The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "''Grenoble Alps University''") is a
public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichk ...
research university
A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kn ...
in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers.
Established as the University of Grenoble by
Humbert II of Viennois
Humbert II de la Tour-du-Pin (1312 – 4 May 1355) was the Dauphin of the Viennois from 1333 to 16 July 1349. Humbert was the last dauphin before the title went to the French crown, to be bestowed on the heir apparent.
Character
Humbert was a s ...
, it split in 1970 following the wide-spread civil unrest of
May 1968
The following events occurred in May 1968:
May 1, 1968 (Wednesday)
* CARIFTA, the Caribbean Free Trade Association, was formally created as an agreement between Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
* RAF Strike ...
Pierre Mendès-France University
Pierre Mendès-France University (UPMF, french: Université Pierre Mendès France, also known as Grenoble II) was a French university, based in Grenoble, focused on social sciences. It was named after the late French politician Pierre Mendès-Fr ...
Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
The Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (French: ''Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble'', IEP), also known as ''Sciences Po Grenoble'', is a French "grande école" of political science and more broadly of social sciences located in the c ...
, and the Grenoble School of Architecture also merged with the original university.
The university is organized around two closely located urban campuses: Domaine Universitaire, which straddles
Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Saint-Martin-d'Hères (; frp, Sant-Martin-d’Èra) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),Gières, and Campus GIANT in Grenoble. UGA also owns and operates facilities in Valence,
Chambéry
Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chamb ...
,
Les Houches
Les Houches () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Eastern France. In 2017, it had a population of 2,943.
Overview
Les Houches, located 6 kilometres from Chamonix, is a ski resort with a domain wh ...
,
Villar-d'Arêne
Villar-d'Arêne (; oc, Vilars d'Arena) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France, between Grenoble and Briançon. It is in the French Alps, in Massif des Écrins. Near this village located in the Romanche valley, the ...
Échirolles
Échirolles (; frp, Ècherôles) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),La Tronche
La Tronche () is a commune in the Isère department, southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).French National Centre for Scientific Research
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
In 2016, it employed 31,63 ...
(CNRS) and the
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission or CEA ( French: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives), is a French public government-funded research organisation in the areas of energy, defense and securit ...
(CEA). After Paris, Grenoble as a city is the largest research center in France with 22,800 researchers. In April 2019, UGA was selected to host one of the four French institutes in
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech r ...
linguistics
Linguistics is the science, scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure ...
, and psychology. It has been cited among the best and most innovative universities in Europe. It is also renowned for its academic research in the humanities and political sciences, hosting some of the largest research centers in France in the fields of
political science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
,
urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
The University of Grenoble was founded on May 12, 1339, by
Humbert II of Viennois
Humbert II de la Tour-du-Pin (1312 – 4 May 1355) was the Dauphin of the Viennois from 1333 to 16 July 1349. Humbert was the last dauphin before the title went to the French crown, to be bestowed on the heir apparent.
Character
Humbert was a s ...
, the last independent ruler of
Dauphiné
The Dauphiné (, ) is a former province in Southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the Dauphiné of Viennois.
In the 12th centu ...
, a state of the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...
. Its purpose was to teach civil and canon law, medicine, and the liberal arts. It was considered a leader in the
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
revival of the classics and development of liberal arts.
Humbert's actions were inspired by his granduncle Robert, King of Naples, at whose royal court Humbert spent his youth. King Robert, known as the Wise, skillfully developed Naples from a small port into a lavish city and had a reputation of a cultured man and a generous patron of the arts, friends with such great minds as
Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists.
Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited ...
,
Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was some ...
, and
Giotto
Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto ( , ) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/ Proto-Renaissance period. G ...
.
Such rich experience contributed to Humbert's intention to create a university in his own state, and to do so he visited Pope Benedict XII to get a papal bull of approval.
Humbert cared deeply about his students, offering generous aid, protection, and even providing a hundred of them with free housing. Humbert's financial losses during the Smyrniote crusades, Black Death, and
Dauphiné
The Dauphiné (, ) is a former province in Southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the Dauphiné of Viennois.
In the 12th centu ...
's attachment to France greatly decreased the activity of the university leading to its closure, since a small mountainous town couldn't support its activity on its own.
It was reopened again by Louis XI of France in 1475 in Valence under the name University of Valence, while the original university was restored in Grenoble in 1542 by Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol. The two universities were finally reunited in 1565. At that point Grenoble was an important center of law practice in France, thus law practice was at the center of the university education.
