UGA in numbers
UGA in numbers
59,500
students
10,400
employees
Human resources
- 10,400 staff (including 2,650 from national research organisations).
- 6,000 teachers, lecturers and researchers (including 1,450 researchers from national research organisations and 1,000 contractual doctoral students).
- 4,400 administrative and technical staff (including 1,200 from national research organisations).
International
- 10,000 international students
- 1 in 6 students is a foreigner
- 155 different nationalities
- 47% of PhD students are foreigners
- 25% Master's taught in English
- 18 languages taught
- 1 100 international university partnerships
- 1 special office providing personalized services for international students (ISSO)
Research
- 71 research units
- 13 Labex and 10 Equipex
- 3,000 PhD students
- 132 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
- 142 members or honorary members of the Institut Universitaire de France (including 26 junior or senior members in delegation)
- Top 150 in Shanghai global ranking 2022
- Shanghai thematic ranking 2022:
- 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
- 50 student life places
- 200 students association including an orchestra, dance group, 2 choirs and a student radio stations
- Over 200 cultural events on campuses each year
- 49 sports disciplines open to all
- 600 top-level student athletes and 160 top-level artists students
- 80 student-entrepreneurs
- 1,380 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.
