Université Grenoble Alpes

The Université Grenoble Alpes, commonly known as UGA, is a public research university and grand établissement in Grenoble, France, and with about 60,000 students it is the third largest university in the country.格勒诺布尔大学（Université Grenoble Alpes，简称 UGA）是位于法国格勒诺布尔的一所公立研究型大学与（grand établissement），拥有约六万名学生，是法国规模第三大的大学。

Its history reaches back to 1339, when the University of Grenoble was founded by Humbert II of Viennois, and the present institution was created on 1 January 2016 by the merger of three successor universities.该校历史可追溯至 1339 年由维埃纳的安贝尔二世创办的格勒诺布尔大学；现今的学校则于 2016 年 1 月 1 日由三所后继大学合并而成。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 387th, it falls in the 401-450 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it is 320th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, and it occupies the 151-200 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, while OpenAlex credits it with 126,471 research works and 6,709,471 citations.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 387，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 401 至 450 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 320，在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 151 至 200 区间；OpenAlex 统计其研究成果 126,471 项、累计被引 6,709,471 次。

History

• The University of Grenoble was founded on 12 May 1339 by Humbert II of Viennois, the last independent ruler of Dauphiné, to teach civil and canon law, medicine and the liberal arts.1339 年 5 月 12 日，多菲内最后一位独立统治者维埃纳的安贝尔二世创办格勒诺布尔大学，教授民法、教会法、医学与自由艺术。

• The university became a leader in the Renaissance revival of the classics and the development of the liberal arts during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.在 15 至 16 世纪，该校成为文艺复兴时期古典学术复兴与自由艺术发展的重镇。

• Its founder had visited Pope Benedict XII to obtain a papal bull of approval, and he provided generous aid, protection and free housing to a hundred students.其创办人曾前往拜见教皇本笃十二世，以获得批准办学的教宗诏书，并为一百名学生提供慷慨资助、保护与免费住宿。

• Financial losses during the Smyrniote crusades and the Black Death, together with the attachment of Dauphiné to France, reduced the university's activity until it closed.士麦那十字军与黑死病带来的财政损失，加之多菲内并入法国，使该校活动萎缩直至停办。

• The university was reopened by Louis XI of France in 1475 at Valence as the University of Valence, while the original institution was restored in Grenoble in 1542.1475 年，法国国王路易十一在瓦朗斯以瓦朗斯大学之名复办该校；原校则在 1542 年于格勒诺布尔恢复。

• The two universities were reunited in 1565, when Grenoble was an important centre of law practice in France and legal education lay at the heart of the university.两校于 1565 年合并；当时格勒诺布尔是法国重要的法律实务中心，法律教育因而成为大学的核心。

• The French Revolution suppressed the universities as bastions of inherited privilege, and their lands were confiscated in the same way as property held by the Church.法国大革命视大学为世袭特权的堡垒而将其取缔，其地产也如同教会财产一样被没收。

• In 1805 and 1808 Napoleon reestablished the faculties of law, letters and science, and by the 1850s activity at the institution had begun to develop rapidly again.1805 年至 1808 年间，拿破仑重建了法学、文学与理学学院；到 1850 年代，该校的教学活动重新快速发展。

• The faculties were formally inaugurated as the University of Grenoble in 1879 in the newly constructed buildings on the Place de Verdun.1879 年，各学院在韦尔登广场新建的校舍中正式以格勒诺布尔大学的名义启用。

• The growth of the sciences was driven by the transformation of Grenoble from a regional centre into a major supplier of industrial motors and electrical equipment in the 1880s.1880 年代，格勒诺布尔由一个地区性城市转变为工业电机与电气设备的重要供应地，推动了该校理科的发展。

• By 1930 the university had around 3,000 students, and significant enrolment growth in the 1960s put pressure on its academic infrastructure.到 1930 年，该校约有 3,000 名学生；20 世纪 60 年代招生的显著增长给其教学设施带来压力。

• In the aftermath of the events of May 1968 and the Faure law, the University of Grenoble was divided between 1968 and 1971 into four specialised institutions.1968 年五月风暴与富尔法之后，格勒诺布尔大学在 1968 至 1971 年间被拆分为四所专门院校。

