Savoy Mont Blanc University (french: Université Savoie Mont Blanc, a.k.a. Chambéry University) is a

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in the region of

Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Savo ...

, with one campus in

Annecy Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...

and two around

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 Chambér ...

Campuses

The university was officially founded in 1979 from several colleges founded in the 1960s and 1970s. To avoid a straight choice between the two biggest towns of the Savoie/Haute-Savoie region, the authorities decided to set up a campus in each city for different areas of study. The university has three campuses: * The Annecy-le-Vieux campus (near

) is the university's "technology institute" ( IUT), and teaches

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-related subjects and business and administration related subjects. There is either the faculty of economics and management (IMUS, ''Institut de Management de l'Université de Savoie''). * Jacob-Bellecombette (1.5 km south of Chambéry) is the campus for students of

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and

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. It has a

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and one

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. Chambéry is the home of the university's ''presidence'' and administrative buildings. * The Technolac campus at Bourget-du-Lac (12 km north of Chambéry) teaches

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History

* Between 1295 and 1563, Chambéry was the capital of

. The

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was founded in 1404, and Chambéry was the home of an ''école préparatoire'', a school preparing students to go there. But there was no university in Chambéry in this period, and

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took over from Chambéry as Savoy's capital in 1563. * The

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of Savoy by France after the unification of Italy meant that Chambéry had an ''académie'' between 1860 and 1920, but not a university. * During the movement creating new universities in the 1960s, a Savoy ''Collège Scientifique Universitaire'' (CSU) was created, then a ''Collège Littéraire Universitaire'' (CLU) in 1963. These colleges were merged, creating the ''Centre Universitaire de Savoie'' (CUS), at Chambéry, on 9 May 1969. In 1973, Annecy's technical and business college, the ''Institut Universitaire Technologique'' (IUT), was founded, and from 27 June 1979, the CUS was officially classed as a university. It was later renamed the ''Université de Savoie'' and then in May 2014 ''Université Savoie Mont Blanc''

Number of students

Foreign students

After

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, Pantheon-Assas University and Strasbourg III, Savoy has the fourth-highest number of

Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

exchange students in France. The school of international relations has signed 228 conventions with universities in 82 countries, and the university takes more than 1,000 foreign students per year overall. *Europe 71% **United Kingdom 17% **Italy 10.5% **Germany 10% **Spain 8% **Sweden 5% *North America: 7% *Eastern Europe (''Pays d'Europe centrale, orientale et nouveaux États indépendants de l'ex-Union soviétique''): 5% *Asia: 6% *North Africa/Middle-East: 5% *Latin America: 2.5% *Africa: 2.5% *Australia/New Zealand: 1%

Gallery

Chambéry campus

Image:Univ-Sav Halle des Sports.JPG, Sports hall Image:Univ-Sav amphi 11.JPG, ''Grand amphithéâtre'' (lecture theatre) Image:Univ-Sav bibliotheque.JPG, University library Image:Univ-Savoie Cafe restaurant.JPG, University restaurant, ''Le Satellite'' (burnt down in July 2008) Image:Eglise de Jacob-Bellecombette.JPG, Church of Jacob-Bellecombette, next to campus

Annecy campus

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Departments

Annecy

* IUT d'Annecy] ** Département Techniques de Commercialisation ** Département Mesures Physiques ** Département Génie Mécanique et Productique ** Département Génie Électrique et Informatique Industrielle ** Département Réseaux et Télécoms * IAE Savoie Mont Blanc * Polytech Annecy-Chambéry

Chambéry

* School of literature, languages and human sciences (LLSH) * School of law and business * IAE Savoie Mont Blanc

Bourget-du-Lac

* School of applied sciences * IUT de Chambéry * Polytech Annecy-Chambéry

Notable people

Faculty

Michel Soutif Michel Soutif (8 July 1921 – 28 June 2016), Officier de la Légion d’honneur, Grand Officier de l’ordre national du Mérite, Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali, was a French scientist and educator, known for his major contribution to ...

(1921 – 2016) - physicist and educator

Alumni

Aicha Elbasri Aicha Elbasri is a writer and former United Nations official. She is the author of L’Imaginaire carcéral de Jean Genet, a book on Jean Genet, a prominent, controversial French writer and later political activist. She was previously the Spokes ...

(born in

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) - writer and former United Nations official * Surano (born 1955) - geophysicist and volcanologist from

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Ulla Tørnæs Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs (born 4 September 1962 in Esbjerg) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Liberal Party. She previously sat in parliament from 1994 to 2014, and served as member of the European Parliament from 2014 ...

(born 1962, in

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)

) - Danish politician *

Yang Lan Yang Lan (; born March 31, 1968) is a Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show host. She is the co-founder and chairperson of the Sun Media Group and the Sun Culture Foundation. In 2013, she was ranked number 100 in ''Forbes'' magazin ...

(born 1968,

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) - media proprietor, journalist, and talk show host *

Bruno Wu Bruno Wu Zheng (; born 1966) is a Chinese entrepreneur. In 2016, ''Forbes'' estimated his family's fortune around $1 billion. Education Wu studied at the University of Savoy, Chambery, France. He returned to China, worked on a hotel project, ...

(born 1966) - Chinese entrepreneur * Xavier Roseren (born 1970, in

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

) - shopkeeper and politician

LREM Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...

* Yann Barthès (born 1974) - journalist, TV presenter and producer * Émilie Bonnivard (born 1980) politician LR * Léo Trespeuch (born 1987) - snowboarding champion * Christophe Lemaitre (born 1990) - sprinter * Clément Noël (born 1997) - alpine ski racer

Recipients of honorary degree

Norberto Bobbio Norberto Bobbio (; 18 October 1909 – 9 January 2004) was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily ''La Stampa''. Bobbio was a social libera ...

(1909 – 2004) - Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought *

Fabiola Gianotti Fabiola Gianotti (; born 29 October 1960) is an Italian experimental particle physicist who is the current and first woman Director-General at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland. Her first mandate began on 1 Ja ...

(born 1960) - Italian experimental particle physicist; first woman to be Director-General at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

References

External links

Official homepage of the University of Savoy Mont Blanc
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University of Savoy Savoy Mont Blanc University (french: Université Savoie Mont Blanc, a.k.a. Chambéry University) is a public university in the region of Savoy, with one campus in Annecy and two around Chambéry. Campuses The university was officially founded ...

1960s establishments in France Universities and colleges in Chambéry Education in Annecy Universities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Jacob-Bellecombette Le Bourget-du-Lac