The
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...
, with its focus on the end to inherited privilege, led to the suppression of most universities in France. To revolutionaries, universities embodied bastions of corporatism and established interests. Moreover, lands owned by the universities represented a source of wealth and therefore were confiscated, just as property possessed by the Church.
Modern period (1800–1968)
In 1805–1808,
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
reestablished faculties of law, letters, and science. The Bourbon Restoration had temporarily suppressed the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Law, but by the 1850s the university's activity had begun rapidly developing again.
The development of the sciences at the university was spearheaded by the transformation of Grenoble from a regional center to a major supplier of industrial motors and electrical equipment in 1880s. The faculties were formally inaugurated as the University of Grenoble in 1879 in the newly constructed Place de Verdun. There were around 3000 students in 1930. Significant enrollment growth in the 1960s created pressures on the academic infrastructure of the university; the Suzanne Dobelmann library helped expand facilities, especially those relating to science and medicine.
Recent history (1968–present)
Following riots among university students in
May 1968
The following events occurred in May 1968:
May 1, 1968 (Wednesday)
* CARIFTA, the Caribbean Free Trade Association, was formally created as an agreement between Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
* RAF Strike ...
, a reform of French education occurred. The Orientation Act ''(Loi d’Orientation de l’Enseignement Superieur)'' of 1968 divided the old faculties into smaller subject departments, decreased the power of the Ministry of National Education, and created smaller universities, with strengthened administrations.
Thus, sharing the fate of all French universities in 1970s, the University of Grenoble was split into four institutions. Each university had different areas of concentration of study and the faculties were divided as follows:
* The ''Scientific and Medical University of Grenoble'', which in 1987 was renamed Joseph Fourier University (UJF), for sciences, health, and technology
* The ''University of Economics and Law'', which in 1987 was renamed
Pierre Mendès-France University
Pierre Mendès-France University (UPMF, french: Université Pierre Mendès France, also known as Grenoble II) was a French university, based in Grenoble, focused on social sciences. It was named after the late French politician Pierre Mendès-Fr ...
(UPMF), for social sciences and humanities
** The ''
Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
The Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (French: ''Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble'', IEP), also known as ''Sciences Po Grenoble'', is a French "grande école" of political science and more broadly of social sciences located in the c ...
'', affiliated with UPMF and focusing on political science
* The ''University of Languages and Letters'', which in 1987 was renamed Stendhal University, for arts and languages
* The '' Grenoble Institute of Technology'' (''Grenoble-INP'') for engineering
On 1 January 2016, the first three institutions reunited to restore the original common institution under the name Université Grenoble Alpes. Although Grenoble-INP remains separate, it is an active member of the Community Université Grenoble Alpes and cooperates very closely with the university not only in research projects, but also by sharing labs, offering mutual courses and training for students and researchers.
On 1 January 2020, the Grenoble Institute of Technology (''Grenoble-INP''), together with the
Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
The Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (French: ''Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble'', IEP), also known as ''Sciences Po Grenoble'', is a French "grande école" of political science and more broadly of social sciences located in the c ...
UGA facilities are mainly located in the Grenoble Agglomeration, centered around the Domaine Universitaire campus, GIANT campus, and La Tronche medical campus. However, there are many facilities that are located in other places in and outside of Grenoble, including the Valence campus and an important number of laboratories and research centres.
Domaine Universitaire (Grenoble)
The Domaine Universitaire, also known as the ''University Campus'' and ''Campus de
Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Saint-Martin-d'Hères (; frp, Sant-Martin-d’Èra) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),Grenoble-Alpes Métropole
Grenoble-Alpes Métropole is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Grenoble. It is located in the Isère department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, eastern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing ...
agglomeration and a part of
Saint-Martin-d'Hères
Saint-Martin-d'Hères (; frp, Sant-Martin-d’Èra) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
. The Domaine Universitaire hosts a major part of educational facilities and an important part of research laboratories of the university.
The Domaine Universitaire campus has a distinct feature of being an isolated part of the agglomeration dedicated solely to academics and student activities. This is an exemption from the typical model of French universities where university facilities are scattered throughout the city. Such organization was an experimental model applied in 1960s to accommodate the rapidly growing university. Over the years, due to such a distinct form of organization it earned the reputation of an "American campus". Another French university that follows this model is
Paris-Saclay University
Paris-Saclay University (french: Université Paris-Saclay) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 prestigious universities that emerged from the division of the University of Paris, also known as the Sorbonne ...
although it is located 20 km away from Paris and not in a direct proximity to the city.
