UGA in numbers
59,000
students
3,100
professors and/or researchers
3,700
administrative and technical staff
International
- 10,000 international students
- 1 in 7 students is a foreigner
- 160 different nationalities
- 47% of PhD students are foreigners
- 30% Master's taught in English
- 18 languages taught
- 1000 international university partnerships
- More than 150 countries included in cooperation agreements
- 1 special office providing personalized services for international students (ISSO)
Research
Université Grenoble Alpes is the second-most award-winning site in France in terms of European Research Council (ERC), CNRS and IUF honors:- 2,900 PhD students
- 124 ERC since 2007 :
- 51 ERC Starting Grants
- 29 ERC Consolidator Grants (started in 2013)
- 27 ERC Advanced Grants
- 14 ERC Proof of Concept
- 3 ERC Synergy Grant
- 32 CNRS medals since 2001:
- 1 gold medal
- 28 silver medals
- 3 innovation medals
- 50 members of the Institut Universitaire de France
- Top 100 in Shanghai global ranking 2020
- Shanghai thematic ranking 2021:
- Top 50 in 7 disciplines
- Top 100 in 18 disciplines
Campus and student life
- In the Top 3 of France’s student cities for the past 10 years (2nd place in 2018-2019, 1st in 2016-2017)
- 5th top city for work environment
- 3 campuses:
- Saint-Martin d'Hères / Gières university campus
- Scientific Presqu'ile and Grenoble city center
- Valence campus
- 3 places of culture and creation: Amphidice, Espace scénique transdisciplinaire (EST), Maison de la création et de l'innovation (MACI)
- Libraries open 83 hours a week: evenings, Saturdays and Sundays
- 43 student life places
- 330 students association including an orchestra, dance group, 2 choirs and a student radio stations
- 42 sports disciplines open to all
- 540 top-level student athletes
- More than 100 student-entrepreneurs, 84 projects and 2 Tremplin Pépite laureats, with 10 start-ups created in 2015
- 1,000 students with disabilities supported each year
International rankings
Université Grenoble Alpes ranks each year in the Top 100-250 group of the best world universities in all major international rankings, and is in the Top 10 of French higher education institutions.
