University of Reunion Island

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University of Reunion Island

Université de La Réunion
Motto	The European university of the Indian Ocean
Type	Public
Established	1982
President	Mohamed Rochdi
Students	12000
Address	15, avenue René Cassin, CS 92003, 97744 Saint Denis Cedex 9 , Saint-Denis , Réunion , France 20°54′6″S 55°29′2″E / 20.90167°S 55.48389°E / -20.90167; 55.48389
Website	univ-reunion.fr (in English)

The University of Reunion Island (Université de La Réunion) is a French university in the Academy of Réunion. It is the first and only European university in the Indian Ocean. Established in 1982, it has grown steadily over the years in terms of student population, geographical sites occupied, courses offered and partnerships forged with local, national, and international institutions. The school's ambition is to be the reference university in Indianoceania.^[1]

The University has 123 ERASMUS+ inter-institutional agreements. Its European project EVAL-IC (Evaluation of Competences in Intercomprehension) has been awarded the "good practice" label by the Erasmus+ France Agency, given to projects that present "high quality implementation and results".^[2]