University in France
Angers, Pays de la Loire, France
University profile
The Université d'Angers (UA) is a multidisciplinary public university in Angers, in the Pays de la Loire region of western France. Its roots go back to the 11th century, when the Étude or École d'Angers was founded; it took the name of university in 1337 and was the fifth university created in France, after Paris, Orléans, Toulouse and Montpellier. Suppressed in 1793, it was re-established in 1971. Today it has 27,491 students, of whom 15% are international students, with 128 nationalities represented, and 2,184 staff (988 administrative and 1,196 teachers and teacher-researchers).
Teaching is organised in eight components: four faculties, one engineering school and three institutes. The faculties are the Faculté de Droit, d'Économie et de Gestion, the Faculté de Santé, the Faculté des lettres, langues et sciences humaines and the Faculté des sciences. The other components are IAE Angers (the university school of management), Polytech Angers (the public engineering school), the IUT Angers-Cholet and INNTO Angers - ESTHUA, the national tourism institute. The university offers 310 nationally accredited programmes (2022-2028 accreditation period), 73 of them available through work-based learning, and more than 2,000 apprentices and 3,483 continuing-education trainees study alongside initial students.
The main campuses in Angers are Saint-Serge (city centre, with the presidency and central services, the law, economics and management faculty and IAE), Belle-Beille (sciences, humanities, IUT, Polytech and the university health service) and the Health campus beside the university hospital (CHU). Two outlying campuses operate at Cholet and Saumur, and the university also has a site at Les Sables d'Olonne.
Research is organised around plant science, materials and photovoltaics, health, and the humanities and social sciences (tourism, childhood, gender studies), with 850 researchers in 28 research units, 12 of them with CNRS, Inserm or Inrae labelling. The UA belongs to the experimental Communauté d'universités et établissements Angers-Le Mans with Le Mans Université, is a partner of the nine-university EU GREEN European alliance, and holds the HRS4R researcher-careers label from Euraxess (since 4 December 2020).
Student life is built around more than 80 student associations, the SUAPS sports service (more than 50 disciplines), the UA-Culture service with its galleries and the Le Qu4tre and La Parenthèse venues, and a university health service on Belle-Beille campus offering free consultations in general medicine, psychology, psychiatry, dietetics and sexual health. International students are welcomed by the Direction de l'International (La Passerelle, Belle-Beille), a buddy system, summer schools (eight, seven of them taught entirely in English) and the CeLFE French-language centre. The UA has more than 170 bilateral agreements with universities abroad and takes part in Erasmus+ and ISEP exchanges.
Public university fees are set nationally by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and are paid annually: Licence and first cycle EUR 178 (additional registration EUR 118); Master and second cycle EUR 255 (additional registration EUR 167); engineering diploma EUR 630; doctorate EUR 398. Double-licence students pay a reduced EUR 118 for the second diploma. Apprentices do not pay registration fees.
The Contribution de vie étudiante et de campus (CVEC) is a separate compulsory contribution of EUR 105, paid to the CROUS (Nantes Pays de la Loire) before registration, with national exemptions (for example for apprentices CVEC remains due unless a specific exemption applies). Details: cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr.
Under decree no. 2026-385 of 19 May 2026, applied from 2026-2027, non-EU/EEA/Swiss students registering outside an exchange programme pay: Licence and first cycle EUR 2,902 (additional registration EUR 1,934); Master and second cycle EUR 3,950 (additional registration EUR 2,633). Students who pay the national rates include French and EU, EEA, Monaco, Andorra, Québec and Swiss nationals, long-term residents in France, people fiscally domiciled in France for more than two years, refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, wards of the nation, holders of higher-education social-criteria scholarships (BCS) or French-government scholarships (BGF), doctoral and HDR students, students in CPGE or university diplomas (DU, DIU, engineering), apprentices and continuing-education trainees, and students under an international convention with reciprocity. Students exonerated in 2025-2026 keep the former rules until the end of their cycle at the UA. Other students may request an exemption on personal grounds (non-scholarship students with difficult finances and income below EUR 11,695 per tax share; the CVEC is not exempted) or for social reasons, granted once only, through the registrar or the university social service.
The Eiffel Excellence scholarship, funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs through Campus France, is open at the UA at Master and Doctorate level. Master candidates must come from a partner institution of the UA, be top of their class, be born after 31 March 1997, hold a foreign nationality and not be studying in France in 2026-2027; the scholarship runs up to 12 months (M2), 24 months (M1) or 36 months (engineering diploma). Doctoral candidates must be born after 31 March 1991 and are nominated by their thesis supervisor; awards run 12 to 36 months. Applicants must not hold another French-government, Erasmus+ or AUF scholarship. For 2027, applications opened on 2 October 2026 and Master applications closed on 15 November 2026; the programme's own rules apply. Details: UA Bourse Eiffel page.
