University of Rennes

The University of Rennes, sometimes rendered as Rennes University, is a public research university in Rennes, the capital of Brittany in north-western France, created on 1 January 2023 by the merger of Rennes 1 University with five grandes écoles, and it is placed in the 731-740 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.雷恩大学是一所位于法国西北部布列塔尼大区首府雷恩的公立研究型大学，英文亦作「Rennes University」，于 2023 年 1 月 1 日由雷恩第一大学与五所大学校合并而成，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 731-740 区间。

Its institutional lineage reaches back to the ducal university founded at Nantes in 1461 by Francis II, Duke of Brittany, and its motto is La volonté de progresser, d'innover, d'entreprendre.其机构渊源可追溯至 1461 年布列塔尼公爵法兰西斯二世在楠泰尔创办的公爵大学，校训为「La volonté de progresser，d'innover，d'entreprendre（进步、创新与创业的意志）」。

It educates about 37,200 students with some 4,500 academic staff, its OpenAlex record lists 87,922 research works and 4,412,395 citations, and it was 524th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities.该校培养约 37,200 名学生，有约 4,500 名教学人员；其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 87,922 项、被引 4,412,395 次，并在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 524。

History

• The first university of the region was founded in Nantes in 1461 by Francis II, Duke of Brittany, and is known in the university's own account as the duke's university of Brittany.该地区最早的大学由布列塔尼公爵法兰西斯二世于 1461 年在楠泰尔创办，在校方自身的叙述中被称为「布列塔尼公爵大学」。

• That ducal university was dissolved during the French Revolution in 1793, ending the first period of higher education in Brittany for a generation.这所公爵大学在 1793 年法国大革命期间被解散，使布列塔尼的高等教育中断了一代人的时间。

• In 1808 it was replaced by an imperial university established in Rennes, restoring degree teaching in the region under the Napoleonic system of imperial universities.1808 年，该校在雷恩以一所「帝国大学」的形式重建，在拿破仑帝国的大学体制下恢复了该地区的学位教育。

• In 1945 the Faculty of Sciences merged with the Institut polytechnique de l'Ouest in Nantes to form the Institut de chimie de l'Université de Rennes.1945 年，理学院与楠泰尔的西部理工学院合并，组成雷恩大学化学研究所。

• In 1954 the Rennes school of medicine and pharmacy became the Faculty of Medicine and joined the university, and the following year the Institute of Business Administration of Rennes was created.1954 年，雷恩医学与药学院升格为医学院并并入大学；翌年，雷恩工商管理学院成立。

• Until 1969 the University of Rennes comprised four faculties, before the reorganisation of French higher education divided it into two institutions.在法国高等教育改革把大学一分为二之前，雷恩大学到 1969 年共设四个学院。

• The 1968 reform of French universities, following the events of May that year, led to the division of the historic University of Rennes into separate institutions in 1969 and 1970.1968 年五月事件之后的法国大学改革，使历史悠久的雷恩大学在 1969 与 1970 年间被拆分。

• The two successors were Rennes 1 University and the University of Upper Brittany, known as Rennes 2, and in 1969 and 1970 that division set the pattern of higher education in the city for the next half-century.其两个继承机构分别是雷恩第一大学与上布列塔尼大学，即雷恩第二大学；1969 与 1970 年的这次拆分，奠定了此后半个世纪该市高等教育的格局。

• Rennes 1 continued to use the name University of Rennes until 1984, when a ministerial decision obliged it to adopt the name University of Rennes 1.雷恩第一大学一直沿用「雷恩大学」之名，直到 1984 年教育部决定要求其改用「雷恩第一大学」。

• Rennes 1 grew into a broad institution covering science, health, law, economics, management and philosophy, with campuses in Rennes and in Brittany at Lannion, Saint-Brieuc and Saint-Malo.雷恩第一大学成长为涵盖科学、健康、法律、经济、管理与哲学的综合性院校，校区分布于雷恩以及布列塔尼的拉尼永、圣布里厄与圣马洛。

