Aix-Marseille University is the largest multidisciplinary university in the whole of the French-speaking world, in terms of its student body, its faculty and staff, and its budget. It has nearly 80,000 students including 10,000 international students, 8,000 faculty and staff members, 12 doctoral schools and nearly 3,000 PhD students. AMU is home to 122 research facilities linked to France’s biggest research institutions (CNRS, INSERM, IRD, INRA, CEA). In 2021, it has obtained the HRS4R labelling and is coordinator of the Erasmus + European University Network “CIVIS”.
Aix-Marseille University was created in 2012, resulting from the merger of the University of Provence, University of the Mediterranean and Paul Cézanne University. It has nearly 80,000 students including 10,000 international students, 8,000 faculty and staff members, 12 doctoral schools and nearly 3,000 PhD students. AMU is home to 122 research facilities – 112 research units and 9 federative research structures –linked to France’s biggest research institutions (CNRS, INSERM, IRD, INRA, CEA). In 2021, it has obtained the HRS4R labelling and is coordinator of the Erasmus + European University Network “CIVIS”. Today, as well as being one of the youngest universities in France, it is also the largest in terms of its student body, its faculty and staff, and its budget in the whole of the French-speaking world. These factors combine with the remarkable results already achieved in teaching and research to make AMU a top-class higher education and research institution. In the latest 2021 International Shanghai rankings, AMU is positioned as the 101st best universities in the world and in 5th place among the French universities.
