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Université De Lorraine Fact Sheet Fact Sheet Université de Lorraine Fact Sheet Fact Sheet Contact person Ms. Nathalie FICK Name of the UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE institution Responsibility Head of international Office Erasmus Code F NANCY 43 EUC 264194-LA-1-2014-1-FR-E4AKA1-ECHE Contact person Ms. &HOLQH&RXUGLHU Location Living @ UL: Responsibility Management of HXURSHDQ international mobility programs – Assistant Director Lorraine, a nice place to study and live in! Contact details Email: [email protected] KWWSZHOFRPHXQLYORUUDLQHIUHQOLYLQJDWXO Institution website http://www.univ-lorraine.fr International website http://welcome.univ-lorraine.fr/ Main contacts in Université de Lorraine’s Schools and Faculties Contact person Academic and administrative contacts in Université de Information on http://welcome.univ-lorraine.fr/en/studies/erasmus- Lorraine’s Schools and Faculties : http://www.univ- exchange exc hange-programs lorraine.fr/content/annuaire -des-correspondants-ri-de- programmes composantes Online course http://welcome.univ-lorraine.fr/en/studies catalogue Please visit also the webpages of our schools and Responsibility Management of international mobility in their school or faculty faculties Université de Lorraine Application information Nomination Deadlines Applications/information on students nominated must reach our institution by: Autumn Dental Studies : term Nomination deadline = April 1 st (send nominations to : A full time semester equates to 30 ECTS [email protected] ) Visa th Application deadline on https://mobilite.univ-lorraine.fr/incoming/ = April 15 Our institution will provide assistance, when required, in securing residence permits (titres de séjour) for incoming and outgoing students/staff, according to the requirements of the Other fields of study : th Erasmus Charter for Higher Education. Nominations deadline : May 15 (send nominations to : Information and assistance can be provided by the following contact points and [email protected] ) information sources: Application deadline : May 31th Information http://welcome.univ-lorraine.fr/en/studies/students-helpdesk Spring Dental Studies : for incoming term Nomination deadline = July 1 st (send nominations to : students drie [email protected] ) Application deadline on https://mobilite.univ-lorraine.fr/incoming/ = July 15th Insurance Other fields of study : Information and assistance can be provided by the following contact points and Nominations deadline : October 15 th (send nominations to : information sources: [email protected] ) Information http://welcome.univ-lorraine.fr/en/studies/students- Application deadlines on https://mobilite.univ-lorraine.fr/incoming/ : for incoming helpdesk/insurance October 31th students http://welcome.univ -lorraine.fr/en/studies/students-helpdesk/social- Decision Response security -insurance-france We will send our decision within 4 weeks. Transcripts of Records Housing A Transcript of Records will be issued no later than 5 weeks after the assessment period has finished at our institution. f,QFRPLQJVWXGHQWVZKRZDQWWRDSSO\IRUDFFRPPRGDWLRQZLOOI ind more information on Grading system RXUZHEVLWH http://welcome.univ-lorraine.fr/en/living-at-ul/housing In the French university system, each course unit is graded on a scale from 0 to 20 points, 0 being the lowest grade and 20 the highest grade. The pass mark thresholds are as follows: 10< mark <12 Acceptable 12< mark <14 Satisfactory 14< mark <16 Good 16< mark Excellent STUDYING AT UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE INTERNATIONAL Université de Lorraine is a French public university. It offers to its nearly ,000 $VDFRPSUHKHQVLYHXQLYHUVLW\8/RUUDLQHSXUVXHVDZLGHUDQJHRILQWHUQDWLRQDO students a full