The campus boast 3 000 trees, including Arboretum Robert Ruffier-Lanche with over 250 different species of trees and shrubs from around the world. Due to its rich vegetation, surrounded by
Isère (river)
The Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra) is a river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. Its source, a glacier known as the ''Sources de l'Isère'', lies in the Vanoise National Park in the Graian Alps of Savoie, near t ...
, in proximity of three mountain chains, and in immediate adjacency to the city, the campus is known for student quality of life. The university is ranked among the most beautiful universities and campuses in France and Europe. The campus has a rich network of public transport, including the Grenoble tramway, several bus lines, easy access the main highway and a network of bike lines. Grenoble is traditionally recognized as one of the best student cities in France.
La Tronche campus is located one tramway stop away from the Domaine Universitaire campus. It is primarily specialized in medical studies and is home to the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital.
File:UGA_Bibliotheque_universitaire_Joseph_Fourier.jpg, Joseph Fourier Library
File:UGA_Maison_Des_Langues_et_des_Cultures.jpg, Maison des Langues
File:UGA_batiment_Stendhal.jpg, Stendhal Building
File:UGA_Amphi_Weil.jpg, Louis Weil Amphitheatre
File:UGA_Avenue_Centrale_et_Sciences_Po_Grenoble.jpg, Sciences Po Grenoble
File:UGA_Batiment_Pierre_Mendes_France.jpg, Pierre Mendes France Building
File:UGA_Faculté_de_Droit.jpg, Grenoble Law School
File:ESA_campus_Grenoble.JPG, Grenoble IAE
File:Informatique_%26_Mathématiques_Appliquées_-_Grenoble.JPG, IMAG Building
File:ENSIEG_ENSPG_campus_Grenoble.JPG, Grenoble INP buildings
File:Lettres_et_sciences_humaines_-_Grenoble.JPG, Stendhal Building
File:UGA_Faculté_d'Economie_de_Grenoble.jpg, Faculty of Economics of Grenoble
Campus GIANT (Grenoble)
Campus GIANT (Grenoble Innovation for Advanced New Technologies) is an inter-organizational campus located on the old military grounds of a
presque-isle
Presque-isle (from the French ''presqu'île'', meaning ''almost island'') is a geographical term denoting a piece of land which is closer to being an island than most peninsulas because of its being joined to the mainland by an extremely narrow ne ...
between Isère and Drac that formed Polygone Scientifique. The Campus hosts several educational institutions, primarily UGA (particularly the INPG) and the Grenoble School of Management. Among other members of the campus are also large state research organizations CNRS and CEA. The GIANT campus hosts Minatec, as well as several European large scale Instruments including
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is a joint research facility situated in Grenoble, France, supported by 22 countries (13 member countries: France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, ...
bioMérieux
bioMérieux SA is a French multinational biotechnology company founded and headquartered in Marcy-l'Étoile, France, close to Lyon. bioMérieux is present in 44 countries and serves more than 160 countries through a large network of distributor ...
,
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational company that specializes in digital automation and energy management. It addresses homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries, by combining energy technologies, real-time automatio ...
, Siemens, and STMicroelectronics.
Contrary to the Domaine Universitaire campus, which hosts UGA and shares both educational and research roles in a wide variety of disciplines, the GIANT Campus is inter-organizational and leans heavily towards research-industry collaboration in natural and applied sciences.
Valence Campus
The Valence campus is home to over 4000 students in undergraduate and post-graduate programs. It is located in the department of
Drôme
Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.
, 90 km away from Grenoble.
The Valence campus is the successor of the Université de Valence founded in 1452 by Dauphin Louis, future King
Louis XI
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII.
Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revol ...
. The University of Valence was closed in 1792 sharing the fate of most French universities during the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...
.
Other locations
University facilities are also located outside of main campuses, including Grenoble INP facilities, Grenoble IUT, as well as multiple laboratories and research centers. An alpine botanical garden Jardin botanique alpin du Lautaret spans over a 2 hectares area in Col du Lautaret.
