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Medical School of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg

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

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Medical School of Strasbourg and University of Strasbourg

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  1. Medical School of StrasbourgandUniversity of Strasbourg

  2. 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

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Research Master’s • Biological imaging • Neuroscience • Cellular and molecular physiopathology • Public health and environment • Ethics : life, norms and societies, medical ethics and bioethics

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. International agreements • Founding member (1989) of the ECTS-Medicine association (49 U) • Franco-German University (Bochum) • Italy (Brescia) Poland, • Russia (Omsk) • Algeria, Madagascar, Tunisia • Cambodia, China, Laos, Vietnam • Libanon

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