• On 1 January 2023, after a period of preparation, Rennes 1 merged with five grandes écoles to create the new University of Rennes, a single multidisciplinary institution.2023 年 1 月 1 日，经过一段筹备期，雷恩第一大学与五所大学校合并，组建为单一的综合性机构——新雷恩大学。

• The five partner institutions were the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health, the national chemistry school of Rennes, ENS Rennes, INSA Rennes and Sciences Po Rennes.这五所合作机构分别是公共卫生高等研究学院、雷恩国立高等化工学校、雷恩高等师范学校、雷恩国立应用科学学院与雷恩政治学院。

• The merger brought engineering, teacher training, political studies and public health into the same institution as the university's science, health and law faculties, creating a multidisciplinary whole.此次合并把工程、师资培养、政治研究与公共卫生纳入与理、医、法各学院同一机构之内，形成一个多学科的总体。

• Rennes 2 University, together with research institutes including CNRS, INRAE, Inria, Inserm and the Rennes university hospital, is associated with the UNIR project.雷恩第二大学与国家科研中心、INRAE、Inria、Inserm 以及雷恩大学医院等研究机构共同参与「UNIR」项目。

• Under that project the six establishments are to be grouped into an experimental public establishment of nearly 7,000 staff, including about a thousand researchers, and 156 research laboratories.依该项目，六家机构将整合为一个实验性公共机构，拥有近 7,000 名职员（含约一千名研究人员）与 156 个研究实验室。

• Together, Bretagne's institutions account for about 68,000 students, of whom some 60,000 study within the regrouping associated with the UNIR project.布列塔尼各院校合计约有 68,000 名学生，其中约 60,000 人在与 UNIR 项目相联系的整合体系内就读。

• The university describes itself as the direct heir of the region's first university, and it keeps the date of 1461 in its institutional identity alongside its 2023 legal status.该校自称是该地区第一所大学的直接继承者，并在机构身份中同时保留 1461 年这一渊源年份与 2023 年这一法律地位年份。

• Its Renaissance-era predecessor and the imperial university of 1808 give the institution a lineage of more than five and a half centuries, interrupted by the Revolution.其文艺复兴时期的前身与 1808 年的帝国大学，使该校拥有逾五个半世纪、中间因大革命而中断的传承。

Academics

• The university is multidisciplinary, with faculties and schools covering science, health, law, economics, management, political science, philosophy, engineering and teacher training.该校为多学科综合性大学，其学院与学校涵盖科学、健康、法律、经济、管理、政治学、哲学、工程与师资培养。

• As an experimental public establishment it brings together the former Rennes 1 and five grandes écoles, giving it a wider disciplinary range than either alone.作为「实验性公共机构」，它把原雷恩第一大学与五所大学校合为一体，学科范围比任一单独机构都更广。

• Engineering teaching is provided through INSA Rennes and ENS Rennes, while chemistry is taught at the national chemistry school of Rennes.其工程类教学由雷恩国立应用科学学院与雷恩高等师范学校承担，化学教学则由雷恩国立高等化工学校负责。

• Political studies are taught at Sciences Po Rennes and public health at the School of Advanced Studies in Public Health, both now within the university.政治学由雷恩政治学院开设，公共卫生由公共卫生高等研究学院开设，二者现均属该大学。

• Its law faculty covers law, economics, management, political science and philosophy, and its health faculty covers medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and related disciplines.其法学院涵盖法律、经济、管理、政治学与哲学；健康学院则涵盖医学、药学、牙医学及相关学科。

• OpenAlex attributes 87,922 works and 4,412,395 citations to the institution, reflecting the combined research output of its predecessor bodies.OpenAlex 记录该校 87,922 项成果与 4,412,395 次被引，反映出其前身各机构合并后的科研产出。

• The UNIR project links the university with Rennes 2 and with the national research institutes active in Brittany, including CNRS, Inria and Inserm.「UNIR」项目把该校与雷恩第二大学以及在布列塔尼活跃的国家研究机构（包括国家科研中心、Inria 与 Inserm）相连接。

• Teaching is conducted in French, with an international student share of about ten per cent and tuition set at state rates, about 2,902 euros for 2026-27.其教学以法语进行，国际学生占比约 10%，学费按国家标准收取，2026-27 学年约为 2,902 欧元。

