Université d'Auvergne | |
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| Motto | "Made in UdA" |
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| Type | Public |
| Active | 1519–2016 |
| President | Philippe Dulbecco |
| Dean | Phillippe Dulbecco |
| Students | 16,644 |
| Address | 49, Boulevard François-Mitterrand, Clermont Ferrand, France , , , 45°46′14″N 3°5′19″E / 45.77056°N 3.08861°E |
| Website | http://www.u-clermont1.fr/ |
The University of Auvergne (Université d'Auvergne), also known as “Universite d'Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand I” or Clermont-Ferrand I, was a French public university, based in Clermont-Ferrand, in the region of Auvergne. It was under the Academy of Clermont-Ferrand. It was the head of PRES Clermont Université consortium; PRES being the league of elite universities of France. On 1 January 2017, the university merged with Blaise Pascal University to form the University Clermont Auvergne.
The Université d’Auvergne was founded in 1519 and as such in 1806 as a medical school. It became the Université d’Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand 1 on March 16, 1976.
The university has a status of EPSCSP, which is the highest French accreditation. This leads to high emphasis over the professional and research areas of the university. A comprehensive institution, it offers more than 60 national degrees in Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Law and Forensics, Economics and Politics, Management and Administration, and Technology.
The university was constantly ranked as a leading academic institution by various French academicians and newspapers, most notably Le Figaro.