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University of Lorraine

French public university, located in Lorraine

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About

instance of	grand établissement university in France public university
inception	1 January 2012
official name	Université de Lorraine (fr) · criterion used: company name under French law
native label	Université de Lorraine (fr)
short name	UL (mul)
legal form	public scientific, cultural or professional establishment · criterion used: legal categories in France
industry	higher education · criterion used: Nomenclature d'activités française, rév. 2
language used	French
grants	honorary doctorate at the Lorraine university

Location and contact

country	France
headquarters location	Nancy
coordinate location	48.6962, 6.1765
official website	https://www.univ-lorraine.fr/ · language of work or name: French · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	59,418 · 2023 Earlier figures (13) 62,579 · 2022 60,404 · September 2021 64,731 · 2021 62,501 · 2020 61,734 · 2019 61,204 · 2018 60,480 · 2017 58,320 · September 2016 58,111 · 2016 54,870 · 2015 52,359 · 2014 51,527 · 2013 51,720 · 2012
employees	7,368 · 2022
chairperson	Hélène Boulanger · since 31 May 2022 Pierre Mutzenhardt · May 2012–2022

Rankings and recognition

award received	label Culture Libre · series ordinal: bronze · 2025

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Institut Jean Lamour Institut Élie Cartan de Lorraine Computer Processing and Analysis of the French Language LORIA CRAN 19 more Bureau for Economic Theory and Applications Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour les Matériaux et l'Environnement CRPG Laboratoire Énergies & Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Continental Environments Centre d'Investigation Clinique Pierre Drouin Ingénierie Moléculaire, Cellulaire et Physiopathologie Electrical and Electronics Research Group, Nancy Laboratory of Crystallography, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Modelling Forest Ecology and Ecophysiology Laboratory of Soil and Environmental Sciences Optical materials, photonics and systems laboratory Labex ARBRE Diplomatique Institut de Linguistique Française Zone Atelier Moselle Lorraine laboratory of molecular-chemistry
has part(s)	Palais de l'Université de Nancy Faculté des sciences de Nancy Faculté des lettres de Nancy University of Lorraine Faculty of Medicine Institut universitaire de technologie de Longwy IUT Nancy Charlemagne
member of	Confederation of Open Access Repositories European University Association Renater Coordination of French research universities Université de la Grande Région 7 more Franco-German University European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Research Data Alliance Agence universitaire de la Francophonie Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment EURECA-PRO
replaces	Henri Poincaré University University Nancy II Lorraine INP Paul Verlaine University – Metz

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)

escutcheon image	Blason fr université de Lorraine.svg
image	Pont-à-Mousson ancienne université jésuite 1.jpg · media legend: Ancienne université de Pont-à-Mousson (fr)
logo image	Logo-universite-de-lorraine.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (11)

Commons category	Université de Lorraine
topic's main category	Category:University of Lorraine
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Lorraine alumni
described by source	Open GLAM Survey · 3 August 2021
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:660:4502::/47 2001:660:4504::/47
IPv4 routing prefix	193.50.78.0/24 193.50.116.0/24 · since 12 April 2002 194.199.53.0/24 · since 23 April 2008
API endpoint URL	https://idp3.univ-lorraine.fr/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
different from	University of Lorraine Lorraine University Université de Nancy
terms of service URL	https://pulsar-bu.univ-lorraine.fr/a-propos
web feed URL	http://factuel.univ-lorraine.fr/feed//rss-articles.xml
social media followers	20,151 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 329665290 · 7 February 2023 6,100 · YouTube channel ID: UCpDxEZV1OEKLAe9LjgP9_fA · 14 April 2025 Earlier figures (5) 18,827 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 329665290 · 2 March 2022 16,702 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 329665290 · 1 January 2021 11,220 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 329665290 · 10 May 2018 5,530 · YouTube channel ID: UCpDxEZV1OEKLAe9LjgP9_fA · 2 June 2024 5,010 · YouTube channel ID: UCpDxEZV1OEKLAe9LjgP9_fA · 27 September 2023

Identifiers in other databases (42)

ARWU university ID	University-of-Lorraine
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	16651560j
Canal-U channel ID	universite_de_lorraine
Dialnet author ID	3166766
EU Participant Identification Code	954831626
Facebook username	UnivLorraine · since 22 December 2011
FactGrid item ID	Q1735804
FINESS ID	540022902
Freebase ID	/m/0j26_sd
GND ID	1025732456
Google Maps Customer ID	2075364242504585360
GRID ID	grid.29172.3f
HAL structure ID	413289
HCERES organisation ID	universite-de-lorraine universite-lorraine
IdRef ID	157040569
Instagram username	univlorraine
ISNI	0000000121946418
J9U entity ID	987007435496205171
JORFSearch organization ID	Q4173330
KISTI ID	K000198672
Library of Congress Authorities ID	nb2013006089
LinkedIn company or organization ID	universit-de-lorraine
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	90183372
NL CR AUT ID	ko2017942683 · subject named as: Université de Lorraine
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100008990
OpenAlex ID	I90183372 P4366067040 · subject named as: University of Lorraine
OpenCorporates organization ID	fr/130015506
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID	universitedelorraine-c2daaf
QS World University ID	university-lorraine
Quora topic ID	University-of-Lorraine
Ringgold ID	137665
ROR ID	04vfs2w97
SIREN number	130015506
SNARC ID	Q49023
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-lorraine
U-Multirank university ID	university-of-lorraine
UAI code	0542493S
VIAF cluster ID	263719793
X (Twitter) username	Univ_Lorraine · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 11,220 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 329665290 · 10 May 2018
YouTube channel ID	UCpDxEZV1OEKLAe9LjgP9_fA · subject named as: Université de Lorraine · number of works: 353 · number of subscribers: 2,930 · number of viewers/listeners: 217,155 · 11 July 2021
‎Scilit organization ID	1414
‎Yale LUX ID	group/81924147-6c05-4a90-a401-932440b92ae2