• The university offers programmes at licence, master's and doctoral level within the European higher education framework, together with engineering diplomas through its schools.该校在欧洲高等教育框架内开设学士、硕士与博士课程，并通过其学校授予工程师文凭。

• Its science faculties teach mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geology and computer science, and its engineering schools add applied and industrial specialisms.其理科学院教授数学、物理、化学、生物学、地质学与计算机科学，其工程学校则增添应用与工业类专业方向。

• Research is organised in laboratories shared with national research bodies, and 156 research laboratories are counted across the regrouping associated with the UNIR project.其研究在与国家研究机构共享的实验室中开展；与 UNIR 项目相联系的整合体系内共有 156 个研究实验室。

• The university participates in doctoral schools that supervise research students across its faculties and schools, with about a thousand researchers working in the regrouping.该校参与多个博士学院，在各学院与学校范围内指导研究生，整合体系内约有研究人员一千名。

• Its health teaching is supported by the Rennes university hospital, and its engineering and science schools maintain industrial partnerships in Brittany.其医学教学由雷恩大学医院支持，其工程与科学类学校则在布列塔尼维持产业合作关系。

• Fees at French state rates, together with the concentration of institutions in a single city, make the university accessible to students from across France and abroad.按国家标准收取的学费，加上多所机构集中于同一城市的格局，使该校对法国各地与海外学生而言较易就读。

• Its schools and faculties award both university degrees and the diplomas of the grandes écoles, so that engineering and political studies graduates hold qualifications recognised nationally.其学校与学院既授予大学学位，也授予大学校文凭，因此工程与政治研究类毕业生持有全国认可的资格。

• The university's research strengths include health sciences, chemistry, digital technology, mathematics and the marine and environmental sciences of Brittany.其研究优势包括健康科学、化学、数字技术、数学，以及布列塔尼的海洋与环境科学。

Campus

• The university has three main campuses in Rennes and further sites in Brittany at Lannion, Saint-Brieuc and Saint-Malo.该校在雷恩有三处主校区，并在布列塔尼的拉尼永、圣布里厄与圣马洛设有其他教学点。

• Its geographic coordinates are approximately 48.11109 degrees north and 1.67431 degrees west, in the city of Rennes.其地理坐标约为北纬 48.11109 度、西经 1.67431 度，位于雷恩市内。

• The Rennes campuses are distributed across the city rather than gathered on a single site, reflecting the merger of institutions with separate histories.其雷恩各校区分布于全市各处而非集中于单一校址，反映其由历史各异的机构合并而成的背景。

• The former Palais Universitaire of the University of Rennes now serves as the city's museum of fine arts, a reminder of the institution's historic presence in the town.原雷恩大学的大学宫如今是雷恩市美术馆，见证该校在城中的历史存在。

• Campuses at Lannion, Saint-Brieuc and Saint-Malo extend the university's teaching to other parts of Brittany, in the region's network of higher education sites.拉尼永、圣布里厄与圣马洛的校区把该校的教学延伸到布列塔尼其他地区，纳入该地区的高等教育网点。

• The university's colours are black and white, and its corporate identity reflects the merger of the university with its partner schools.其校色为黑与白，其视觉形象体现该大学与其合作院校的合并。

• Rennes is a compact city crossed by metro in about fifteen minutes, and its institutions are unusually concentrated for a city of its size, with some 70,000 students.雷恩是一座紧凑的城市，乘地铁约十五分钟即可贯穿，其院校集中度对同规模城市而言异常之高，约有学生七万名。

• Campus facilities include libraries, laboratories, sports installations and student residences, spread across the Rennes sites and the regional campuses.校园设施包括图书馆、实验室、体育设施与学生宿舍，分布于雷恩各处校区与地区校区。

• The Saint-Malo campus places part of the university on the Breton coast, about forty-five minutes from Rennes by train.圣马洛校区把该校的一部分置于布列塔尼海岸，距雷恩乘火车约四十五分钟。

• Because the university is a merger of institutions, its facilities range from nineteenth-century university buildings in Rennes to modern engineering and science complexes.由于该校由多家机构合并而成，其设施既有雷恩的十九世纪大学建筑，也有现代工程与科学综合体。