The CROUS provides social-criteria scholarships and merit, mobility and specific aids; the Maine-et-Loire département offers certain conditional aids; the university social workers support students in difficulty. Scholarship holders must attend classes and sit exams. Students can simulate their entitlements on the national #1jeune1solution aid compass. Erasmus+ and ISEP exchange mobility are available through partner agreements. The Fondation Université d'Angers (created 2018) supports links between the university and the regional economy. Official pages: fees and exemptions, scholarships and aid.
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View scholarships for Université d'Angers →Applicants who are EU, EEA, Swiss, Monegasque or Andorran nationals, French nationals with a foreign diploma, and foreign nationals holding a French baccalauréat apply to the first year of licence, BUT or health access (PluriPASS) through Parcoursup. The Parcoursup calendar runs from mid-December (information published) through January to mid-March (wishes), with institutional replies from the end of May and a complementary procedure from the end of June. Foreign nationals holding a French baccalauréat from a country in the Études en France procedure register with Campus France once admitted; others contact the cooperation and cultural action service (SCAC) of the French embassy for the visa. The first-year Psychology licence has very limited capacity, so there is no international recruitment for it; French at C1 level is required for Psychology in L2 and L3.
Holders of a foreign secondary-school diploma without a French baccalauréat apply through the Campus France Études en France platform (at nomdevotrepays.campusfrance.org). For entry in 2027-2028, applications for the first year of licence and the first year of health studies run from 1 October to 15 December 2026. Applications to L2, L3, M1 and M2 follow the dates shown in the applicant's Campus France space, and in some countries closing dates are earlier. For some master programmes a recruitment file from the faculty or institute must also be completed. Applications for BUT and Polytech Angers also go through Études en France. Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, India and China are among the countries on the Études en France list.
Candidates in countries without the procedure request the Demande d'Admission Préalable (DAP, the 'dossier blanc') for L1 or health access and file it at the French embassy between 1 October and 15 December 2026 for 2027-2028. Foreign nationals living in France complete the 'dossier vert': they file online from 15 November to 15 December 2026, sit the TCF DAP (the written test is compulsory unless exempted; the Angers session is on Tuesday 2 February 2027) and send files to up to three universities, either by appointment at the Bureau des Internationaux (from 12 October to 15 December 2026, until 16:00) or by post to the Bureau des Internationaux, La Passerelle, 2 rue Lakanal, 49100 Angers. Incomplete or late files are not considered. Beneficiaries of international protection use a derogatory 'dossier jaune' obtained by appointment.
Holders of a French diploma (BTS, DUT, BUT) can enter L2 or L3 by validation d'études. For 2026-2027 there were two campaigns, from 1 to 30 June 2026 and from 15 July to 19 August 2026. The file includes a motivation letter, the programme of studies followed, an identity document, the baccalauréat diploma and transcript, and diplomas and transcripts obtained since. Foreign diploma holders apply to the faculty concerned (law, economics and management; letters, languages and humanities; sciences; ESTHUA). Entry to the second or third year of BUT is through the regional IUT Pays de la Loire platform, as is entry to professional licences run by the IUT; other professional licences use eCandidat.
Master 1 applications are made on the national Mon Master platform, with information from 2 February and applications from 17 February to 16 March. Master 2 applications are made on the university's eCandidat platform (e-candidature.univ-angers.fr), where applicants create an account, enter their baccalauréat and subsequent studies, choose programmes and upload documents. IAE Angers handles applications for its L3 and master programmes through its own contact ([email protected]).
Polytech Angers offers four specialities (Bâtiments Durables, Génie Biologique et Santé, Qualité Innovation Fiabilité, Systèmes Automatisés et Génie Informatique), accredited by the CTI since 2006. International applicants apply through Études en France or, outside that procedure, through [email protected].
Applicants hold a national master's degree or a diploma conferring the master grade, have the agreement of a thesis supervisor, and must show funding at least equivalent to 80% of the SMIC per year (higher at some doctoral schools). The candidate first contacts the doctoral school, then completes pre-registration on the Amethis platform (from 1 July for 2026-2027); fees are paid after the president authorises registration. The doctorate lasts three years with at least 100 hours of training, including compulsory research ethics and integrity training. Re-registration in years 2 and 3 depends on the opinion of the individual monitoring committee (CSI). International cotutelle theses are governed by a convention between the UA and the partner university.
The UA's CeLFE (Centre de langue française pour étrangers) is a DELF-DALF, TCF-TP and TCF-DAP certification centre and runs the Diplôme d'université d'études françaises (DUEF) and the Diplôme d'université Passerelle for students in exile. A TCF DAP is required for the 'dossier vert' route unless exempted. C1 French is required for L2 and L3 Psychology.
Étudiants hors-échange: [email protected], +33 2 44 68 86 56, La Passerelle, Campus Belle-Beille, 2 rue Lakanal, 49045 Angers cedex 01. Exchange students: [email protected].
Facilities include the Galerie 5 and Galerie Dityvon exhibition spaces, La Parenthèse and Le Qu4tre cultural venues, the SUAPS sports facilities and cardio area, and the Service de santé universitaire with its sexual-health centre and social service.
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