Université Bretagne Sud
Université Bretagne Sud (UBS) is located in Brittany, France and has campuses in Lorient, Vannes and Pontivy.
UBS located on the south coast of Brittany, western France, is a young public and community-based university created in 1995. With a strong maritime identity, UBS is organised around three campuses between the cities of Lorient, Vannes and Pontivy.
UBS is committed to social inclusion and over a third of its 10,994 students are scholarship recipients. Over 100 academic programmes are offered from bachelor to PhD levels. They are delivered in three faculties (Law, Economics and Management, Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering), two Technological Institutes and one School of Engineering.
With 1088 members of staff, including 567 teaching staff and 14 laboratories, UBS enjoys a well-equipped human-sized comprehensive structure. Aligned with the Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) of Brittany Region, UBS focuses on four core areas of expertise: cybersecurity and data sciences; sea and coastline; smart factory; environment, health and disability.
UBS has gained considerable expertise in the field of cybersecurity through its Erasmus Mundus Joint Master. UBS integrates external partners in the design of its training programmes. It has a longstanding global strategy with over 200 partnerships in more than 40 countries on all continents. Partnerships are focused on training and research. UBS welcomes over 900 international students.
In 2020, UBS was awarded the label HR excellence in research by the European Commission. UBS remains ever fully committed to a collaborative and transversal approach of its training programmes (in particular through its European Academic Pathway) and further develops ties with the ecosystem while promoting European values and capacity to respond to global challenges.