The European University Centre is a historical institute for European Studies part of Nancy 2 University. It was created in 1950[1] and it celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2000. For its 60th Anniversary in 2010, it also celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Alumni CEU (French: Association des anciens du CEU, Spanish: Asociación de Antiguos Alumnos del CEU), which has become the main engine of this institute.
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The European Centre is located in Nancy, France. This city is located in Lorraine (region), border with the countries of Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg, and the French Region of Alsace. So Nancy is in the heart of the four European main cities: Brussels 327 km, Frankfurt 301 km, Luxembourg City 155 km and Strasbourg 156 km.
Nancy is very well served by the high-speed train line called ‘TGV East Europe’, which connects the city to Paris in 1:30 hours and to Strasbourg in 1 hour. In addition, since the city and its area have 40,000 university students from over 260,000 people, Nancy becomes the 5th university town in France.
The European Centre was established in 1950 with a clear objective by leading academics and with the support of politicians. To receive students throughout the continent, but especially those of Europe on the other side of the Curtain Steel, in the heart of Europe was aimed. Later, the European Communities became what we call today as the European Union, and the European Centre became an institution of high reputation. Nowadays, the institute offers specialised education on European issues: European Union law, Financial Management, Strategic Communication, Local Communities and Law of European Union Jurisdictions.
Courses and seminars are offered by professors from both French and foreign universities, senior officials of the European Union and the Council of Europe, and professionals with expertise in law, management, economics and communications.[2] In addition to this, the European Centre has an official European Information Office called Centre for European Documentation (French: Centre de documentation europeénne (CDE), Spanish: Centro de documentación europea).
Since its inception, the European Centre has welcomed around 3,500 students from more than 100 different nationalities. Each year, half of them are from France and the other half come from other European countries and World countries. This international mission has allowed the institute to hold commissioners, ministers, economists, communicators, lawyers, administrators and professors on the nowadays European scene.