range of studies, in all fields, and in conformity to the Bologna model DFWLYLWLHV,1287ERXQGVWXGHQW3K'DFDGHPLF UHVHDUFKVWDIIH[FKDQJHVGHJUHH SURJUDPVRIIHUHGMRLQWO\ZLWKRWKHULQVWLWXWLRQV (UDVPXV0XQGXVFRWXWHOOH (bachelor / master / doctorate). ,QWHUQDWLRQDOMRLQWODEVLQWHUQDWLRQDO (XURSHDQUHVHDUFKJURXSV 8/RUUDLQHLVD PDMRUIRUFHLQWKHHFRQRPLF VRFLDOGHYHORSPHQWRIWKH 5HJLRQ*UDQG(VW DQG Collegiums (4 departments, schools, institutes and faculties) FURVVERDUGHUFRRSHUDWLRQ /X[HPEXUJ*HUPDQ\%HOJLXP8QL*5 :LWKFHQWXULHV RIKLVWRU\8/RUUDLQHLVDOVRDSLRQHHULQWKHWUDQVFRRSHUDWLRQEHWZHHQ$UWV WHFKQRORJLHVDQGLQGXVWU\DVHPERGLHGWRGD\LQLQQRYDWLYHSURMHFWVVXFKDV$57(0 • ALL (Arts, Literature, Languages) • SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES (Sciences ,QVWLWXW-HDQ/DPRXU,QVWLWXW/DID\HWWH%LRS{OHDPRQJRWKHUVE\FURVVLQJDSSURDFKHV • DEG (Law, Economy and technology) WRDQVZHUVRFLHWDOFKDOOHQJHV • INTERFACE (Teachers’ training, Adult • SHS (Humanities and Social Sciences) training) • TECHNOLOGIE (Bachelors in DSSOLHG • French Summer School • /0, PDQDJHPHQW LQQRYDWLRQ VFLHQFHV Incoming students • Buddy programme (ESN &83( • Lorraine INP (Graduate schools of • Accommodation booked before arrival Engineering) • Personalized welcome • SANTE (Health, Pharmacy, Odontology,sport) • International week end • Social & cultural activities , • Intercultural days … 8 PhD Schools • BioSe (Biology, Health, Environment) • RP2E (Resources, Processes, Products, • EMMA (Energy, Mechanics,Materials) Environment) • Fernand Braudel (Arts, Languages, • SESAMES (Chemistry, Physics) Humanities and social studies) • IAEM Lorraine (Computer science, • SJPEG (Legal, political and economic Automation, Electronics, Electronic sciences, Management) engineering Mathematics) • Stanislas (Language, Time, Societies) 10 Scientific Thematic Areas (60 Research Centers) • A2F (Agronomy, food, forest) • $0, &RPSXWHUVFLHQFHDXWRPDWLRQFRQWUROHOHFWURQLFVPDWKHPDWLFV • %06 %LRORJ\PHGLFLQHKHDOWK )LUVWHQWUHSUHQHXULDO8QLYHUVLW\LQ)UDQFH • &/&6 .QRZOHGJHODQJXDJHFRPPXQLFDWLRQVRFLHWLHV VLQFH • CPM (Chemistryandmolecular physics) • (033 (QHUJ\PHFKDQLFVSURFHVVSURGXFWV • 0 0DWWHUPDWHULDOVPHWDOOXUJ\PHFKDQLFV • OTELO (Geosciences) • SJEG (Law and economy sciences, poli tics, management) • TELL (Time, spaces, literature, lan guages) LIVING IN METZ OR NANCY • Accommodation & cost of living about 650 € per month • Close to Paris by TGV train, close to Luxembourg, Germany, Netherlands, Bel- gium, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic…. • Student’ cities : about 40 000 students for about 300 000 inhabitants in Nancy and about 15 000 students for about 122 000 inhabitants in Metz STUDENT LIFE • Campuses : 262 buildings, distributed over 52 university sites. • Housing & catering : In France, student housing and catering are managed by a public institution : the CROUS (Regional Centre for student support). • Cultural life : Université de Lorraine proposes a particularly rich cultural offer, open to all study fields. It owns and directly manages the Theater of Saulcy,Bernard- Marie Koltès space, labelled as a «scene theatre of Contemporary writings» on the campus of the Saulcy in Metz. The university also performs events in the amphitheater Déléage on the Humanities campus in Nancy. • Sport activities at the University : the SUAPS offers a pedagogic program with more than 70 activities from beginner to expert level (online registration : www.suaps.univ-lorraine.fr ). • Libraries : libraries, 5 500 seats available, 30 000 new volumes every year 2 000 periodicals and reviews subscriptions, 7 000 students trained to desk- based research per year. • Health services : Free and confidential consultations, appointments and social counselling, courses. www.univ-lorraine.fr .
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