Louis Pasteur University

Infobox University


name = Louis Pasteur University Strasbourg I
native_name = Université Louis-Pasteur Strasbourg I
established = 1567
motto =
type =
president = Alain Beretz
city = Strasbourg, Alsace
state =
country = France
students = 18,847
website = [http://www-ulp.u-strasbg.fr/en/bienvenue/ Official university website]

Louis Pasteur University ("Université Louis-Pasteur"), also known as Strasbourg I or ULP is a large university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. As of January 15 2007, there were 18,847 students enrolled at the university, including around 3,000 foreign students. Research and teaching at ULP concentrates on the natural sciences, technology and medicine.

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the ULP belongs to the first 100 rank (96th in 2006).

The university is a member of the LERU (League of European Research Universities). It is named after the famous 19th-century French scientist Louis Pasteur.

Notable staff

* Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918), professor of physics, Nobel Prize in 1909
* Albrecht Kossel (1853-1927), physician, Nobel Prize in 1910
* Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Nobel Prize in 1952
* Jean-Marie Lehn (1939-), French chemist, Nobel Prize in 1987
* René Thom (1923-2002), French mathematician, founder of catastrophe theory, lauréate of the Fields Medal in 1958

Points of interest

* Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg

ee also

* University of Strasbourg
* École européenne de chimie, polymères et matériaux, the European school of chemistry

External links

* [http://www-ulp.u-strasbg.fr/ Official university website]