University of Strasbourg

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University Palace, main building of the former Imperial University of Strasbourg

The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, founded in 1631, was divided in the 1970s into three separate institutions with a total of approximately 48,500 students as of 2007. They are (with approximate specialisations in parentheses):

1 Structure
2 History
3 Famous teachers or students
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Structure

The Gallia building, formerly Germania, seat of the Regional Student's Service Centre

The National and University Library on Place de la République, former Kaiserplatz

Main Law faculty building of Robert Schuman University

Le Bel Institute of Louis Pasteur University

Strasbourg I - Université Louis Pasteur (science/technology)
Strasbourg II - Université Marc Bloch (humanities)
Strasbourg III - Université Robert Schuman (law/politics/economy)

Strasbourg I is a member of the LERU (League of European Research Universities).

[edit] History

The university emerged from a Lutheran humanist German Gymnasium , founded in 1538 by Johannes Sturm in the Free Imperial City of Strassburg. It was transformed to a university in 1631.

The German university still persisted even after the annexation of the City by King Louis XIV in 1681, but mainly turned into a French university during the French Revolution.

The university was refounded as the German Kaiser-Wilhelm Universität in 1872, after the Franco-Prussian war and the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany provoked a westwards exodus of francophone teachers. In 1918 Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France, so a reverse exodus of germanophone teachers took place.

During World War II, when France was occupied, personnel and equipment of the University of Strasbourg was transferred to Clermont-Ferrand. In its place, the short-lived German Reichsuniversität Straßburg was created.