University of Western Brittany
Université de Bretagne Occidentale
BREST QUIMPER MORLAIX A rich environment with many collaborations
! Télécom Bretagne ! ENSTA ! ENIB ! École Navale ! ISEN ! ESAB ! BBS Brest ! EMBA Quimper ! IFREMER ! IPEV ! Océanopolis ! Agence des Aires Marines ! CHRU ! SB Roscoff (UMPC) ! Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique ! ADRIA and Valorial ! Conservatoire Botanique
! Technopoles in Brest and Quimper ©Frédérique Le Mouillour
BREST 2 QUIMPER MORLAIX About us
! A multidisciplinary university with health program (the only one of its kind in
Brittany)
! UBO is a member of the Université Bretagne-Loire federation
! A strong regional presence: Brest – Quimper – Morlaix
! UBO it is :
20,142 students
1,718 international students €201 M annual budget 284 free listeners €142 M payroll 2,242 members of staff
BREST 3 QUIMPER MORLAIX Over 20,000 students
! 131 bachelor and master majors across 6 teaching areas in 6 faculties and 7 institutes:
• Marine and Coastal Sciences • Human and Social Sciences • Arts, Literature, Languages • Law, Economics, Management • Science, Technology and Health • Science and Techniques for Physical Activity and Sports
! 33 vocational bachelor degrees ! 16 university technology diplomas (DUTs) ! 2 engineer training courses at ESIAB 12,970 Bachelor degree students ! 5 doctoral schools 4,506 Master degree students 1,501 PhD students
BREST 4 QUIMPER MORLAIX A university for lifelong learning
Education adapted to the needs of the socio-economic environment
! Intra- and Inter-company training ! Training courses leading to qualifications ! Recognition of prior learning (VAP85, VAE, VES) ! Skills assessment ! Return to study ! Cooperative Education (Alternance)
! Certification €7,68 M turnover 2,359 certifications awarded per year 8,070 interns hosted per year A team of 50 professionals and 2,258 trainees over 400 contributors registered for diploma- based training
BREST 5 QUIMPER MORLAIX Where do our students come from? Bachelor degree courses
BREST 6 QUIMPER 6 MORLAIX Where do our students come from? Master degree courses
BREST 7 QUIMPER 7 MORLAIX Where do our students come from? PhD students
BREST 8 QUIMPER 8 MORLAIX Success at Bachelor level
UBO is ranked 16 among French Universities for student success at bachelor degree level
Source MESR – July 2015
BREST 9 QUIMPER 9 MORLAIX According to rate of graduate employment
Survey on employment at 30 months after graduation
Source : Ministry
BREST 10 QUIMPER MORLAIX Campus vitality
! 55 student associations ! 126 high-level sportspersons ! 4 high-level sports
" Women’s handball
" Athletics
" Women’s basketball
" Cycling ! 14 high-level artists
Creation of a student solidarity project incubator with CROUS
! €420 000 € over 3 years as part of a CNOUS call for projects ! A project focused on making the campus more accessible to the general public, certain groups in particular such as working students and student parents.
