URCA is a public multidisciplinary university with campuses in Reims, Troyes, Châlons-en-Champagne, Charleville-Mézières, and Chaumont. It offers programs in science, technology, health, and humanities, with a focus on agro-sciences and materials.
Address: Villa Douce, 9 boulevard de la Paix, 51100 Reims, Grand Est, France
Agro-Sciences & Biotechnology, Materials Science & Engineering, Health Sciences & Engineering
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Robotics, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Member of the European University Alliance INGENIUM. Regional partnerships in agriculture, wine industry (Champagne), and materials.
Research:
Plant biology and agro-environment, Biomaterials and biointerfaces, Health technologies and aging, Digital sciences and AI, Transformation of socio-economic models.
Famous Alumnis:
Jean Baudrillard (taught)
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
2000
Current students***:
25000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Comprehensive university serving the Champagne-Ardenne region, specific strengths in agro-sciences and materials.
Cons
Multi-campus university, some sites are smaller and more specialized.
Best For
Multidisciplinary university with a focus on agro-sciences, materials, and health in the Champagne-Ardenne region.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Think of Université de Bourgogne when aerospace, food science and bioinformatics is the priority: it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers geotechnics as well.
- In terms of fields, Université de Picardie Jules Verne is the nearest neighbour, with bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and fluid dynamics again at the core; it is slightly larger, at about 32,000 students against roughly 25,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Université de Lille takes a similar route through aerospace, food science and bioinformatics, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers astroscience and geotechnics as well.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of food science, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies can consider Université de Rouen Normandie, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Where this institution leans on aerospace, food science and bioinformatics, Université de Lorraine does the same, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers geotechnics and industrial design as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- USTC, based in China, is built around aerospace, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies much like this institution, and it has almost the same size, at about 25,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- Université de Liège brings a Belgium setting to the same core fields, aerospace, food science and bioinformatics, and it covers geotechnics as well, and has almost the same size, at about 26,000 students.
- For aerospace, food science and bioinformatics outside the home country, Kyodai in Japan is a natural reference; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany shares the aerospace, agriculture and food science orientation of this institution, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Abroad, Kyushu University (Japan) covers aerospace, agriculture and food science in a comparable way, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers ergonomics and UX and astroscience as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Agriculture, Biomaterials, Digital Twin, Environmental Impact, Materials, Product Development
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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