File:UGA_Palais_de_l'Universite.jpg, IUT Grenoble 1 (Grenoble)
File:INPG_-_Grenoble.JPG, Grenoble INP (Grenoble)
File:Cite_des_territoires.jpg, IUGA (Grenoble)
File:Jardin_botanique_alpin_du_Lautaret.jpg, Alpine botanical garden
File:CHU_de_Grenoble_(site_Nord)_en_mai_2021.jpg, Grenoble Alpes University Hospital
Governance
The Université Grenoble Alpes is a Public Institution of Scientific, Cultural, and Professional Relevance (French: Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel"). It is governed by a board of directors and an academic council elected every four years. The president of the university is elected by the board of Directors after each renewal, and is eligible for re-election once. On 3 December 2015, staff and students from Joseph Fourier University, Pierre Mendès-France University, and Stendhal University voted to elect representatives to the central councils of the new university. On 7 January 2016, the Board of Directors of the Université Grenoble Alpes elected Lise Dumasy as president. It was the first time a woman has been elected to head a merged university in France.
The university was one of the central members of the Community Université Grenoble Alpes, a COMUE under the presidency of Patrick Lévy. The association allowed the humanities and social sciences and natural and formal sciences to be represented in the governance of the entire university system of Grenoble.
On January 1, 2020, the ComUE merged with the university, together with the Grenoble Institute of Technology, the
Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
The Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (French: ''Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble'', IEP), also known as ''Sciences Po Grenoble'', is a French "grande école" of political science and more broadly of social sciences located in the c ...
, and the Grenoble School of Architecture ENSAG. The merger was organized using the newly created legal form of "établissements expérimentaux" created by the French government to promote the development of leading national universities. Yassine Lakhnech became the President of the newly merged university.
Academics
The Université Grenoble Alpes is made up of multiple departments, schools and institutes.
*Faculty of sciences
**Department of Chemistry and Biology
**IM2AG - Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble (IM2AG)
**PhITEM - Department of Physics, Engineering, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Mechanics
**OSUG - Grenoble Observatory for Sciences of the Universe
**DLST - Department for Undergraduate Degree of Sciences and Technology
*Grenoble INP
** Ense3 - Engineering school of Energy, Water and Environmental sciences
** Ensimag - Engineering school of Applied mathematics and Computer Science
** Esisar - Engineering school of Advanced Systems and Networks
** Génie industriel - School of Industrial engineering and Management
** Pagora - Engineering school of Paper, Print media and Biomaterials
** Phelma - Engineering school of Physics, Electronics and Materials Science
** Grenoble IAE - Graduate School of Management
** Polytech Grenoble - Polytechnic Engineering School
*Faculty of humanities, health, sports, society (H3S)
** ARSH - Department of Arts and Humanities
** LE - Department of foreign languages
** LLASIC - Department of Languages, Literature, Performing Arts, Information and Communication
** SHS - Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
** STAPS - Department of physical and sports activities
** Faculty of Medicine
** Faculty of Pharmacology
* Faculties and departments outside of regrouping
** Institute of Urban Planning and Alpine Geography (IUGA)
** Grenoble Law School
** Grenoble Faculty of Economics
* Sciences Po Grenoble -
Grenoble Institute of Political Studies
The Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (French: ''Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble'', IEP), also known as ''Sciences Po Grenoble'', is a French "grande école" of political science and more broadly of social sciences located in the c ...
* ENSAG - Grenoble School of Architecture
* University Institutes of Technology
** IUT Grenoble 1 - University Institutes of Technology 1
** IUT Grenoble 2 - University Institutes of Technology 2
** IUT de Valence - Valence University Institutes of Technology
* Transverse structures
** DSDA - Drôme Ardèche Department of Sciences
** CUEF - University Centre for French Studies
** INSPE - Institute of Education and Teaching
** SDL - Languages Office
** Doctoral College
Research
Covering all disciplinary fields, the Université Grenoble Alpes has 106 research departments spread out in six centres bringing together different types of organizations (joint research departments, host teams, platforms, etc.) in the same scientific field.
* Humanities and Social Science Centre (Pôle SHS)
* Chemistry, Biology and Health Centre (Pôle CBS)
* Mathematics, Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies Centre (Pôle MSTIC)
* Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Geosciences, the Environment and Ecology Centre (Pôle PAGE)
* Physics, Engineering and Materials Centre (Pôle PEM)
* Social Sciences Centre (Pôle SS)
Multiple research labs are attached to the university.
University Grenoble Alpes, though Grenoble INP, cofounded Minatec, an international center on micro-nano technologies, uniting over 3000 researchers and 1200 students.
The university hosts one of 4 French national Institutes of Artificial Intelligence.
PhD training is administered and governed by the Doctoral College, which creates rules and standards for UGA's 13 doctoral schools.
Notable people
UGA has a considerable number of notable alumni in several different fields, ranging from academics to political leaders, executives, and artists.
