UFR PhITEM UGA

What UFR PhITEM UGA does

UFR PhITEM (Physique, Ingénierie, Terre, Environnement, Mécanique) is an academic component unit of Université Grenoble Alpes, a French public university created in 2016 through the merger of Université Joseph Fourier, Université Pierre-Mendès-France, and Université Stendhal. The unit delivers higher-education programs from Licence 3 (third-year undergraduate) through Master level across five scientific disciplines: Electronics/Energy/Automation (EEA), Civil Engineering, Mechanics, Physics (including nanosciences and nuclear engineering), and Earth & Environmental Sciences. It serves students, apprentices, and continuing-education learners, with a flagship Magistère de Physique elite program and a vocational M2 Sûreté Nucléaire delivered in partnership with EDF at the Valence campus.

Instruction is anchored in an unusually deep set of experimental teaching platforms — covering optics, nanosciences (Nanomonde), thermodynamics and energy, mechanics/acoustics, subatomic physics, condensed matter/crystallography, geosciences, water observation (OBS-EAU), LAMEL mechanics, and the IDEX-Formation e-CoLoS digital platform. Nuclear engineering students additionally train on a full-scale simulator at EDF's CNPE du Bugey via the N2G2V consortium. The unit's competitive positioning rests on its parent UGA's research ecosystem (69 research units, affiliation with CNRS, CEA, INSERM, INRAE, IRD, Inria), its Shanghai Top 200 ranking, and its #1 European ranking for innovation by patent filings (3,348 patents over 20 years).

UFR PhITEM is not a commercial entity: it is a state-owned composante of a public EPCSCP university, funded through French government subsidies, nationally regulated tuition fees (€178/€254/€397 per year for Licence/Master/Doctorate in 2025-2026), and competitive research grants. International students from outside the EU are subject to differentiated fees since 2019, with a transition year of exemptions for 2026-2027 and tighter financial-criteria exemptions from 2027-2028. GTM operates through institutional channels — the MonMaster national platform, Campus France's Etudes en France portal, UGA's eCandidat system, and the main Saint-Martin-d'Hères campus plus the Valence nuclear-engineering campus.

Name

UFR PhITEM UGA

Legal name

Université Grenoble Alpes

Website

https://phitem.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UFR PhITEM is a public academic unit of Université Grenoble Alpes delivering Licence-3-to-Master programs in physics, engineering, earth sciences, environment, and mechanics, serving students and apprentices via specialized experimental teaching platforms and an EDF-partnered nuclear safety master.

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519)

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Services-Engineering Services (8711)

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Polytechnic & Applied Sciences Universities (EDAHAEAB), Cooperative Education (Co-op) Technical Universities (EDAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Higher education programs
• Physics and engineering degrees
• Nuclear engineering education
• Earth sciences programs
• Experimental teaching platforms

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

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Core offering

UFR PhITEM is an academic unit of Université Grenoble Alpes providing higher education programs from Licence 3 (third-year undergraduate) to Master's level across five scientific disciplines: Electronics, Electrical Energy and Automation (EEA), Civil Engineering, Mechanics, Physics (including nanosciences and nuclear engineering), and Earth & Environmental Sciences. It supports these programs with extensive experimental teaching platforms, an elite Magistère de Physique program, and industry-partnered specialized tracks such as the M2 Sûreté Nucléaire delivered with EDF.

Product overview

UFR PhITEM (Physique, Ingénierie, Terre, Environnement, Mécanique) is an academic unit at Université Grenoble Alpes offering comprehensive higher education programs from License 3 (undergraduate) to Master's level across five core scientific disciplines: Electronics/Energy/Automation (EEA), Civil Engineering, Mechanics, Physics (including nanosciences and nuclear engineering), and Earth & Environmental Sciences. The unit provides elite programs such as the Magistère de Physique, specialized vocational licenses, and professional master's programs including the M2 Sûreté Nucléaire with EDF partnership. Supporting infrastructure includes extensive experimental teaching platforms covering optics, laser, thermodynamics, condensed matter, nanosciences, geosciences, and mechanical acoustics. The UFR also facilitates international exchange programs and apprenticeship-based training for enterprises.

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Products and services

• Formation Électronique, Énergie électrique, Automatique (EEA) Undergraduate to Master's level academic program covering electronics, electrical energy, and automation engineering disciplines at UFR PhITEM.
• Formation Génie civil
• Formation Mécanique
• Formation Physique (incluant nanosciences et ingénierie nucléaire)
• Formation Sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement
• Magistère de Physique
• M2 Sûreté Nucléaire

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,348 patents filed over 20 years - ranked 1st European university for innovation by European Patent Office
• +1 more outcomes

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Broad incumbents

• \u00c9cole Polytechnique (IP Paris): Elite French public engineering institution delivering master's and doctoral-level programs in physics, mechanics, and engineering. Comparable to PhITEM as a top-tier French public science-and-engineering institution with experimental platforms and nuclear engineering offerings.
• INSA Lyon: Larger French engineering Grande \u00c9cole covering mechanical, civil, electrical, and materials engineering. Comparable as a French public engineering institution offering Licence-to-Master training with strong industry partnerships in the same disciplines as PhITEM.
• Centrale Lyon (ECL): Top French engineering school covering mechanical, electrical, civil, and energy engineering. Comparable to PhITEM as a French public engineering institution with similar master's-level technical programs and industry integration.

Direct peers

• Universit\u00e9 de Strasbourg: French public university with significant physics, earth sciences, and engineering training. Comparable as an IDEX-linked French research university delivering master's-level STEM education with experimental platforms.
• Universit\u00e9 de Lille: French public university covering physics, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and earth/environmental sciences. Comparable as a French public comprehensive science university competing for similar students and research funding.
• Universit\u00e9 de Lyon (Universit\u00e9 Claude Bernard Lyon 1): French public university strongly focused on science, technology, and health with strong physics, mechanics, and engineering programs. Directly comparable as a French public science-and-engineering university with similar disciplinary coverage to PhITEM.
• Universit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay: Large French public university combining science, engineering, and technology programs. Directly comparable to UGA as a comprehensive science-and-engineering institution with IDEX status, multiple experimental platforms, and a patent-rich research ecosystem.
• Aix-Marseille Universit\u00e9: Major French public university with broad science and engineering faculties. Comparable in scale and scope to PhITEM's combined physics, mechanics, civil engineering, and earth sciences programs under a single public-research university structure.
• Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse (Universit\u00e9 Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier): Major French public science university covering physics, mechanics, electronics, and earth sciences. Comparable as a French public research university with similar disciplinary structure and national competitive position to UGA/PhITEM.
• Sorbonne Universit\u00e9: Paris-based French public research university with strong physics, earth sciences, and engineering faculties. Comparable as a top-ranked French public university delivering master's-level science training with multiple specialized experimental platforms.

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