La Rochelle Université in numbers

OVERVIEW

3 schools:

• Collegium Bachelor’s Degrees
• Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability Institute (SmUCS)
• University Institute of Technology (IUT)

1 University Foundation

7 977 students enrolled on formal and continuing education courses, including 794 on apprenticeship programmes.

479 teachers including 235 teacher-researchers.

548 employees: Library, Engineers, Administration, Technicians, Services and Health (BIATSS) and Research contract workers.

909 temporary workers

82 061 m² of floor space (gross floor area)

Budget: €120 million 

Research

10 laboratories

• 9 accredited research units (including 4 CNRS’s joint research units)
• 1 CNRS-accredited Support and Research Unit

6 research federations certified by the CNRS (including two run by La Rochelle Université)

Budget: €39.8 million (including payroll)

1 research specialisation: “Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability”

1 multidisciplinary doctoral school

224 doctoral students, including 45.1 % of international students
42 theses defended in 2022-2023

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SECTORS

6 economic and social fields represented by university subject coordinators

• Biotechnologies, agri-food industry and health
• Sustainable building, energy and eco-industry
• Environment and coastal management
• Digital
• Boating, port economics and transport
• Tourism, leisure and culture

EU-CONEXUS

9 members universities :

• La Rochelle Université (France) – Coordinatrice
• La Universidad Católica de Valencia (Spain)
• University of  Zadar (Croatia)
• Agricultural University of Athens (Greece)
• Technical University of Civil Engineerng Bucharest (Romania)
• Klaipeda University (Lithuania)
• Frederick University (Cyprus)
• University of Rostock (Germany)
• South East Technological University (Ireland)

More than 75 000 students
More than 9 000 employees
258 research groups
778 study programmes (all levels)

International

12.5% of international students
101 nationalities represented
176 international partner institutions 

As part of an exchange programme 

224 students from La Rochelle studied abroad
98 international students enrolled at La Rochelle Université 

300 students took French courses (FLE) 

Education

4 subject areas

• Arts, Humanities and Languages
• Law, Economics and Management
• Human and Social Sciences
• Science, Technologies and Health

64 national diplomas

• 1 Access to University Degree (DAEU)
• 5 University Bachelors of Technology (BUT)
• 13 bachelor’s degrees including 5 joint degree programmes
• 9 vocational degrees including 8 apprenticeship programmes
• 35 master’s degree programmes including 14 apprenticeship programmes
• 1 Engineer’s degree

1 Master’s programme in Engineering (CMI): 6 specialisations
11 university diplomas (DU) and inter-university diplomas (DIU)
1 preparation for competitive examination (Justice and Administration Careers)
2 national diplomas in French as a Foreign Language (DALF, DELF)

Occupational integration
80% of graduates are currently employed (vocational degrees and master’s degrees), according to a study carried out 30 months after graduation in 2020, excluding those pursuing their studies.

Students

37.6% of students receive grants

Geographical origin of students:

• 40.8% are from Charente-Maritime
• 59.2% are from the Poitiers Regional Education Authority (undergraduate)
• 66.2% are from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Student Services

Guidance-Integration and Lifelong learning

• 854 individual interviews and 28 group workshops or events on guidance and integration
• 644 high school students on long immersion programmes
• 19 students enrolled in the D2E program (Student-Entrepreneur Diploma)
• 70 students awarded SNEE (national status of student-entrepreneurs) status
• 347 trainees in continuing education or resuming their studies

Information resources

• 1 University Library
• On average open 63 hours a week and over 34 900 loans
• 115 computer workstations including 64 laptops on loan
• More than 105  000 printed books, 62 308 periodicals including 61 364 online 

Language Teaching

• 7 languages: German, English, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, Spanish and Portuguese
• 1 FEI-accredited centre (France Education International) for national diplomas in French as a foreign language (DALF, DELF)
• 1 agreement for the TOEIC Listening & Reading, TOEFL ITP, DELE, Linguaskill, TOPIK, HSK and DELF/DALF language tests 

Digital

• 1 Virtual Workplace for each student and employee
• 1 087 loaned computers and 1 500 open-access computers
• 356 Wi-Fi access points 

Culture

• 37 student association projects funded for a total of €46429 
• 1 338 students benefiting from the Student Super Pass: 92 offers of short internships, shows and awareness-raising activities 
• 13 exhibitions, 11 cultural and artistic workshops 
• 1 festival “Les Étudiants à l’affiche” and 1 Science fair “La Fête de la Science”

Sport

• 2 967 students and 130 employees enrolled in sports activities 
• 134 weekly supervised practice sessions 
• 47 sporting activities and 46 top athletes 
• 2 sports halls with a total surface area of 6 544 m² and 2 artificial pitches

Student disability

• 284 accompanied students with temporary or permanent disabilities 

Health

• 1 medical director, 2 doctor, 2 nurses, 3 social workers, 2 psychologist, 1 psychiatrist 
• 3 357 consultations per year for 1 641 students