1. Medical School of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg

2. Tumultuous history at the crossroads of the Rhine
1540 : Medicine is taught at the Lutheran College founded by Jean Sturm
1566 : Maximilian II raises the college to the rank of an academy
1621 : Ferdinand II converts the academy into a university
1681 : Louis XIV confirms the university
1794 : changes into a school for studying health by the convention
1802 : transformation into a school of medicine
1808 : rebirth of the faculty under Napoleon

3. History (II)
1870 : Annexation of Alsace by Germany and from we had a free medical school in French but in 1872 it was transferred to Nancy.
1918 : the Faculty becomes French once again
1939 : the Faculty moves to Clermont-Ferrand and came back in 1945
1969 : integration of the Faculty in the University Louis Pasteur
2009 : creation of the University of Strasbourg from the three former universities (scientific and medical; human sciences; law school)

4. University of Strasbourg (1/01/09)
Set up from the former universities
University Louis Pasteur (scientific and medical university)
Marc Bloch University ( human sciences university)
Robert Schuman University (law school)

6. Aims of the new university
the development of the basic missions of the university i.e. research, training, professional integration based on interdisciplinary collaboration and a synergy interactions of all the fields
the major availability of the teaching/research staff, the administrative staff and the students to allow the best possible studies and the work opportunities.
the development of the leadership to face international competition with better assets and more visibility.

7. The UdS is hosting 42 000 students (21% foreign students),
11 423 trainees in continuous education,
5 230 members of staff (of which 1500 come from national research institutions)
It is constituted of 37 components i.e. training units, faculties, schools, institutes
and 86 research units (Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medical [INSERM] and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNR])
covering a surface of sqm with 110 buildings.

9. All the fields in higher education are covered
50 Master programs
26 Bachelor programs
34 Professional bachelor programs
9 doctoral schools
2535 doctoral students (380 defenses/year)
A European Doctoral College

10. Medicine studies
First cycle : 2 years preclinical studies ( competitive examination at the end of the first year with a fixed numerous clausus)
Second cycle : 4 years clinical studies and hospital training periods
Compulsory national ranking tests for access into the 3rd cycle
Third cycle – specialization
general medicine 3 years
other specialized studies 4 to 5 years

11. Research Master’s
Biological imaging
Neuroscience
Cellular and molecular physiopathology
Public health and environment
Ethics : life, norms and societies, medical ethics and bioethics

12. Departments
Evaluation committee for the theoretical and clinical teaching of the faculty
Department of pedagogy
Multimedia department – TICE
University and hospital department of ethics
Department of history and philosophy of life and health science-heritage and museum conservation
Department of general medicine
Department of human and social sciences
Research commission

13. Research activities 7 INSERM units (national label)
4 University units (UdS label)
Main fields :
neurosciences
Physiopathology of inflammation and cancer
Immunity
Microbiology
Cancer
Biomaterials : biological processes and interface biophysics

14. Teachers and Students 139 Professors 100 Associate Professors
134 university hospital assistants and university clinic managers-hospital assistants
5500 registered students (1800 1styear)
24% foreign students