• The four successors were Grenoble 1, which became Joseph Fourier University in 1987, Grenoble 2, which became Pierre Mendès-France University, and Grenoble 3, which became Stendhal University, together with the Grenoble Institute of Technology.四所后继院校分别是 1987 年改称约瑟夫·傅立叶大学的格勒诺布尔一大、后来更名为皮埃尔·孟戴斯—弗朗斯大学的格勒诺布尔二大、更名为司汤达大学的格勒诺布尔三大，以及格勒诺布尔理工学院。

• Starting in 2013 a movement towards reunification gathered pace, and the three universities merged on 1 January 2016 under the name Université Grenoble Alpes.自 2013 年起，重组统一的进程加快；2016 年 1 月 1 日，三所大学以格勒诺布尔大学之名合并。

• On 7 January 2016 the board of directors elected Lise Dumasy as president, the first woman to head a merged university in France.2016 年 1 月 7 日，理事会选举莉丝·迪马西为校长，她成为法国首位领导合并大学的女性。

• On 1 January 2020 the Grenoble Institute of Technology, the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, the ENSAG School of Architecture and the Community Université Grenoble Alpes merged with the university.2020 年 1 月 1 日，格勒诺布尔理工学院、格勒诺布尔政治学院、国立高等建筑学院以及格勒诺布尔大学共同体并入该校。

• Yassine Lakhnech became president of the newly merged university and was re-elected to the presidency on 16 May 2024 for a four-year mandate.亚辛·拉赫内什出任合并后新大学的校长，并于 2024 年 5 月 16 日再次当选，获得四年任期。

• In November 2023 the French Parliament granted the university the status of grand établissement, strengthening its autonomy.2023 年 11 月，法国议会授予该校（grand établissement）地位，强化其自主权。

• The university has been selected for the French IDEX initiative, a programme designed to build a small number of world-class research universities.该校入选法国（IDEX）计划，这一计划旨在建设少数几所世界一流研究型大学。

• In April 2019 the university was selected to host one of the four French national institutes in artificial intelligence.2019 年 4 月，该校获选承办法国四所国家级人工智能研究所之一。

• The institution is organised around the Domaine Universitaire campus, the GIANT campus and the La Tronche medical campus, with further facilities in Valence, Chambéry and Les Houches.该校以大学园区校区、（GIANT）校区与拉特龙什医学校区为核心布局，并在瓦朗斯、尚贝里与莱苏什设有其他设施。

Academics

• The Université Grenoble Alpes is made up of multiple departments, schools, institutes and faculties spread across its campuses in and around Grenoble.格勒诺布尔大学由分布在其格勒诺布尔市内及周边校区中的众多系、学院、研究所与学部构成。

• Its academic units include the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Faculty of Foreign Languages, the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Pharmacy.其学术单位包括理学院、艺术与人文学院、外语学院、人文与社会科学学院以及药学院。

• The university operates three university institutes of technology, the Grenoble Observatory and departments of biology and chemistry, information and applied mathematics, and physics, engineering, earth and environmental sciences.该校设有三所大学技术学院、格勒诺布尔天文台，以及生物与化学系、信息与数学及应用数学系，还有物理、工程、地球与环境科学系。

• The Grenoble Institute of Technology, the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies and the ENSAG School of Architecture retain legal personality within the university.格勒诺布尔理工学院、格勒诺布尔政治学院与国立高等建筑学院在该校内部保留法人地位。

• The university teaches about 60,000 students, making it the third largest university in France, together with more than 3,000 researchers.该校教授约六万名学生，是法国规模第三大的大学，并拥有 3,000 多名研究人员。

• The university operates 24 faculties and schools and about 80 laboratories across its sites, according to its own figures.据校方数据，该校在各校区共运营 24 个学部与学院以及约 80 个实验室。

• The budget of the university is about 450 million euros, reflecting its broad range of teaching and research activities.该校预算约为 4.5 亿欧元，体现其教学与科研活动的广泛范围。

