Côte d'Azur University
Côte d'Azur University (French: Université Côte d'Azur) is a public research university located in Nice, France, and neighboring areas. In 2019, it replaced the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and the community (ComUE) that was created in 2013. On 9 January 2020, Jeanick Brisswalter was elected as president of Côte d'Azur University.
Université Côte d'Azur | |
The "Grand Château" building at UCA's Valrose campus. | |
| Latin: Universitas Gallicum Riviera | |
| Motto | Dare to create |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | c. 1639 : Collegium jurisconsultorum niciensium July 25, 2019 : University of Côte d'Azur October 23, 1965 : University of Nice |
| Endowment | 243 million euros |
| President | Jeanick Brisswalter |
| Rector | Richard Laganier |
Academic staff | 1,575 |
Administrative staff | 1,152 |
| Students | 35,000 |
| Undergraduates | 12,565 |
| Postgraduates | 5,146 |
| 1,340 | |
| Location | Nice , France |
| Campus | Multiple campuses in Alpes-Maritimes (Nice and Cannes) |
| Affiliations | Campus Europae |
| Website | www |
The University of Nice Sophia Antipolis was founded in 1965 and organised in eight faculties, two autonomous institutes and one engineering school. It was merged in 2019 into the Côte d'Azur University.
It has nearly 30,000 students in initial and continuing education, including 20% foreign students, and eight University and Research Schools (EUR). Its university campuses are located in several cities of the Alpes-Maritimes department (Nice, Cannes, Grasse, Menton) as well as Sophia Antipolis technology park. It is part of the academic region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur which includes the academies of Aix-Marseille and Nice.
Under the chairmanship of Frédérique Vidal, the university was awarded IDEX for its project called "UCA Jedi" supported by numerous companies. The "University Côte d'Azur Foundation" was created in 2017 to collect donations to finance research projects.
It also hosts the first WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server (WIMS).
It is a member of the Coordination of French Research-Intensive Universities (CURIF), the equivalent of the Russell Group in the UK.