Louis Pasteur University

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The Université Louis Pasteur, also known as Strasbourg I or ULP is a large university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. As of 2006, there were approximately 18,500 students enrolled at the university, including around 3,000 foreign students. Research and teaching at ULP concentrates on the natural sciences and technology/medicine.

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the ULP belong to the first 100 rank (96th in 2006)

The university is a member of the LERU (League of European Research Universities). It is named after the famous 19th-century French scientist Louis Pasteur.

Some seekers from the University granted prestigious awards:

• Nobel Prize :

• Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918), professor of physic, Nobel Prize in 1909 ;
• Albrecht Kossel (1853-1927), physician, Nobel Prize in 1910 ;
• Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Nobel Prize in 1952
• Jean-Marie Lehn (1939-), French chemist, Nobel Prize in 1987

• Fields Medal:

• René Thom (1923-2002), French mathematician, founder of catastrophe theory, lauréate of the Fields Medal in 1958

[edit] See also

• University of Strasbourg

[edit] External link

• Official university website

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