University of Reunion Island


The University of Reunion Island is a French university in the Academy of Réunion. It is the first and only European university in the Indian Ocean. Established in 1982, it has grown steadily over the years in terms of student population, geographical sites occupied, courses offered and partnerships forged with local, national, and international institutions. The school's ambition is to be the reference university in Indianoceania.
The University has 123 ERASMUS+ inter-institutional agreements. Its European project EVAL-IC has been awarded the "good practice" label by the Erasmus+ France Agency, given to projects that present "high quality implementation and results".
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History

In 1982: the faculty of "Law and Economics" was the first faculty at the University of Reunion, followed by the faculty "Sciences and Technologies" and the faculty "Letters and Humanities".
In 2005 : creation of the fourth faculty "Human and Environmental Sciences".
In 2010 : creation of the "Health" faculty

Key figures

  • 594 administrative staff
  • 18,910 students for the 2020/2021 year
  • Over 5% foreign students for the year 2020/2021
  • 3 doctoral schools
  • 2% of doctoral students for the year 2015/2016
  • 18 laboratories and 1 internal laboratory
  • 47 theses defended in 2012-2013
  • 4 research and development platforms

Teaching and research

Institutes and schools

Doctoral Schools

Campuses

Its main campus is located near the Rectorate and the headquarters of the Regional Council of La Réunion, in Moufia, Saint-Denis. The university has four other campuses, the Parc Technologique in Bellepierre, the Institut d'administration des entreprises in La Victoire, the faculty in Le Tampon which offers licenses in economic and social administration and law, as well as the Institut universitaire de la technologie in Saint-Pierre in the southwest of the island. The amphitheaters have been named after great scientists who have worked in Reunion, among them :
Le Tampon hosts the Technopole de La Réunion park, in Saint-Denis, some related services.

Notable people

Faculty
Alumni