Université Côte d'Azur

Universite Cote d'Azur is a French grand établissement based in Nice and the surrounding Alpes-Maritimes department, formed in 2019 from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, and it is placed in the 701-710 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.蔚蓝海岸大学是法国一所「大型建制」大学，以尼斯及阿尔卑斯-滨海省周边地区为基地，2019 年由尼斯-索菲亚·安提波利斯大学整合而成，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 701-710 区间。

It teaches nearly 30,000 students in initial and continuing education, of whom about 20 per cent are foreign, and it is organised around eight university and research schools.该校在初始教育与继续教育中培养近 30,000 名学生，其中约 20% 为外国学生，其架构围绕八所大学与研究学院展开。

Its OpenAlex record lists 42,138 research works and 3,373,854 citations, it stands in the 701-800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and it is 457th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 42,138 项、被引 3,373,854 次，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 701-800 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 457。

History

• The university's institutional roots reach to 1639, when the Collegium Jurisconsultorum Niciensium was created by the Princes of Savoy as a body of legal consultants and lawyers in Nice.该校的机构根源可追溯至 1639 年，当时萨伏依亲王在尼斯设立了「尼斯法学家学院」，由法律顾问与律师组成。

• That body lasted until Nice was incorporated into France in 1860, and in the seventeenth century courses were also taught at its college of medicine, indicating an early teaching role.该机构一直存续到 1860 年尼斯并入法国为止；十七世纪时其医学院亦开设课程，显示出早期的教学职能。

• The creation of a modern university in Nice was argued at the beginning of the twentieth century by figures such as the dean Louis Trotabas and Maurice Mignon.二十世纪初，路易·特罗塔巴斯院长与莫里斯·米尼翁等人物主张在尼斯建立现代大学。

• In 1933, with the help of local communities and the city of Nice, they created the Mediterranean University Centre on the Promenade des Anglais, whose first administrator was the French poet Paul Valery.1933 年，在当地社区与尼斯市的协助下，他们在英国人漫步大道创设地中海大学中心，首任管理者为法国诗人保罗·瓦莱里。

• Further institutes followed: the Institute of Legal Studies in 1938, the Institute of Literary Studies in 1941 and the Institute of Scientific Studies in 1945.此后又陆续设立法律研究所（1938 年）、文学研究所（1941 年）与科学研究所（1945 年）。

• The Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences was created by decree on 2 August 1962 and attached to Aix-Marseille University, preparing the ground for an independent university in Nice.法学与经济科学学院于 1962 年 8 月 2 日依法令设立，并隶属艾克斯-马赛大学，为尼斯独立设校奠定基础。

• On 23 October 1965 the institution was officially established by decree under the name University of Nice, the direct predecessor of the present university.1965 年 10 月 23 日，该机构以「尼斯大学」之名依法令正式设立，是现今大学的直接前身。

• In 2013 a community of universities and establishments, known as a ComUE, was created in the Nice area to coordinate the institutions of the Cote d'Azur.2013 年，尼斯地区设立了一个大学与机构共同体，用以协调蔚蓝海岸地区各院校。

• Under the chairmanship of Frederique Vidal, the university was awarded the IDEX label for a project known as UCA Jedi, which was supported by numerous companies.在弗雷德里克·维达尔的领导下，该校以「UCA Jedi」项目获得 IDEX 卓越计划认定，该项目得到众多企业支持。

• The University Cote d'Azur Foundation was created in 2017 to collect donations and finance research projects at the institution.蔚蓝海岸大学基金会于 2017 年成立，负责募集捐赠并为该校研究项目提供资助。

• In 2019 Cote d'Azur University replaced both the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and the ComUE, becoming a grand établissement with a new legal form.2019 年，蔚蓝海岸大学取代尼斯-索菲亚·安提波利斯大学与大学共同体，以新的法律形态成为「大型建制」大学。

• On 9 January 2020 Jeanick Brisswalter was elected president of the newly consolidated university.2020 年 1 月 9 日，让尼克·布里斯瓦尔泰当选为整合后新大学的校长。