• Research at the university is organised into 106 research departments gathered in six centres that bring together joint laboratories, host teams and shared platforms.该校科研分为 106 个研究部门，归入六个中心，整合联合实验室、承接团队与共享平台。

• PhD training is administered by the Doctoral College, which sets rules and standards for the university's 13 doctoral schools.博士培养由博士学院负责，该机构为该校 13 所博士生院制定规则与标准。

• Through the Grenoble Institute of Technology the university co-founded Minatec, an international centre for micro and nanotechnologies uniting over 3,000 researchers and 1,200 students.该校通过格勒诺布尔理工学院参与共同创办（Minatec）国际微纳米技术中心，该中心汇聚 3,000 多名研究人员与 1,200 名学生。

• The university hosts one of the four French national institutes of artificial intelligence, reflecting its strength in computing and data science.该校承办法国四所国家级人工智能研究所之一，体现其在计算与数据科学方面的实力。

• The university maintains hundreds of research and teaching partnerships, including close collaboration with the French National Centre for Scientific Research and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.该校拥有数百项研究与教学合作关系，包括与法国国家科学研究中心以及法国原子能与替代能源委员会的紧密协作。

• The GIANT campus hosts the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the Institut Laue-Langevin among its large research instruments.（GIANT）校区拥有欧洲同步辐射光源、欧洲分子生物学实验室与劳厄—朗热万研究所等大型科研装置。

• The Valence campus enrols over 4,000 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, continuing the tradition of the University of Valence founded in 1452.瓦朗斯校区有 4,000 多名本科与研究生在读，延续了 1452 年创立的瓦朗斯大学的传统。

• The university's teaching covers all disciplinary fields, from law and economics to computer science, physics, materials science and the life sciences.该校教学覆盖所有学科领域，从法律与经济学延伸到计算机科学、物理学、材料科学与生命科学。

• Its alumni and researchers have contributed to fields such as glaciology, medical imaging, numerical linear algebra, computer science and particle physics.该校校友与研究人员在冰川学、医学影像、数值线性代数、计算机科学与粒子物理学等领域均有贡献。

Campus

• The Domaine Universitaire, also known as the Campus de Saint-Martin-d'Hères, is the main campus, covering 175 hectares and straddling Saint-Martin-d'Hères and Gières.大学园区即圣马丹代雷校区是主校区，占地 175 公顷，横跨圣马丹代雷与吉耶尔两镇。

• The campus is a distinct part of the Grenoble agglomeration dedicated solely to academic and student activities, a model introduced experimentally in the 1960s.该校区是格勒诺布尔城市群中专供学术与学生活动的独立区域，这一模式于 20 世纪 60 年代实验性引入。

• With about 3,000 trees, including the Arboretum Robert Ruffier-Lanche with more than 250 species, the campus is often ranked among the most beautiful in France and Europe.校园约有 3,000 棵树，其中包括拥有 250 多个物种的罗伯特·吕菲耶—朗什树木园，常被评为法国与欧洲最美校园之一。

• The Campus GIANT, on the former military grounds between the Isère and Drac rivers, hosts scientific facilities and companies such as Schneider Electric and STMicroelectronics.（GIANT）校区位于伊泽尔河与德拉克河之间的旧军事用地上，设有科研设施以及施耐德电气与意法半导体等企业。

• The La Tronche campus, one tramway stop from the main campus, specialises in medical studies and hosts the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital.拉特龙什校区距主校区一站电车路程，专攻医学教育，并设有格勒诺布尔大学医院。

• Olivier-Clément Cacoub designed the science library, the administrative building of the science faculty and the large Louis-Weil amphitheatre on the main campus.奥利维埃—克莱芒·卡库布设计了主校区的理科图书馆、理学院行政楼以及路易—魏尔大阶梯教室。

• The Valence campus lies 90 kilometres from Grenoble in the department of Drôme, and the university also operates the Jardin botanique alpin du Lautaret, which covers two hectares.瓦朗斯校区位于德龙省，距格勒诺布尔 90 公里；该校还运营占地两公顷的洛塔雷高山植物园。

