Transcript Medical school of Strasbourg

Medical School of Strasbourg
and
University of Strasbourg
Tumultuous history at the crossroads
of the Rhine
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1540 : Medicine is taught at the Lutheran College
founded by Jean Sturm
1566 : Maximilian II raises the college to the rank of
an academy
1621 : Ferdinand II converts the academy into a
university
1681 : Louis XIV confirms the university
1794 : changes into a school for studying health by
the convention
1802 : transformation into a school of medicine
1808 : rebirth of the faculty under Napoleon
History (II)
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1870 : Annexation of Alsace by Germany and from
1871-1872 we had a free medical school in French
but in 1872 it was transferred to Nancy.
1918 : the Faculty becomes French once again
1939 : the Faculty moves to Clermont-Ferrand and
came back in 1945
1969 : integration of the Faculty in the University
Louis Pasteur
2009 : creation of the University of Strasbourg from
the three former universities (scientific and medical;
human sciences; law school)
University of Strasbourg (1/01/09)
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Set up from the former universities
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University Louis Pasteur (scientific and
medical university)
Marc Bloch University ( human sciences
university)
Robert Schuman University (law school)
Aims of the new university
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the development of the basic missions of the university
i.e. research, training, professional integration based on
interdisciplinary collaboration and a synergy interactions
of all the fields
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the major availability of the teaching/research staff, the
administrative staff and the students to allow the best
possible studies and the work opportunities.
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the development of the leadership to face international
competition with better assets and more visibility.
The UdS is hosting
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42 000 students (21% foreign students),
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11 423 trainees in continuous education,
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5 230 members of staff (of which 1500 come from national
research institutions)
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It is constituted of 37 components i.e. training units,
faculties, schools, institutes
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and 86 research units (Institute National de la Santé et de
la Recherche Medical [INSERM] and Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique [CNR])
covering a surface of 600 000 sqm with 110 buildings.
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All the fields in higher education are
covered
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50 Master programs
26 Bachelor programs
34 Professional bachelor programs
9 doctoral schools
2535 doctoral students (380
defenses/year)
A European Doctoral College
Medicine studies
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First cycle : 2 years preclinical studies (
competitive examination at the end of the
first year with a fixed numerous clausus)
Second cycle : 4 years clinical studies and
hospital training periods
Compulsory national ranking tests for
access into the 3rd cycle
Third cycle – specialization
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general medicine 3 years
other specialized studies 4 to 5 years
Research Master’s
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Biological imaging
Neuroscience
Cellular and molecular
physiopathology
Public health and environment
Ethics : life, norms and societies,
medical ethics and bioethics
Departments
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Evaluation committee for the theoretical and clinical
teaching of the faculty
Department of pedagogy
Multimedia department – TICE
University and hospital department of ethics
Department of history and philosophy of life and
health science-heritage and museum conservation
Department of general medicine
Department of human and social sciences
Research commission
Research activities
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7 INSERM units (national label)
4 University units (UdS label)
Main fields :
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neurosciences
Physiopathology of inflammation and cancer
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Immunity
Microbiology
Cancer
Biomaterials : biological processes and interface
biophysics
Teachers and Students
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139 Professors
100 Associate Professors
134 university hospital assistants and
university clinic managers-hospital
assistants
5500 registered students (1800
1styear)
24% foreign students