• The predecessor University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, founded in 1965, had been organised in eight faculties, two autonomous institutes and one engineering school before the merger.其前身尼斯-索菲亚·安提波利斯大学创立于 1965 年，合并前设有八个学院、两个自治研究所与一所工程师学校。

• The university hosts the first WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server, known as WIMS, an early web-based teaching system created at the institution.该校托管着第一个 WWW 交互式多用途服务器（WIMS），这是一个在该校诞生的早期基于网络的教学系统。

• The university's academic region is Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, which contains the academies of Aix-Marseille and Nice.该大学的学术区域为普罗旺斯-阿尔卑斯-蔚蓝海岸，涵盖艾克斯-马赛与尼斯两个学区。

• Its campuses are distributed across several cities of the Alpes-Maritimes department, including Nice, Cannes, Grasse and Menton, as well as the Sophia Antipolis technology park.其校区分布于阿尔卑斯-滨海省的尼斯、戛纳、格拉斯与芒通等城市，以及索菲亚·安提波利斯科技园。

• The institution's consolidation brought together a science faculty, a law faculty, a medical faculty and the Polytech engineering school under a single strategic framework.此次整合把理学院、法学院、医学院与 Polytech 工程师学校纳入统一的战略框架之下。

• Its model as a grand établissement lets it hold partnerships with business schools and research organisations that are formally outside the university itself.作为「大型建制」大学，其模式使其能与形式上独立于大学之外的商学院与研究机构建立伙伴关系。

• Consolidation also aligned the university with national research bodies, in particular the National Centre for Scientific Research and the national institute for computer science and automation.此次整合也使该校与国家科研机构对齐，特别是国家科学研究中心与国家计算机科学与自动化研究所。

• The 2019 consolidation preserved the name of Sophia Antipolis, the technology park that had given the predecessor university its second name.2019 年的整合保留了「索菲亚·安提波利斯」这一名称，该科技园曾为其前身大学提供第二个校名。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into departments and faculties covering law, political science, economics and management, letters, arts and social sciences, medicine, odontology, science and sports science.其教学按系与学院组织，涵盖法学、政治学、经济与管理、文学、艺术与社会科学、医学、牙医学、理学与体育科学。

• Eight university and research schools, known as EUR, structure graduate study, among them SPECTRUM for formal, physical and engineering sciences and DS4H for digital systems for humans.其研究生教育由八所大学与研究学院（EUR）构成，其中包括面向形式科学、物理与工程科学的 SPECTRUM 以及面向人类数字系统的 DS4H。

• SPECTRUM teaches about 450 master's students and 300 doctoral students, drawing on 400 researchers and teacher-researchers across seven laboratories.SPECTRUM 培养约 450 名硕士生与 300 名博士生，依托七个实验室的 400 名研究人员与教研人员。

• DS4H involves 300 researchers and professors affiliated to laboratories in computer science, electronics and social sciences, and trains more than 250 master's and 250 doctoral students.DS4H 有 300 名研究人员与教授参与计算机科学、电子学与社会科学实验室，培养 250 余名硕士生与 250 名博士生。

• The life and health sciences graduate school gathers about 1,000 researchers in 82 teams across nine institutes, working with national bodies in health and agriculture.生命与健康科学研究生院汇集九个研究所、82 个团队的约 1,000 名研究人员，并与健康与农业领域的国家机构合作。

• Further graduate schools include HEALTHY for health science ecosystems, ELMI for economics and management with SKEMA Business School, LEX SOCIETY for law and CREATES for arts and humanities.其他研究生院还包括面向健康科学生态系统的 HEALTHY、与 SKEMA 商学院合作的经济与管理学院 ELMI、法学的 LEX SOCIETY，以及艺术与人文学科的 CREATES。

• The ODYSSEE graduate school focuses on the sciences of society and the environment, adding a socio-environmental strand to the university's research schools.ODYSSEE 研究生院聚焦社会与环境科学，为该校的研究生院体系增添社会-环境方向。

