5 faculties:

• Faculty of Law and Economics
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Sciences and Technologies

4 institutes:

• IUT (University Institute for Technology / Institut Universitaire de Technologie)
• IAE (Graduate School of Management / Institut d’Administration des Entreprises)
• IUFM (University Institute for Teachers Training / Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres)
• IPAG (Institut de Préparation à l’Administration générale) university training centre for the preparation of competitive examinations for entry into the French civil service.

Higher education is provided both within the University of Limoges and outside:

3 schools of engineering:

• the ENSIL Limoges state-owned Advanced School of Engineering (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Limoges)
• the ENSCI National Engineering College for Industrial Ceramics (Ecole Nationale supérieure de Céramiques Industrielle)
• 3iL School of Computer Engineering (Institut d’Ingénierie Informatique de Limoges)

a National School for the Decorative Arts (Ecole Nationale d’Arts Décoratifs), with specialisations in the Arts du feu or “Arts of the Furnace”

a French National Water Professional Training Centre ( CNFME / Centre National de Formation aux Métiers de l'Eau)

several courses of preparatory classes for entrance to Grandes Écoles

19 BTS advanced vocational diplomas numerous institutes specialised in the social and health professions and around 115 professional training bodies.

The University’s principal sites are based in Limoges, whose central location in relation to France as a whole offers significant advantages.

For the last few years the faculties have returned to the historical city centre, and are housed in new buildings created or renovated by renowned architects.

The University of Limoges is accessible, modern and contributes to the urban vitality of this large town, which in turn offers the University considerable advantages for the development of innovative, high-quality study courses.

The University of Limoges is the Limousin region’s largest body for research, development and innovation. It is home to more than 700 researchers and professors.

Whilst ensuring its multidisciplinary approach, the University gives priority to scientific excellence and enjoys the advantages offered by the presence and dynamism of a large number of scientific personalities and research teams with a real national and international influence. The latter contribute to innovation and creation of knowledge in a wide range of fields, from the hard sciences to the life sciences and the humanities and social sciences.

4 research institutes:

• XLIM: computer science, mathematics, optics, electromagnetism, electronics
• IPAM: Institute of Processes Applied to Materials
• GEIST: Institute of “Genetics, Environment, Immunity, Health and Therapy” (Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé et Thérapeutiques)
• SHS: Human and Social Sciences (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société)

21 research units, 8 PhD-level Doctoral Schools, organised according to subject

Competitiveness clusters:

• Elopsys European Competitiveness Cluster in High Technologies, microwave, photonics and secure networks
  
• European Center of Ceramics
  
• Cancer-Bio-Santé Cluster (Cancer-Bio-Health)
  
• Meats and Meat products
  
• ViaMéca
  
• Sciences and Systems of Electrical Energy

A lively student life is organised with more than one hundred associations, as well as student TV and radio via Internet. On the sports side of things, its level of involvement in activities is one of the highest among French universities, with about thirty different sports practiced (paragliding, canoeing and kayaking, diving, Savate or “French Kickboxing”, windsurfing, team sports, dance etc.) With regard to cultural life, the city of Limoges offers a very rich range of activities (10 theatres, 28 cinemas, 3 contemporary art museums, a Zénith stadium, 5 municipal cultural and arts centres, numerous exhibitions and events etc.).

The University of Limoges is a European university institution.

Its teaching and research place it at the heart of a vast network of international relations facilitating innovation, exchange and cooperation with numerous universities throughout the world. Its priorities are naturally directed towards French-speaking countries, but its influence is also felt throughout the countries of Europe, South-East Asia, Latin America and North America. This international dimension is characterised by a policy encouraging the reception of foreign students, lecturers and researchers, a policy in which the city of Limoges plays a vital role. In the same manner, it encourages and facilitates the mobility of students and lecturers for experience of other universities. This dynamism of international exchanges is a deliberate strategy of the University, in order to spread the influence of its fields of excellence and to ensure that its training courses are in tune with the major international currents of thought, science and technologies. An essential approach, making the University of Limoges a unique establishment for its students.

Higher education is provided both within the University of Limoges and outside:

3 schools of engineering:

• the ENSIL Limoges state-owned Advanced School of Engineering (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Limoges)
• the ENSCI National Engineering College for Industrial Ceramics (Ecole Nationale supérieure de Céramiques Industrielle)
• 3iL School of Computer Engineering (Institut d’Ingénierie Informatique de Limoges)

a National School for the Decorative Arts (Ecole Nationale d’Arts Décoratifs), with specialisations in the Arts du feu or “Arts of the Furnace” (enamels, porcelain etc.)

a French National Water Professional Training Centre (CNFME / Centre National de Formation aux Métiers de l'Eau

several courses of preparatory classes for entrance to Grandes Écoles

19 BTS advanced vocational diplomas

numerous institutes specialised in the social and health professions and around 115 professional training bodies.

With 20,000 students, Limoges is a true University City. Rents remain reasonable and the Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires (CROUS / regional higher education organisation providing student grants, residences and restaurants), which manages 14 halls of residence and 8 university restaurants, offers numerous services.

The city itself offers pleasant surprises. It is simple to play sports thanks to a range of facilities catering for the practice of 72 different sports, and as for going out, the only problem is choosing from among the City’s vast range of activities, as is shown in the brochures published by the Centre Régional d'Information Jeunesse (Regional Information Centre for Young People).