Université d’Angers has three campuses in the city of Angers and satellite campuses in Cholet and Saumur. It has 23,418 students (at 15 January 2017) and offers 435 diplomas and 50 dual education programmes. With 25 research units and five “Federative Research Structures” (SFR), it also hosts 521 doctoral students. 129 nationalities are represented in its body of 2726 overseas students (12% of the total student population) and the University has signed 170 bilateral agreements and formed partnerships with 250 universities through the Erasmus+ programme.
A number of training units and laboratories play an active role in West Creative Industries:
- GRANEM (Economics and Management research centre in Angers)
- SFR Confluences (Federative Research Structure for the arts, languages, human and social sciences)
- ISTIA (Université d’Angers School of Engineering)
- l’UFR ESTHUA, Tourism, Culture
- Faculty of Law, Economics and Management
Four current projects with West Creative Industries
Two initial education modules:
- Not a Number (NaN), a new initial education module offered jointly by ISTIA and ESBA-TALM (École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Tours – Angers – Le Mans)
- SHS-Créatifs, a new initial education module offered jointly with the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management and the École de Design Nantes Atlantique
Two research projects:
- AD LUX – Experience Design in conjunction with GRANEM and Sustainable Cities Design Lab (École de Design Nantes Atlantique)
- PREDICT, research project including a post-doctoral thesis, in conjunction with LERIA (Laboratoire d’Étude et de Recherche en Informatique d’Angers) and GRANEM, co-funded by RFI Angers TourismLab