• The 3IA Cote d'Azur institute is one of four national artificial intelligence institutes in France, working on health and digital biology and on smart territories including connected vehicles.3IA 蔚蓝海岸研究所是法国四所国家人工智能研究所之一，研究健康与数字生物学，以及包括联网汽车在内的智慧区域。

• The Mediterranean Institute for Risk, Environment and Sustainable Development works on environment, risk, energy and mobility within the sustainable development and smart city fields.地中海风险、环境与可持续发展研究所围绕环境、风险、能源与出行，在可持续发展与智慧城市领域开展研究。

• The university's observatory, the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, supports research in astronomy and earth sciences and is one of its named research units.其所属的蔚蓝海岸天文台支撑天文学与地球科学研究，是该校具名的研究单位之一。

• The Centre de la Mediterranee Moderne et Contemporaine publishes the academic journal Cahiers de la Mediterranee, a periodical with an international standard serial number.近现代地中海研究中心出版学术期刊《地中海手册》，该刊具有国际标准连续出版物号。

• Associated institutions include SKEMA Business School, EDHEC Business School, the Nice University Hospital Centre, ESRA Cote d'Azur and the Sustainable Design School.其关联机构包括 SKEMA 商学院、EDHEC 商学院、尼斯大学医疗中心、ESRA 蔚蓝海岸视听制作学院以及可持续设计学院。

• Further associated bodies include the Rosella Hightower Cannes dance school and the Nice Regional Conservatory, linking the university to professional arts training.其他关联机构还包括罗塞拉·海托华戛纳舞蹈学校与尼斯地区音乐学院，把该大学与专业艺术训练相连接。

• National research organisations that contribute to its strategy include the National Centre for Scientific Research, INRIA, INRAE, INSERM and the Development Research Institute.参与其战略的国家研究机构包括国家科学研究中心、INRIA、INRAE、INSERM 与发展研究所。

• The university's institute of languages provides French language lectures and summer courses for foreign students, supporting its large international cohort.其语言学院为外国学生提供法语课程与暑期课程，支撑其庞大的国际学生群体。

• OpenAlex attributes 42,138 works and 3,373,854 citations to the institution, reflecting the research volume of the merged Nice institutions.OpenAlex 记录该校 42,138 项成果与 3,373,854 次被引，反映出尼斯各院校合并后的科研体量。

• The University Institute of Technology and the Polytech school deliver two-year and five-year technological qualifications respectively, alongside the university's academic degrees.其技术学院与 Polytech 学校分别提供两年制与五年制技术类文凭，与大学的学术学位并行。

Campus

• The university operates six main campuses: Valrose for sciences, Trotabas for law and political science, Carlone for letters, arts and humanities, and Saint-Jean d'Angely for economics, management and odontology.该校设六处主要校区：理学的瓦尔罗斯校区、法学与政治学的特罗塔巴斯校区、文学艺术与人文学科的卡隆校区，以及经济、管理与牙医学的圣让当热利校区。

• The Pasteur campus houses medicine and Polytech Sophia Antipolis houses engineering, while secondary sites cover sports science and locations such as Villefranche-sur-Mer, Cannes and Menton.巴斯德校区设医学，索菲亚·安提波利斯的 Polytech 校区设工程；此外还有体育科学的次级校区以及滨海自由城、戛纳、芒通等教学点。

• The main campus is in Nice, at approximately 43.70313 degrees north and 7.26608 degrees east on the French Riviera.主校区位于尼斯，坐标约为北纬 43.70313 度、东经 7.26608 度，地处法国里维埃拉。

• The Mediterranean University Centre created in 1933 on the Promenade des Anglais survives as a conference centre owned by the university.1933 年在英国人漫步大道创设的地中海大学中心，如今作为该校所属的会议中心仍在使用。

• The Sophia Antipolis technology park houses the engineering school and parts of the university's research activity, in France's best-known science park.索菲亚·安提波利斯科技园设工程师学校与该校部分科研活动，该园区是法国最知名的科技园。

