| Henri Poincaré University | |
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| Université Henri Poincaré | |
| Established | 1572, 1970 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Jean-Pierre Finance |
| Admin. staff | 1,146 |
| Students | 18,000 |
| Location | Nancy, France |
| Affiliations | Nancy-Université |
| Website | http://www.uhp-nancy.fr/ (in French) |
The Henri Poincaré University (a.k.a. UHP or Nancy 1) is a public research university located in Nancy, France. UHP is a member of the Nancy-Université federation, belonging to the french Nancy-Metz Academy.
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The first University of Lorraine was created in 1572 by the Duke Charles de Lorraine and the Cardinal Charles III, in a city near Pont-à-Mousson.
UHP figures in the Academic Ranking of World Universities made by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the year 2007, UHP ranked 305th at a world wide scale and 124th at european scale.
Uhp has five Faculties :
Three Engineering Schools :
Three Institutes of Technology (IUT) :
And one Institute for Teacher Training (IUFM).
The University includes a total of 44 laboratories, linked with the most important french research organizations : CNRS, INSERM, INRA and INRIA.
The École Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois (ENSTIB) is a French grande école located in Épinal in Lorraine, which is one of the biggest forested regions of France.
Studies are oriented to the wood industry and technologies - everything that is related to wood as a construction material or for furniture.
Students specialise in one of the following themes:
The origin of the school dates back to the petrol crisis of 1973. France had no petrol and a need for innovative ideas on renewable material. A group of professors and doctors created a very small university class in Epinal that had a focus on wood as a material. It became an engineering school in the year 1985. Now the scope of studies has enlarged to biological fiber materials and paper.