• The campus has a public transport network including the Grenoble tramway, bus lines and cycle routes, and Grenoble is traditionally counted among the best student cities in France.校园拥有包括格勒诺布尔有轨电车、公交线路与自行车道在内的公共交通网络，格勒诺布尔历来被视为法国最佳学生城市之一。

• The Domaine Universitaire, the main campus, lies across the communes of Saint-Martin-d'Hères and Gières and is linked to central Grenoble by tramway and cycle routes, a design that made it a model for the universities built in France in the 1960s.主校区大学园区横跨圣马丹代雷与吉耶尔两镇，通过有轨电车与自行车道与格勒诺布尔市中心相连，这一设计使其成为 20 世纪 60 年代法国新建大学的范本。

• The Campus GIANT brings together the university, national research bodies and industry on the former military grounds between the Isère and Drac rivers, hosting the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility and the Institut Laue-Langevin among its large instruments.（GIANT）校区在伊泽尔河与德拉克河之间的旧军事用地上汇聚大学、国家级研究机构与产业界，其大型装置包括欧洲同步辐射光源与劳厄—朗热万研究所。

• The La Tronche campus hosts the medical faculty and the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital, the Valence campus serves the Drôme and Ardèche region 90 kilometres away, and the university also runs the alpine botanical garden at Lautaret and the Les Houches School of Physics.拉特龙什校区设医学院与格勒诺布尔大学医院；瓦朗斯校区服务 90 公里外的德龙省与阿尔代什地区；该校还运营洛塔雷高山植物园与莱苏什物理学校。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the university is placed 387th, and in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it falls in the 401-450 band.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，格勒诺布尔大学位列第 387；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 401 至 450 区间。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is placed 320th, and in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it falls in the 151-200 band.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 320；在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中处于 151 至 200 区间。

• The university is regarded as one of the top institutions in France and is counted among the country's leading research universities.该校被视为法国顶尖院校之一，并列入该国领先的研究型大学行列。

• It has produced three Nobel laureates and one Turing Award laureate among its alumni and researchers.其校友与研究人员中产生了三位诺贝尔奖得主与一位图灵奖得主。

• The university is one of the most innovative institutions in Europe, and it was listed by Reuters among the fifty most innovative universities on the continent.该校是欧洲最具创新力的机构之一，并曾被路透社列入欧洲五十所最具创新力大学榜单。

• Grenoble is the second largest research centre in France after Paris, with 22,800 researchers in the city, a concentration that underpins the university's standing.格勒诺布尔是法国仅次于巴黎的第二大研究中心，全市拥有 22,800 名研究人员，这一集聚支撑起该校的地位。

• OpenAlex records 126,471 research works and 6,709,471 citations for the university, reflecting the productivity of its science and engineering base.OpenAlex 记录该校研究成果 126,471 项、累计被引 6,709,471 次，体现其理工基础的产出能力。

• In April 2019 the university was chosen as one of four national artificial intelligence institutes in France, reinforcing its position in computing.2019 年 4 月，该校获选为法国四所国家级人工智能研究所之一，巩固其在计算领域的地位。

• Its research strength in physics, materials science and computer science is supported by the large instruments and industrial partners clustered on the GIANT campus.其在物理学、材料科学与计算机科学方面的研究实力，得益于集聚在（GIANT）校区的大型装置与产业伙伴。

Student life

• The university does not maintain a widely used formal motto, and its identity rests on its long history and its role in the scientific life of Grenoble.该校没有广泛使用的正式校训，其身份主要建立在悠久历史与格勒诺布尔科学生活中的角色之上。

• Student life centres on the Domaine Universitaire campus, an isolated academic quarter whose design earned it a reputation as an American-style campus.学生生活以大学园区校区为中心，这一独立的学术街区因其规划而被誉为美式校园。

• Grenoble was founded with a university in 1339, and the institution's long history is commemorated in its teaching and research traditions.格勒诺布尔自 1339 年建校起便与大学相伴而生，该校的悠久历史体现在其教学与研究传统之中。

• The campus includes 3,000 trees, several mountain chains nearby and the Isère river, giving students an unusual quality of life.校园拥有 3,000 棵树、临近的几条山脉与伊泽尔河，为学生提供与众不同的生活品质。

