Medical School of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg

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Medical School of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg

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Medical School of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg. Tumultuous history at the crossroads of the Rhine. 1540 : Medicine is taught at the Lutheran College founded by Jean Sturm 1566 : Maximilian II raises the college to the rank of an academy - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Medical School of StrasbourgandUniversity of Strasbourg

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Tumultuous history at the crossroads of the Rhine

1540 : Medicine is taught at the Lutheran College founded by Jean Sturm

1566 : Maximilian II raises the college to the rank of an academy

1621 : Ferdinand II converts the academy into a university

1681 : Louis XIV confirms the university 1794 : changes into a school for studying health by

the convention 1802 : transformation into a school of medicine 1808 : rebirth of the faculty under Napoleon

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History (II)

1870 : Annexation of Alsace by Germany and from 1871-1872 we had a free medical school in French but in 1872 it was transferred to Nancy.

1918 : the Faculty becomes French once again 1939 : the Faculty moves to Clermont-Ferrand and

came back in 1945 1969 : integration of the Faculty in the University

Louis Pasteur 2009 : creation of the University of Strasbourg from

the three former universities (scientific and medical; human sciences; law school)

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University of Strasbourg (1/01/09)

Set up from the former universities University Louis Pasteur (scientific and

medical university) Marc Bloch University ( human sciences

university) Robert Schuman University (law school)

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Aims of the new university

the development of the basic missions of the university i.e. research, training, professional integration based on interdisciplinary collaboration and a synergy interactions

of all the fields the major availability of the teaching/research staff, the

administrative staff and the students to allow the best possible studies and the work opportunities.

the development of the leadership to face international

competition with better assets and more visibility.

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The UdS is hosting

42 000 students (21% foreign students),

11 423 trainees in continuous education,

5 230 members of staff (of which 1500 come from national research institutions)

It is constituted of 37 components i.e. training units, faculties, schools, institutes

and 86 research units (Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medical [INSERM] and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNR])

covering a surface of 600 000 sqm with 110 buildings.

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All the fields in higher education are covered

50 Master programs 26 Bachelor programs 34 Professional bachelor programs 9 doctoral schools 2535 doctoral students (380

defenses/year) A European Doctoral College

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Medicine studies

First cycle : 2 years preclinical studies ( competitive examination at the end of the first year with a fixed numerous clausus)

Second cycle : 4 years clinical studies and hospital training periods

Compulsory national ranking tests for access into the 3rd cycle

Third cycle – specialization general medicine 3 years other specialized studies 4 to 5 years

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Research Master’s

Biological imaging Neuroscience Cellular and molecular

physiopathology Public health and environment Ethics : life, norms and societies,

medical ethics and bioethics

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Departments

Evaluation committee for the theoretical and clinical teaching of the faculty

Department of pedagogy Multimedia department – TICE University and hospital department of ethics Department of history and philosophy of life and

health science-heritage and museum conservation Department of general medicine Department of human and social sciences Research commission

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Research activities

7 INSERM units (national label) 4 University units (UdS label) Main fields :

neurosciences Physiopathology of inflammation and cancer

Immunity Microbiology Cancer

Biomaterials : biological processes and interface biophysics

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Teachers and Students

139 Professors 100 Associate Professors 134 university hospital assistants and

university clinic managers-hospital assistants

5500 registered students (1800 1styear)

24% foreign students