Politics
Many European politicians have studied law, economics, and languages at UGA, including:
Reinhold Maier
Reinhold Maier (16 October 1889 – 19 August 1971) was a German politician and the leader of the FDP from 1957–1960. From 1946 to 1952 he was Minister President of Württemberg-Baden and then the 1st Minister President of the new s ...
Walther Schreiber
Walther Carl Rudolf Schreiber (10 June 1884 — 30 June 1958) was a German politician who served as the mayor of West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during ...
Thierry Repentin
Thierry Repentin (born 5 April 1963) is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Chambéry since 2020. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he previously served as a Senator for Savoie (2004–2012; 2014) and in government as Minister D ...
Geoffrey Acland
Arthur Geoffrey Dyke Acland (17 May 1908 – 14 September 1964), known as Geoffrey Acland, was a British people, British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician.
Born near Hanover Square, London, Hanover Square in London to Liberal Party Me ...
.
Other political leaders include:
Gaétan Barrette
Gaétan Barrette (born July 5, 1956) is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represented the electoral district of La Pinière as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party until ...
, Minister of Health and Social Services of
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
;
Abderrahmane Benkhalfa
Abderrahmane Benkhalfa ( ar, عبد الرحمان بن خالفة, July 2, 1949 – April 23, 2021) was an Algerian financial expert. He was general delegate for the Algerian Association of Banks and Financial Institutions, and director of the Ba ...
, Minister of Finance of Algeria;
Hazem El Beblawi
Hazem El Beblawi (also spelled ''el Beblawy'' ar, حازم عبد العزيز الببلاوى ; born 17 October 1936) is an Egyptian economist and politician who was interim prime minister of Egypt from 2013 until 1 March 2014. Previousl ...
, Prime Minister of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
Abdoulaye Wade
Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926) Encyclopedia of the Nations. Retrieved February 28, ...
, President of Senegal;
Driss Basri
Driss Basri ( ar, إدريس البصري ', 8 November 1938 in Settat – 27 August 2007) was a Moroccan politician who served as interior minister from 1979 to 1999. After General Oufkir's death in 1972, and then Ahmed Dlimi's death in 1983, D ...
, Interior Minister of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
Souvanna Phouma
Prince Souvanna Phouma (; 7 October 1901 – 10 January 1984) was the leader of the neutralist faction and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times (1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960, and 1962–1975).
Early life
Souvanna Phouma was the so ...
, Prime Minister of Laos; Ali Al Shami, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
;
Fathallah Sijilmassi
Fathallah Sijilmassi is a Moroccan politician and economist. He is the current Secretary General of the secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean.
He has a Ph.D. in economics from the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. On November ...
, Moroccan politician and economist;
Mohammed al-Dairi
Mohammed al-Dairi or Mohammed ad-Dairi ( ar, محمد الدايري) (born 7 March 1952) is a Libyan politician. He was the foreign minister of Libya from the Tobruk-based House of Representatives since 28 September 2014 until 28 February 2019 ...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
MI5
The Security Service, also known as MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), G ...
during the time of the
Nazi regime
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
File:Vigdis Finnbogadottir (1985).jpg,
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996. She was the world's first woman who was democratically elected as president. With a presidency of exact ...
, President of
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
File:Silver Pitcher presented to White House (Portrait).jpg, Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the United States
File:Crown Princess Masako of Japan.jpg, Masako Owada, Empress of Japan
File:Olivier Véran - Juillet 2012.jpg,
Olivier Véran
Dr. Olivier Véran (; born 22 April 1980) is a French neurologist and politician who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and Citizen Participation in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. ...
, French politician, Minister of Health
File:Abdoulaye_Wade_(1).jpg,
Abdoulaye Wade
Abdoulaye Wade (born 29 May 1926) Encyclopedia of the Nations. Retrieved February 28, ...
Numerous prominent scientists have studied at the Université Grenoble Alpes since the development of the hydro-power in the region in 1880s. Prominent fields include physics, material sciences, and computer sciences with alumni like
Yves Bréchet
Yves Bréchet () (born October 12, 1961) is a physicist, specialist of materials science, former High Commissioner for Atomic Energy of France, current Scientific Director of Saint Gobain, professor (part-time) at Monash University, and a member o ...
Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli
Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli (born 12 May 1954) is a Moroccan Professor of nuclear physics, at the faculty of science within thMohammad V University of Rabat.
She won the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for her work on the Higgs Boson ...
Turing Award
The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in comput ...
physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...