• The Grenoble tramway and bus network connect the campus to the city, and cycle routes make daily travel easy for students.格勒诺布尔的有轨电车与公交网络将校园与城市相连，自行车道也让学生日常出行十分便利。

• Student associations, sports clubs and cultural groups are organised around the faculties and doctoral schools across the campuses.学生社团、体育俱乐部与文化团体按各校区内的学部与博士生院组织活动。

• The GIANT campus hosts science outreach events and industry partnerships, linking students to research and industry collaboration in micro and nanotechnologies.（GIANT）校区举办科普活动与产业合作项目，将学生与微纳米技术领域的研究与产业协作相连接。

• Grenoble is traditionally counted among the best student cities in France, and the university serves a student body drawn from across the country and abroad.格勒诺布尔历来被视为法国最佳学生城市之一，该校的学生来自全国各地与海外。

• Student life is organised by associations attached to the faculties and the thirteen doctoral schools, covering sport, culture, international solidarity and the promotion of science across the campuses.学生生活由挂靠各学部与 13 所博士生院的协会组织，涵盖体育、文化、国际团结与科学推广，贯穿各校区。

• The Domaine Universitaire is a student quarter with university restaurants, halls of residence and sports facilities, and its 3,000 trees, arboretum and mountain setting give daily life a character unlike that of city-centre campuses.大学园区是一个学生街区，设有大学食堂、学生公寓与体育设施；其 3,000 棵树、树木园与山地环境，使日常生活具有不同于市中心校园的特质。

• The university marks its modern foundation on 1 January, the date of the 2016 merger, and the city of Grenoble, counted among the best student cities in France, hosts research and industry events that draw students into the scientific life of the Alps.该校以 1 月 1 日为现代建校纪念日，即 2016 年合并之日；被列为法国最佳学生城市之一的格勒诺布尔举办研究与产业活动，让学生融入阿尔卑斯地区的科学生活。

Notable people

• Humbert II of Viennois founded the University of Grenoble in 1339 and is the institution's founding figure.维埃纳的安贝尔二世于 1339 年创办格勒诺布尔大学，是该机构的创办者。

• Lise Dumasy, elected in January 2016, was the first woman to head a merged university in France.莉丝·迪马西于 2016 年 1 月当选，成为法国首位领导合并大学的女性。

• Gérard Mourou, who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on chirped pulse amplification, is among the university's leading scientists.因啁啾脉冲放大技术分享 2018 年诺贝尔物理学奖的杰拉尔·穆鲁，是该校领军科学家之一。

• Joseph Sifakis, who won the 2007 Turing Award for his work on model checking, is counted among the university's distinguished alumni.因模型检验研究获得 2007 年图灵奖的约瑟夫·西法基斯是该校杰出校友之一。

• Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012, studied at the university.2000 年至 2012 年任塞内加尔总统的阿卜杜拉耶·瓦德曾就读于该校。

• Paul Kaba Thieba, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, and Hazem El Beblawi, Prime Minister of Egypt, are among its alumni in government.布基纳法索总理保罗·卡巴·蒂耶巴与埃及总理哈泽姆·贝布拉维都是该校政界校友。

• Bill Morneau, who served as Canada's Minister of Finance, and Gaétan Barrette, a Quebec health minister, also studied at the university.曾任加拿大财政部长的比尔·莫诺与魁北克卫生部长加埃唐·巴雷特也曾就读于该校。

• Among its scientists are Yves Bréchet, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli, who worked on the discovery of the Higgs boson.其科学家中包括法国科学院院士伊夫·布雷谢，以及参与发现希格斯玻色子的拉贾·谢尔卡维·穆尔斯利。

• Patrick Cousot, a computer scientist known for abstract interpretation, and Yousef Saad, a specialist in numerical linear algebra, are alumni.以抽象释义理论闻名的计算机科学家帕特里克·库索与数值线性代数专家优素福·萨阿德均为该校校友。

• Michel Destot, a former mayor of Grenoble, and the journalist Mélissa Theuriau are among the well-known figures associated with the university.格勒诺布尔前市长米歇尔·德托与记者梅利莎·特于里奥都是与该校相关的知名人物。