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.
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