University of Western Brittany, Brest (UBO)
Founded 1970 under the 1968 law reforming higher education as one of two Universities replacing the former Université de Rennes, established in 1461 as University of Nantes with Colleges and Faculties in Nantes and Rennes, suppressed by the Revolution, reconstituted 1896. A State Institution enjoying academic and financial autonomy, operating under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Education and financed by the State.
Funding:
Public
Grades 6
Languages 1
Divisions 28
- Health, Information-Communication, Mathematics, Matter Graduate School
- Human and Social Sciences Graduate School
- Physical Therapy Institute
- Languages, Literature and Societies Graduate School
- Marine Studies Graduate SchoolFields of study: Marine Science and Oceanography
- Social sciences Graduate SchoolFields of study: Social Sciences
- Architecture InstituteFields of study: Architecture and Planning
- Art and Culture Professions Institute
- Business Administration Institute
- Computer Engineering InstituteFields of study: Computer Engineering
- Euro Actuarial Studies Institute
- Food Industries InstituteFields of study: Food Science
- Marine Studies InstituteFields of study: Marine Science and Oceanography
- Mechanical and Production Engineering Institute
- Preparatory Administrative Studies InstituteFields of study: Administration
- Technology Institute
- Telecommunications and Networks Institute
- Mathematics Education Research DivisionFields of study: Mathematics Education
- Rural Food Science and Production Sciences Research DivisionFields of study: Food Science
- Food Enginerring School
- Midwifery SchoolFields of study: Midwifery
- Teacher Training SchoolFields of study: Teacher Training
- Arts and Humanities UnitFields of study: Gerontology, Archaeology, Art History, Geography, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Literature, Tourism, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, History, Psychology
- Dentistry UnitFields of study: Dentistry
- Law, Economics and Management Unit
- Medicine and Health Sciences Unit
- Physical Education and Sports Unit
- Science and Technology UnitFields of study: Earth Sciences, Town Planning, Technology, Natural Sciences, Modern Languages, Electronic Engineering, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science
Requirements
- Admission details: Secondary school certificate (baccalauréat) or equivalent, or special entrance examination
