UFR Sciences et Techniques

What UFR Sciences et Techniques does

UFR Sciences et Techniques is a teaching and research unit (Unité de Formation et de Recherche) within the Université de Bourgogne, the public French university system. It delivers higher education programs in sciences and technical disciplines and supports research activities, serving undergraduate and graduate students including French, EU, and international cohorts. The entity operates from its primary campus at 9 avenue Alain Savary in Dijon and maintains a secondary site in Auxerre, operating under the official designation 'UFR Sciences et Techniques – uB, Dijon et Auxerre' within the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

As a constituent faculty of a public French university, UFR Sciences et Techniques does not operate as a commercial product or software company. Its core offering is academic instruction delivered through on-campus lectures, seminars, laboratories, and practical work, supplemented by digital resources via the university's ENT (Espace Numérique de Travail) platform. Supporting services include professional integration support, student recruitment via open days and campus visits, and the 'Faites de la Science' outreach initiative.

The business model is consistent with the French public higher education system: tuition is government-regulated and largely publicly funded through subsidies. The entity lists 32 employees and reports revenue information as unavailable. Customer engagement channels include the official university website, on-campus events, professional integration services, and the apprenticeship tax (taxe d'apprentissage) mechanism, which links employer contributions to higher education funding.

Name

UFR Sciences et Techniques

Legal name

UFR des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Bourgogne

Website

https://sciences-techniques.u-bourgogne.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UFR Sciences et Techniques is a public French university faculty within Université de Bourgogne, delivering higher education and research in science and technical disciplines to undergraduate and graduate students across its Dijon and Auxerre campuses.

Ownership category

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro industry

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Technical Universities with Specialized Engineering Domains

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Technical & Polytechnic Universities

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Public Research Universities with National Laboratories/Big Science Facilities

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

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Lab & Science Virtual Labs (Chemistry, Biology, Physics)

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/AR/VR/XR, Simulations & Immersive Learning

Keywords

• Higher education programs
• University research
• Science education
• Technical training
• Academic degrees

Headquarters

HQ city

Dijon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

UFR Sciences et Techniques is a public teaching and research unit (Unité de Formation et de Recherche) within Université de Bourgogne that delivers higher education programs in scientific and technical disciplines at its Dijon and Auxerre campuses. It supports student learning through lectures, labs, and seminars, conducts scientific research, and provides professional integration services to help students transition into careers or further academic study.

Product overview

UFR Sciences et Techniques is a university faculty (Unité de Formation et de Recherche) within the University of Burgundy (Université de Bourgogne), located in Dijon and Auxerre. It is an educational and research institution offering academic programs and conducting scientific research, rather than a commercial product or software company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• UFR Sciences - Aix-Marseille Université: Direct peer — sciences faculty at Aix-Marseille Université, another large French public research university. Comparable mission in delivering science and technical higher education and conducting research within the public university framework.
• UFR Sciences et Techniques - Université de Nantes: Direct peer — a French public university sciences and techniques faculty with a nearly identical name, mission, and structural positioning. Closest functional and naming analogue within the French public UFR system.
• UFR Sciences - Université de Lorraine: Direct peer — sciences faculty within Université de Lorraine, a French public research university offering comparable STEM programs. Serves a similar mid-sized regional French public university role with multi-campus delivery.
• UFR Sciences - Université de Strasbourg: Direct peer — another French public university faculty of sciences within a major research university system, offering comparable undergraduate and graduate programs in sciences and techniques. Structurally and functionally aligned with UFR Sciences et Techniques at Université de Bourgogne.
• UFR Sciences - Université Paris-Saclay: Direct peer — sciences faculty within Université Paris-Saclay, one of France's top research-intensive university groupings. Offers directly comparable STEM programs and research training with similar public-university governance structure.

Broad incumbents

• INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées): Broad incumbent — the INSA network comprises France's premier public engineering schools that sit in adjacent space to UFR Sciences et Techniques, offering more specialized technical degree programs with national brand recognition and broader portfolio of engineering disciplines.
• Polytech (Polytechnic engineering schools network): Broad incumbent — national network of public engineering schools within French universities that directly competes with UFR Sciences et Techniques for technical students, offering more applied engineering curricula while sharing the public-university governance structure.
• Universités de Technologie (UTC, UTT, UTBM): Broad incumbent — France's network of public technology universities offering engineering-oriented programs that overlap with the technical sciences taught at UFR Sciences et Techniques. Larger and more specialized brand in the same public technical higher-education space.

Others

• Université de Bourgogne (parent institution): Parent ecosystem — the host public university of which UFR Sciences et Techniques is a constituent unit. While not a competitor, it is the institutional context that determines funding, governance, and shared infrastructure access for the faculty.

Regional players

• UFR Sciences - Université de Montpellier: Regional peer — sciences faculty at another major French public research university in southern France. Operates in the same public UFR framework with comparable STEM offerings but serves a distinct regional catchment rather than competing directly in Bourgogne.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ufr-sciences-et-techniques

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Funding overview

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