• The university's libraries serve the faculties and schools across the campuses, supporting teaching in law, science, health and engineering.其图书馆服务各校区内的学院与学校，支撑法律、科学、健康与工程等领域的教学。

• Hostels and student housing are provided in Rennes through the national student services network as well as university arrangements.雷恩的学生住宿由国家学生服务机构网络与学校安排共同提供。

• The university's estate spans Brittany, from the multi-site presence in Rennes to the regional campuses at Lannion, Saint-Brieuc and Saint-Malo, reflecting its role as a regional university.其校产横跨布列塔尼，从雷恩的多点布局到拉尼永、圣布里厄与圣马洛的地区校区，体现其区域型大学的角色。

• Because several of its schools were formerly independent, the university maintains distinct campuses and facilities that are only gradually being integrated under a single identity.由于其中若干学校原本独立，该校保留着各自不同的校区与设施，这些设施正逐步整合于统一身份之下。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Rennes is placed in the 731-740 band, according to the official ranking table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，雷恩大学处于 731-740 区间。此排名以官方榜单为准。

• It stands in the 801-1000 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and is 524th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 801-1000 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 524。

• It is placed in the 401-500 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking, its strongest position among the four major tables.在软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 401-500 区间，是其在四大榜单中的最佳座次。

• OpenAlex attributes 87,922 works and 4,412,395 citations to the institution, one of the larger research outputs among French universities outside Paris.OpenAlex 记录该校 87,922 项成果与 4,412,395 次被引，是巴黎以外法国大学中科研产出较大者之一。

• Its standing rests on the breadth of the 2023 merger, which joined science and health faculties with engineering, political studies and public health schools in one institution.其地位建立在 2023 年合并带来的学科广度之上，该次合并把理、医学院系与工程、政治研究及公共卫生学校并入同一机构。

• The endowment of about 280 million euros and an academic staff of some 4,500 place it among the larger French universities by resources.其约 2.8 亿欧元的捐赠基金与约 4,500 名教学人员，使其在资源规模上位居法国较大型大学之列。

• The UNIR project, involving 156 research laboratories and about sixty thousand students, is intended to strengthen the research profile of the Rennes institutions collectively.涉及 156 个研究实验室与约六万名学生的「UNIR」项目，旨在整体强化雷恩各机构的研究实力。

• Its lineage as the heir of the 1461 ducal university gives it a historic claim to be the oldest tradition of higher learning in Brittany.其作为 1461 年公爵大学继承者的渊源，使其在历史上可称为布列塔尼最悠久的高等教育传统。

• Within France it competes with the universities of Nantes, Brest and Angers for students and research funding in the western regions, known in English as Nantes University, Brest University and Angers University.在法国国内，它与楠泰尔、布雷斯特与昂热等大学在西部地区争夺学生与科研经费，这三校英文亦作「Nantes University」「Brest University」与「Angers University」。

• Its international recruitment is modest relative to its size, with about ten per cent of students from outside France, and instruction is mainly in French.相对于其规模，其国际招生比例不高，约 10% 的学生来自法国以外，教学以法语为主。

• The Rennes School of Business and the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology form part of the city's wider academic landscape, alongside the university and Rennes 2.雷恩商学院与国家数字科学技术研究所与该校及雷恩第二大学一同构成该市更广泛的学术版图。

Student life

• Student life is concentrated in Rennes, a city of about 70,000 students that scores highly in French student-city comparisons for its institutions and safety.学生生活集中于雷恩，这座约有七万名学生的城市，因院校与安全条件在法国大学城评比中得分较高。

• Rents in the city are moderate by French standards, with a studio typically costing between 490 and 620 euros a month and an all-in student budget of 850 to 1,100 euros.以法国标准衡量，该市租金适中，单间公寓月租通常在 490 至 620 欧元之间，学生全部开销约为 850 至 1,100 欧元。

• The university's campuses are linked by the city's metro and bus network, and the compactness of Rennes means journeys between faculties are short.其各校区由城市地铁与公交网络相连，雷恩的紧凑尺度使学院之间的通行时间很短。

