Nancy 2 University (''Université Nancy 2'') was a French university located in Nancy,

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It was a member of the

Nancy-Université Nancy-Université federated the three principal institutes of higher education of Nancy, France, Nancy, in Lorraine (region), Lorraine, France before their merger into the University of Lorraine: * Henri Poincaré University (UHP, also known as ...

federation, a group of the three higher education institutions in Nancy.Nancy University Federation
It merged with Nancy-I,

Paul Verlaine University – Metz Paul Verlaine University – Metz (Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, or UPV-M) was a French university, based in Metz. It merged with Nancy-I, Nancy-II, and the INPL forming the University of Lorraine. The merger process started in 2009 with t ...

, and the INPL forming the

University of Lorraine The University of Lorraine (), often abbreviated in UL, is a grand établissement created on 1 January 2012, by the merger of Henri Poincaré University, Nancy 2 University, Paul Verlaine University – Metz and the National Polytechnic Institute ...

. The merger process started in 2009 with the creation of a "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" or PRES and was completed 1 January 2012.

Teaching

Nancy 2 provided teaching for 22 Bachelor's degrees and 32 Master's degrees, and approximately 8,000 degrees were attained in 2004/05.Nancy 2 Website - Facts and Figures
There were two semesters, each semester followed by an exam period, and another exam period in June for resit examinations. Semesters lasted 12 weeks each. During the university year, public holidays were observed as well as longer holidays (either one or two weeks) such as

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, Christmas, Easter and a "February holiday", roughly equivalent to spring break.Nancy 2 Website - Calendar

Staff and students

Nancy 2 was home to 611 researchers/teachers and 496 administrative personnel.
and contains almost 12,700 students at Bachelor's level, 3,400 at Master's level and 1,300 in other qualifications.

Structure

Nancy 2 is organized into 7 different faculties (UFR stands for ''Unités de Formation et de Recherche'', meaning Research and Training Units):
/ref> *UFR "Knowledge of Man", which refers to subjects such as psychology. *UFR Foreign Languages and Cultures *UFR Arts *UFR Science of Languages (Linguistics) *UFR Historical and Geographic Sciences, Musicology *UFR Faculty of Law, Economic and Management Sciences *UFR I.T. and Mathematics The university also contained eight institutes: *European University Centre (CEU) *Commercial Institute of Nancy (ICN) *Superior Institute of Administration and Management (ISAM-IAE Nancy) *Institute for Preparation for General Administration (IPAG) *European Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual (IECA) *Regional Institute of Work (IRT) *University Institute of Epinal (Hubert Curien) *University Institute of Technology Nancy (Charlemagne)

Teaching

Staff and students

Structure

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