University of Côte d'Azur

Côte d'Azur University (French: Université Côte d'Azur) is a grand établissement located in Nice, France, and neighboring areas. In 2019, it replaced the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and the community (ComUE) that was created in 2013. On 9 January 2020, Jeanick Brisswalter was elected as president of Côte d'Azur University. The University of Nice Sophia Antipolis was founded in 1965 and organised in eight faculties, two autonomous institutes and one engineering school. It was merged in 2019 into the Côte d'Azur University. It has nearly 30,000 students in initial and continuing education, including 20% foreign students, and eight University and Research Schools (EUR).

Type

Public university

Founded

2019

Students

35,000

Also known as

Côte d'Azur University, French Riviera University, Nice University, University Côte d'Azur