaving secondary school and their equivalent in European credits under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS):

● Licence = 6 semesters = 180 ECTS

● Master = 10 semesters = 300 ECTS

● Doctorate = 16 semesters

Postgraduate Doctorate’s degree

These courses, which culminate in the defence of a doctoral thesis, validate a high level of university research. There is a specific entrance selection procedure, and they are only open to students who have obtained a Master’s degree research-oriented.

Doctoral studies are organised within one of the 10 Strasbourg University doctoral schools, among them are:

● The Doctoral School of Humanities

● The Doctoral School of Chemical Sciences

● The Doctoral School of Mathematics, Information Sciences and Engineering Sciences

● The Doctoral School of Life, Universe and Environmental Sciences.