UGA in numbers
UGA in numbers
57,000
students
10,500
employees
Human resources
- 10,500 staff (including 2,550 from national research organisations).
- 6,050 teachers, lecturers and researchers (including 1,430 researchers from national research organisations and 1,000 contractual doctoral students).
- 4,450 administrative and technical staff (including 1,120 from national research organisations).
International
- 11,000 international students
- 1 in 5 students is a foreigner
- 150 different nationalities
- 432% of PhD students are foreigners
- 30% Master's taught in English
- 19 languages taught
- 1 200 international university partnerships
- 1 special office providing personalized services for international students (ISSO)
Research
- 69 research units
- 13 Labex and 7 Equipex
- 3,000 PhD students
- 137 ERC since 2007 :
- 51 ERC Starting Grants
- 32 ERC Consolidator Grants (started in 2013)
- 31 ERC Advanced Grants
- 18 ERC Proof of Concept
- 5 ERC Synergy Grant
- 32 CNRS medals since 2001:
- 1 gold medal
- 28 silver medals
- 3 innovation medals
- 160 members or honorary members of the Institut Universitaire de France (including 32 junior or senior members in delegation)
- Top 150 in Shanghai global ranking 2024
- Shanghai thematic ranking 2023:
- Top 50 in 6 disciplines
- Top 100 in 15 disciplines
Campus and student life
- 13 campuses spread over 6 departments (Isère, Drôme, Ardèche, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Alpes)
- 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
- 40 student life places
- 200 students association including an orchestra, dance group, 2 choirs and a student radio stations
- Over 130 cultural events on campuses each year
- 39 sports disciplines open to all
- 600 top-level student athletes and 150 top-level artists students
- 120 student-entrepreneurs
- 2,160 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.
