Education

"The university of Orléans,
  has premises in all
6 départements in the
Centre region and 16,223 students registered"


General, scientific and technological courses are provided in the many schools across the department and in the innovation centre where the 4 faculties of the University of Orleans’ European campus , the University Technological Institute and engineering schools are located.

With recognised high skills potential, the innovation centre is also home to a large concentration of public and private research laboratories. The presence of research centres and training platforms encourages daily scientific and technological cooperation with businesses, especially as part of enterprise clusters.

Higher education :

The University of Orléans has four faculties :

• Law, business, management
• Arts, languages and social sciences
• Sciences
• Sports Science and Techniques
  

The University awards 22 degrees, 32 vocational degrees, 46 vocational master’s degrees and 32 research master’s degrees.

For more information : www.univ-orleans.fr

IUFM Centre Val de Loire : In line with governement guidelines on education, the IUFMs are responsible for initial teacher training. They also implement in-service training programmes and take part in research on education.

For more information : www.iufm.education.fr/

The University Technology Institute :
The Institute awards University-level technology diplomas and vocational degrees in chemistry, production mechanical engineering, IT, industrial and organisational logistics quality and business and administration management

For more information : www.univ-orleans.fr/iut-orleans/index.php

The Orleans School of Commerce and Management (ECG)
The ECG specialises in courses leading to business and distribution and is developing new lines in industrial management. Each year, 2500 students are trained in marketing and sales, international commerce and purchasing, logistics and management functions.

In 2008, the Orleans ECG was ranked the fourth best vocational business school in France and the seventh best in international trade.

For more information : www.ecgorleans.org

Engineering schools and specific courses :

- Polytechnic University School :
This provides engineering courses in civil engineering, electronics-optics, mechanical engineering and energy and production.

The school works in cooperation with the teams in the campus’s research laboratories. These laboratories are all focused on research with industry and work in corporation with a number of foreign countries.

For more information : www.univ-orleans.fr/polytech

- The Institute of Visual Art
The Institute of Visual Art, Orleans’ School of Art and Design, trains young creators in different skills in design and communication: object design, furniture, multimedia, graphics, illustration, photography, cinema, video...

For more information : www.iav-orleans.com

- Engineering and Industrial Techniques Institute
This engineering diploma, awarded in partnership with Polytech'Orléans, trains engineers on the ground in production and helps them manage a production facility and the teams that go with it, manage activities or projects, makes them capable of managing a team and able to extend their area of responsibility later.

For more information : www.itii-centre.fr

- SUPINFO,
SUPINFO, The International Institute of Information Technology, is a school that trains information technology engineers.

SUPINFO opened a branch in Orleans in September 2007.

For more information : www.supinfo.com


Research :

The Loiret department’s research centre represents :
- 5 600 researchers,
- more than 200 public and private scientific research laboratories
- 9 public research organisations : BRGM, CEMAGREF, CHR, CNRS, ENSAM, INRA, IRD, INSERM, University

Public research is built around 7 science centres :
Chemistry
Environment
Humanities, human and social sciences
Materials
Physics
Mathematics, IT and electronics
Life sciences

This research centre is strengthened by our geographic proximity to the Saclay science centre, the largest scientific and technological development centre in Europe.

For more information : www.tech-orleans.fr www.saclay-scientipole.org