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- AbroadShanghai 2021 Subject Ranking: Université Grenoble Alpes strengthens its position as the top French university outside of ParisJune 4, 2021In the top 100 of the Shanghai 2020 global ranking, Université Grenoble Alpes has consolidated its position in the recently published Shanghai 2021 subject ranking. Listed in the top 100 of the world's best universities for 18 disciplines, including 7 in the top 50, UGA is the third French university after Université Paris Saclay and Sorbonne Université in terms of the number of disciplines ranked in the top 100. Find out more
- TrainingNew double degree with Swansea University, one of Université Grenoble Alpes' strategic partnersMay 11, 2021From the start of the 2021-2022 academic year, Université Grenoble Alpes and Swansea University (Wales) are joining forces to offer a double degree in specialized professional translation.Find out more
- ResearchALPALGA: the search for mountain snow microalgaeJune 7, 2021The life of the microscopic algae that inhabit snow at high elevations is still relatively unknown. Researchers from the CNRS, CEA, Météo-France, INRAE and Université Grenoble Alpes have therefore created the ALPALGA consortium to study this little-known world, threatened by global warming. Scientists are describing for the first time the distribution of dozens of mountain microalgae species according to elevation.Find out more
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Université Grenoble Alpes remains open during lockdown, but its teaching activity takes place largely by distance. Its faculty and staff work mainly off-campus from home.
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At the height of global research
Top 100 of the Shanghai 2020 ranking
In 2020, Université Grenoble Alpes made its entry into the top 100 of the prestigious Shanghai Global Ranking, which compares the research productivity of the world's top 1,000 universities. In 99th place, UGA is the only French university outside Paris to appear in the top 100, alongside four Parisian universities.
Top 50 in 7 disciplines
In the Shanghai 2020 thematic ranking, UGA appears in the world's top 50 in 7 scientific disciplines:
- Remote Sensing: 21
- Earth Sciences: 24
- Metallurgical Engineering: 30
- Physics: 39
- Clinical Medicine: 45
- Mining and mineral engineering: 47
- Mathematics: 48
