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University of Rennes 1

Former French university from 1970 to 2023

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About

instance of	university in France public university
inception	1970
dissolved, abolished or demolished	1 January 2023
founder	Francis II
official name	UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I (fr) · criterion used: company name under French law
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
grants	honorary doctor of the University of Rennes I

Location and contact

country	France
headquarters location	Rennes · country: France · postal code: 35065 · coordinate location: 48.1179, -1.6379 · located on street: rue du Thabor · house number: 2
coordinate location	48.1179, -1.6379

People and numbers

count of students	28,187 · 2022 Earlier figures (17) 28,187 · September 2021 27,573 · 2021 27,874 · 2020 27,046 · 2019 30,630 · September 2018 26,190 · 2018 26,656 · 2017 25,853 · 2016 24,580 · 2015 24,499 · 2014 24,417 · 2013 24,778 · 2012 24,029 · 2011 23,790 · 2010 22,611 · 2009 22,502 · 2008 22,842 · 2007
employees	3,201
chairperson	David Alis · since 25 March 2016

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	European University of Brittany · 21 March 2007–1 January 2016 Brittany and Loire University · 8 January 2016–31 December 2019
child organization or unit	Institut de recherche en informatique et systèmes aléatoires Institut des sciences chimiques de Rennes Institut de Physique de Rennes Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail 11 more Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection Fish Physiology and Genomics Institute Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes Liver, Metabolisms and Cancer Géosciences Rennes Centre de Recherche en Economie et Management Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l’information Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Evolution Mathematics Research Institute of Rennes
member of	European University Association Couperin Consortium Renater Coordination of French research universities Franco-German University 2 more arXiv · 2021 Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
replaces	University of Rennes · 1970
replaced by	Université de Rennes

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

image	Rennes-Université Rennes 1- Batiment présidence.JPG Rennes-Université Rennes 1- Entrée faculté d'économie.JPG

Wikimedia and technical details (9)

Commons category	Université de Rennes 1
topic's main category	Category:Université de Rennes 1
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Alumni of the Université de Rennes 1
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:660:7307::/48
IPv4 routing prefix	129.20.0.0/16 148.60.0.0/16
Commons Institution page	Université de Rennes 1
different from	University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany University of Rennes
web feed URL	http://www.univ-rennes1.fr/bas-de-page/RSS/
social media followers	19,371 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 72280875 · 10 February 2023 5,100 · YouTube channel ID: UCAf9V2Z9-gf_Kmbzq-cfljg · 11 October 2025 Earlier figures (3) 18,455 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 72280875 · 9 January 2022 17,675 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 72280875 · 7 January 2021 13,641 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 72280875 · 10 May 2018

Identifiers in other databases (41)

ARWU university ID	University-of-Rennes-1
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	15103541q
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)	0007H9807
Canal-U channel ID	universite_de_rennes_1_cirm
EU Participant Identification Code	999858541
Facebook username	UnivRennes1
FINESS ID	350047007
Freebase ID	/m/025xfr0
Gateway to Research organization ID	09014666-EFE1-4DF4-BDD7-DDE7D8A1AADB
GND ID	26878-1
Google Maps Customer ID	4192362658910851467
Google Scholar organization ID	8623813508016270263
GRID ID	grid.410368.8
HAL structure ID	105160
HCERES organisation ID	universite-de-rennes-1
IdRef ID	02778715X
Instagram username	univrennes1
ISNI	0000000121919284
JORFSearch organization ID	Q726595
KISTI ID	K000198682
LinkedIn company or organization ID	univrennes1
National Library of Poland MMS ID	9810564482605606
NLP ID	a0000002600800
NUKAT ID	n2012039225
Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100007525
OpenAlex ID	I3123023596
OpenCorporates organization ID	fr/193509361
QS World University ID	universite-de-rennes-1
Quora topic ID	University-of-Rennes-1-1
Ringgold ID	27079
ROR ID	00crteh33
SIREN number	193509361
SNARC ID	Q49944
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-rennes-1
U-Multirank university ID	university-rennes-1
UAI code	0350936C
VIAF cluster ID	263668600
X (Twitter) username	UnivRennes1 · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 13,641 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 72280875 · 10 May 2018
YouTube channel ID	UCAf9V2Z9-gf_Kmbzq-cfljg · subject named as: Université de Rennes 1 · number of works: 118 · number of subscribers: 1,320 · number of viewers/listeners: 191,754 · 12 December 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	116025
‎Yale LUX ID	group/ce5338a4-f65c-4984-a453-02bebd83a205