• The Alpes-Maritimes department gives the university a footprint along the Mediterranean coast from Menton near Italy to Cannes and Grasse inland.阿尔卑斯-滨海省使该校的布局沿地中海海岸展开，从靠近意大利的芒通延伸到内陆的戛纳与格拉斯。

• Campuses are connected to the wider region by the coastal rail and road network, and students commonly travel between Nice, Sophia Antipolis and Cannes sites.各校区通过沿海铁路与公路网络与更广区域相连，学生常在尼斯、索菲亚·安提波利斯与戛纳各校区之间往返。

• The university hospital centre of Nice, an associated institution, provides clinical teaching for medical and odontology students.作为关联机构的尼斯大学医疗中心，为医学与牙医学学生提供临床教学。

• The Observatory of the Cote d'Azur occupies a hillside site above Nice, continuing a tradition of astronomical observation on the Cote d'Azur.蔚蓝海岸天文台位于尼斯上方的一处山坡，延续蔚蓝海岸的天文观测传统。

• Because the institution was formed by merging several faculties, its buildings are distributed across the city of Nice rather than gathered on a single campus.由于该校由若干学院合并而成，其建筑分布于尼斯市内各处，而非集中在一处校园。

• Secondary sites such as the sports science facilities and the marine station at Villefranche-sur-Mer extend teaching beyond the six main campuses.体育科学设施与滨海自由城的海洋站等次级教学点，把教学延伸到六处主校区之外。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Universite Cote d'Azur is placed in the 701-710 band, according to the official ranking table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，蔚蓝海岸大学处于 701-710 区间。此排名以官方榜单为准。^[1]

• It stands in the 701-800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and is 457th 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 701-800 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 457。

• It is placed in the 501-600 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.在软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 501-600 区间。

• OpenAlex attributes 42,138 works and 3,373,854 citations to the institution, a substantial volume for a university consolidated only in 2019.OpenAlex 记录该校 42,138 项成果与 3,373,854 次被引，对于 2019 年才完成整合的大学而言体量可观。

• The award of the IDEX label for the UCA Jedi project placed the university among France's designated excellent research universities.以「UCA Jedi」项目获评 IDEX，使该校列入法国指定的卓越研究型大学之列。

• Its 3IA Cote d'Azur institute is one of only four national artificial intelligence institutes in France, a distinctive concentration of strength.其 3IA 蔚蓝海岸研究所是法国仅有的四所国家人工智能研究所之一，构成其突出的优势集中点。

• The presence of SKEMA and EDHEC business schools among its associated institutions gives the university links to two business schools with international standing.其关联机构中包含 SKEMA 与 EDHEC 两所商学院，使该校与两所具有国际声誉的商学院建立联系。

• Its research schools cooperate with national bodies including the National Centre for Scientific Research and INSERM, which underpin its scientific standing.其研究型学院与国家科学研究中心、INSERM 等国家机构合作，为其科学地位提供支撑。

• As part of the French higher education landscape, it sits alongside other research-intensive universities such as Sorbonne University and Paris-Saclay University.作为法国高等教育体系的一部分，它与索邦大学、巴黎-萨克雷大学等其他研究密集型大学并列。

• Its reputation is strongest in artificial intelligence, health sciences, astrophysics and Mediterranean environmental research.其声誉在人工智能、健康科学、天体物理与地中海环境研究方面最为突出。

• The UCA Jedi project and the associated Cote d'Azur observatory give the university recognised anchors in fundamental physics, astronomy and digital research.「UCA Jedi」项目与关联的蔚蓝海岸天文台，为该校在基础物理、天文学与数字研究方面提供了公认的支点。

Student life

• With nearly 30,000 students and about 20 per cent of them from abroad, the university has a markedly international student body on the French Riviera.该校有近 30,000 名学生，其中约 20% 来自国外，在法国里维埃拉形成明显的国际化学生群体。

