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IDEX Project: Université Grenoble Alpes - The world-class innovation university
Grenoble-Alpes was the most successful site after Paris during the recent Investissements d'Avenir calls, with 77 selected projects, including 1 IRT, 1 SATT and 21 Labex, of which 14 are managed by UGA. We have 9 "highly cited" researchers and 57 IUF members (2014), have won 48 ERCs (2007-20014) and our share of French scientific production is over 10% in 14 Web of Science categories.
Grenoble is ranked in the top 5 of the world's innovation centres, with exceptionally rates of patents per inhabitant and a unique endogen innovation ecosystem.
Université Grenoble Alpes is at the forefront of pedagogical innovations, with inverted classrooms since 2006, MOOCs and shared interdisciplinary modules in critical thinking.
Student Life is rated as the best in France, with a beautiful campus adjoining the city, excellent services and ski slopes half an hour away.
A clear path to an ambitious future
The ComUE "Université Grenoble Alpes", created in December 2014, has been conceived as the instrument of transformation of the institutional landscape. The national research organisms are fully involved in the overall approach.
The partners of the ComUE have merged their doctoral schools in a single Collège Doctoral, all their research activities have been regrouped in 6 research departments and they have adopted a common affiliation for all their scientific publications.
In 2016, the merger of the universities Joseph Fourier, Pierre-Mendès-France and Stendhal will regroup the large majority of the staff and students of the target structure. This will simplify the institutional landscape.
The final academic components of the target structure will be defined progressively in the close future. The target structure is represented in the following figure :
Boosting excellence
The IDEX actions will enable to boost the quality and visibility of UGA.
Focus Strategic lines of action
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Structuring, integration and governance |
Implement the target structure of UGA Adopt a common branding and communication policy Support the internationalization of UGA Increase competitive funding |
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Research and knowledge transfer |
Reinforce research departments as the key place for research coordination Stimulate research projects along a series of strategic lines Facilitate the interface between research and private partners Support key points of the technology transfer chain |
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Higher education and lifelong learning |
Restructure the academic components Increase international visibility and ambition Promote innovative teaching approaches Boost student employability |
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Student Life |
Develop student services, accounting for local contexts, student diversity, evolving needs and international attractiveness |
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Social and cultural outreach |
Structure and coordinate initiatives Support initiatives |
These actions are structured by two transversal focuses. First, empower and improve our research capacities in humanities and social sciences. Second, foster multidisciplinary research to tackle four key socio-economic challenges, chosen in line with the European, national, regional and metropolitan priorities and based on our strengths: sustainable planet and society; health, well-being and technology; understanding and fostering innovation; digital world. All actions will be co-funded by the IDEX and the partners.
Updated on February 5, 2015