• Students have access to sports installations, cultural facilities and the city's student associations, as well as the national student services network for housing and dining.学生可使用体育设施、文化场馆与市内学生社团，并通过国家学生服务网络获得住宿与餐饮服务。

• The merger brought student communities from different institutions into one university, mixing engineering, political studies and public health students with those in law and science.合并把不同院校的学生社群归入同一所大学，使工程、政治研究与公共卫生学生与法律、理科学生共处。

• The Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc campuses offer students a coastal or small-city setting as an alternative to the Breton capital.圣马洛与圣布里厄校区为学生提供海滨或小城环境，作为布列塔尼首府之外的另一种选择。

• Rennes hosts two universities after the 2023 reorganisation, so the city's student life is shared between the University of Rennes and Rennes 2 University.2023 年重组后雷恩仍有两所大学，该市的学生生活由雷恩大学与雷恩第二大学共同构成。

• Its international students, about ten per cent of the total, study mainly in French and are supported by the university's international relations services.其国际学生约占总数的 10%，主要以法语学习，并由学校的国际关系部门提供支持。

• Engineering students at INSA Rennes and ENS Rennes follow the French grandes écoles model, with selective entry and strong industrial links.雷恩国立应用科学学院与雷恩高等师范学校的学生遵循法国大学校模式，入学选拔严格且与产业联系紧密。

• Graduates work across French public administration, health care, engineering, law and research, and in Brittany's technology and agri-food industries.其毕业生就业于法国公共行政、医疗、工程、法律与研究领域，以及布列塔尼的科技与农食产业。

• The city's cultural and sporting life, including its music festivals and football club Stade Rennais, forms part of the student experience in Rennes.该市的文化与体育生活——包括音乐节与雷恩足球俱乐部——构成雷恩学生体验的一部分。

Notable people

• Francis II, Duke of Brittany, founded the region's first university at Nantes in 1461, the institution from which the modern university claims descent.布列塔尼公爵法兰西斯二世于 1461 年在楠泰尔创办该地区第一所大学，现代雷恩大学即自称由其传承而来。

• David Alis serves as president of the university, having previously led Rennes 1 University through the period of its merger.达维德·阿利斯担任该校校长，他此前在合并期间领导雷恩第一大学。

• Jane Krier created the Institute of Business Administration of Rennes in 1955, adding management teaching to the university's offering.让娜·克里耶于 1955 年创办雷恩工商管理学院，为大学增添了管理学教学。

• The university's predecessor institutions educated generations of Breton physicians, lawyers, scientists and engineers, and its medical faculty is tied to the Rennes university hospital.其前身各机构培养了数代布列塔尼的医生、律师、科学家与工程师，其医学院与雷恩大学医院紧密相连。

• Faculty and graduates of Rennes 1 before 2023 have become the founding staff of the merged university, ensuring continuity of teaching and research.2023 年之前雷恩第一大学的教师与毕业生构成了合并后大学的骨干力量，保障了教学与研究的延续。

• The professors and researchers of the five partner schools, including engineering and political studies faculties, joined the university's academic community in 2023.五所合作学校——包括工程与政治研究方向的师资——的教授与研究人员于 2023 年加入该校学术共同体。

• With about a thousand researchers in the broader regrouping, the university contributes to Brittany's research base in health, digital technology and the marine sciences.在更广泛的整合体系内约有千名研究人员，该校为布列塔尼在健康、数字技术与海洋科学方面的研究基础作出贡献。

• Its doctoral graduates pursue careers in French and European research institutions, hospitals, engineering firms and public administration.其博士毕业生在法国与欧洲的研究机构、医院、工程企业与公共行政部门就职。

• Alumni of INSA Rennes and ENS Rennes, now part of the university, work in French industry and in teaching and research across the region.现属该校的雷恩国立应用科学学院与雷恩高等师范学校校友，就职于法国产业界以及本地区的教学与研究机构。

• The institution's honorary and visiting academics connect it to research networks in Europe and internationally, supported by the UNIR project's partnerships.该校的名誉与访问学者把它与欧洲及国际研究网络相连接，并得到「UNIR」项目合作伙伴关系的支持。