• Students are spread across Nice and the surrounding towns, and the Mediterranean setting of the Cote d'Azur shapes campus life around the sea, the hills and the region's cultural calendar.学生分布于尼斯及周边城镇，蔚蓝海岸的地中海环境使校园生活围绕海洋、山地与该地区的文化日程展开。

• The university's institute of languages runs French courses and summer programmes for international students, supporting those who arrive without fluent French.其语言学院为国际学生开设法语课程与暑期项目，支持法语尚不熟练的学生。

• Associated arts bodies such as the Cannes dance school and the Nice Regional Conservatory give students in the arts pathway links to professional training.戛纳舞蹈学校与尼斯地区音乐学院等关联艺术机构，为艺术方向的学生提供与专业训练相衔接的通道。

• Student life is organised at faculty and campus level, with the Valrose and Carlone campuses serving as principal hubs for science and humanities students respectively.学生生活按学院与校区组织，瓦尔罗斯校区与卡隆校区分别成为理科与人文学科学生的主要中心。

• Because the institution is city-based, students mix into the cultural and recreational life of Nice, including its music, film and seaside traditions.由于该校以城市为办学空间，学生融入尼斯的文化与休闲生活，包括其音乐、电影与海滨传统。

• The university's Mediterranean research identity links student projects to environmental and marine topics that are prominent in the region.该校的地中海研究定位把学生项目与该地区突出的环境与海洋议题相联系。

• Doctoral students are organised through the graduate schools, giving research students a structured community within each of the eight EURs.博士生通过各研究生院组织，使研究型学生在八所 EUR 中各自拥有结构化的社群。

• Summer courses in French and the university's institute of languages bring short-stay international students to Nice each year, adding to the city's student population.其法语暑期课程与语言学院每年为尼斯带来短期国际学生，增添了城市的学生人口。

Notable people

• Philippe Kahn, a mathematician and technology entrepreneur who founded the software company Borland, studied at the University of Nice.数学家、科技创业者、软件公司 Borland 创办人菲利普·卡恩，曾在尼斯大学就读。

• Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, is counted among the university's alumni.2008 年诺贝尔文学奖得主让-马里·居斯塔夫·勒克莱齐奥，被列为该校校友。

• Mohammed VI, King of Morocco since 1999, studied at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and received a doctorate in law in 1993.自 1999 年起在位摩洛哥国王穆罕默德六世，曾在尼斯-索菲亚·安提波利斯大学学习，并于 1993 年获法学博士学位。

• Yukiya Amano, a Japanese diplomat who served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, was an alumnus of the university.曾任国际原子能机构总干事的日本外交官天野之弥，是该校校友。

• Merieme Chadid, an astronomer and explorer known for research in Antarctica, studied at the University of Nice.以极地研究闻名的天文学家与探险家梅里耶姆·沙迪德，曾在尼斯大学就读。

• Fatoumata Tambajang, who served as Vice-President of the Gambia, and Zeine Ould Zeidane, a former Prime Minister of Mauritania, are both counted among its graduates.曾任冈比亚副总统的法图玛塔·坦巴江，以及毛里塔尼亚前总理宰因·乌尔德·泽丹，都被列为该校毕业生。

• Paul Valery, the French poet, was the first administrator of the Mediterranean University Centre created in Nice in 1933.法国诗人保罗·瓦莱里是 1933 年在尼斯创设的地中海大学中心的首任管理者。

• Louis Trotabas, a law dean, and Maurice Mignon, an academic, campaigned in the early twentieth century for the creation of a university in Nice.法学院院长路易·特罗塔巴斯与学者莫里斯·米尼翁，二十世纪初为在尼斯创设大学而奔走。

• Frederique Vidal, who chaired the university community before the consolidation, later became France's minister of higher education, research and innovation.在整合之前主持大学共同体的弗雷德里克·维达尔，后来出任法国高等教育、研究与创新部长。

• Jeanick Brisswalter was elected president of the consolidated university on 9 January 2020 and has led its development as a grand établissement.让尼克·布里斯瓦尔泰于 2020 年 1 月 9 日当选整合后大学的校长，领导其作为「大型建制」大学的发展。