BREST 11 QUIMPER MORLAIX 4 research areas
Health Human and Maths Agro-environment Marine Social ICT Sciences Materials Sciences
BREST 12 QUIMPER MORLAIX Excellence in research Research themes Maths-ICT
! Upper and lower layers ! Statistics and probability ! Materials for ICT ! Computing ! Purposes Health – Agro-environment – Materials
! Genetics ! Healthcare technologies ! Immunotherapy ! Vascular Medicine: preventive, predictive and personalised ! Vulnerability ! Imaging ! Health-chemistry interface ! Microbiology ! Lasers
BREST 13 QUIMPER MORLAIX Excellence in research Research themes
Marine Sciences
! Ocean and climate ! Deep ocean ! Marine ecology ! Law and activities in maritime areas ! Management of coastal areas ! Marine energies ! Environmental microbiology
Human and Social Sciences
! Breton and Celtic worlds ! English-speaking world ! Ageing – vulnerability ! Heritage ! Administration and regional areas
© Erwan Amice
BREST 14 QUIMPER MORLAIX Excellence in research
! 4 federative research structures ! 5 doctoral schools ! 37 research laboratories :
• 8 UMRs with the CNRS (+UMR/OSU + UMS CRBC +MSHB) • 3 INSERM research units (2 UMRs + 1 ERI)(+ a CIC) • 2 UMRs with IRD (and an LMI with South Africa) • 4 UMRs with IFREMER • 5 units with University of South Brittany • 6 units with University of Rennes 2 • 3 units with Télécom Bretagne • 2 units with ENSTA Bretagne and ENIB • 2 units with University of Nantes
BREST 15 QUIMPER MORLAIX Research : Investments for the future
Equipex NAOS Labex Mer “Observation and forecasting of the global “A changing ocean” ocean”
Labex CAMI Equipex CRITEX “Computer Assisted Medical Interventions” “Spatial and temporal study of catchment area critical zones” Labex IGO “Immunotherapy techniques for oncology IRT B-COM and transplantation” “A major actor in the revolution in uses of digital technology” Labex COMIN LABS
“A Labex for the internet of the future” IEED France Energies Marines “A major actor in the development of marine Labex Lebesgue renewable energies” “Mathematics”
SATT “A company for the acceleration of technology transfer”
BREST 16 QUIMPER MORLAIX A university open to the world
International objectives
" An ambitious scientific policy
" Development of exchanges at European and global levels
" Encouragement of student mobility
International strategy
" Europe
" French-speaking countries
" South America
" Asia and South-East Asia
Multiple exchanges
" 1 600 international students
" 306 foreign partner universities, 180 of which are in Europe
BREST 17 QUIMPER MORLAIX International figures
! 260 European mobility agreements via the Erasmus+ programme
! 100 existing international framework agreements
! 260 UBO students go abroad each year through Erasmus+ programmes and framework agreements
! 570 students travel abroad for internships each year
! 30% of our Master graduates have international mobility experience
! 100 nationalities represented
! 1 600 international students at UBO, 120 of which are part of the Erasmus+ programme
BREST 18 QUIMPER MORLAIX International research collaborations
BREST 19 QUIMPER MORLAIX Excellence in research
Future International City
BREST 20 QUIMPER MORLAIX International mobility
! 850 UBO students travel abroad to study or for an internship
! UBO hosts 1 560 international students
! Top 3 worldwide destinations Canada USA China
! Top 5 European destinations United Kingdom Spain Germany Ireland Belgium
BREST 21 QUIMPER MORLAIX Strategic objectives 2012-2017
Objectives and Challenges
BREST 22 QUIMPER 22 MORLAIX Contract 2012-2017
Continue the modernisation of the institution’s governance in accordance with its strategy, optimise attractiveness and improve living and working conditions on campus ! Continue the modernisation of governance ! Enhance the attractiveness of the University in accordance with its strategy ! Communication ! Social environment of the workplace ! Improve living and working conditions on campus
Contribute to the definition of a comprehensive strategy for higher education and research in Brittany ! Established throughout the Brittany region with Brest as the main site ! Network approach: a specificity of Brest and Finistère ! Towards a new structuring of the Grand Ouest local areas: coordinate resources around the European University of Brittany (UEB) umbrella organisation ! Reconfiguration of research and higher education in the Grand Ouest
BREST 23 QUIMPER 23 MORLAIX Contract 2012-2017
Strengthen the centres of excellence in research and reinforce the position of UBO at the national and international level through the affirmation of strategic choices ! Affirm UBO’s leading position in Marine Sciences and Technologies ! Consolidate research excellence in Health, Maths-ICT and HSS ! Boost the UBO’s national and international position
Strengthen excellence in training courses and promote lifelong learning ! Strengthen the promotion of long-term initial education ! Strengthen the promotion of lifelong leaning ! Consolidate available master degrees around the centres of excellence in research ! Internationalise study paths
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