Université Ouverte des Humanités

Name

Université Ouverte des Humanités

Legal name

Université Ouverte des Humanités

Website

https://uoh.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Educational Resources / Higher Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Courseware & Course Modules (OCW) (EDAGAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Inclusive Classroom Support Platforms (EDAFAKAI), Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Inclusive Content Services (EDAGAKAJ)

Keywords

• Open educational resources
• Higher education services
• Humanities digital learning
• Interuniversity membership services
• Language learning platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Membership Fees (Cotisation): UOH generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by higher education institutions. The standard membership fee for new members is 5,000 € per public establishment. From 2026, a joint common membership with UNIT and FUN is available at a tiered rate based on student population: minimum 10,000 €, plus per-student fees across four graduated tranches (1.45 €/student for the first 10,000, 1.00 €/student for the next 15,000, 0.36 €/student for the next 15,000, 0.12 €/student above 40,000).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Université Ouverte des Humanités (UOH) is a French inter-university non-profit service that produces, validates, and distributes open educational resources (OER) in humanities, arts, languages, and social sciences for French higher education. It operates within L'Université Numérique consortium as one of six Thematic Digital Universities (UNT), offering a catalog of 1,985+ free Creative Commons-licensed resources, self-adaptive training platforms (écri+, PUNCHy Langues, PRIMA, FlexiSanté), and pedagogical engineering services paid for through institutional membership fees.

Product overview

UOH operates as a thematic digital university within L'Université Numérique consortium, offering a portfolio of interconnected educational products and platforms. The core offering centers on écrI+, a self-adaptive French written language training and certification platform serving 61 institutions, and FUN Ressources, a national aggregator platform indexing over 2,700 UOH resources across 17 structured pathways. Supporting products include language learning tools (PUNCHy Langues with 240 micro-contents, PRIMA German course, FlexiSanté medical English kit) and MOOCs (sillages.info series covering gender equality, ancient languages, and grammar). Infrastructure includes an OAI-PMH metadata repository, Moodle-based resource distribution, and H5P interactive content authoring. Membership services encompass hybrid pedagogy accompaniment, legal counsel for resource diffusion, video production, and project management support. Recent launches include the Français écrit FUN Ressources pathway (March 2025) and ongoing MOOC updates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FlexiSanté: Project providing shared medical English micro-contents for PASS and LAS health pathways, developed as part of L'Université Numérique in partnership with other UNT members.
• écri+
• PUNCHy Langues
• Passeport EAD
• DéPHy
• PRIMA
• MOOC Sillages

Products and services

• écri+ Comprehensive platform for training, practice, evaluation, and certification of French written expression and comprehension skills, featuring a self-adaptive practice system, learning dashboards, and a national certification device for higher education students and adults.
• FUN Ressources National platform centralizing and mutualizing validated digital educational resources for French higher education, offering curated pathways by discipline and academic year, a secure resource deposit center, and interconnections with institutional learning platforms.
• PUNCHy Langues Free interactive micro-content library for German, English, Spanish, and Italian (A1–C1 CEFR levels) targeting oral and written comprehension, production, and intercultural competencies, built with H5P and compatible with Moodle LMS.
• FlexiSanté Medical English micro-content kit providing 116 interactive H5P resources covering 11 themes (consultation, treatments, public health, etc.) for PASS/LAS health pathway students, totaling approximately 65 learning hours.
• PRIMA - La langue allemande dans la vie professionnelle Photo-novel based German language learning resource (B1–B2 level) following Jean-Marc's job search journey in Saarbrücken, with nine episodes of authentic communication scenarios and 50 hours of learning content.
• Passeport EAD Distance learning readiness device for the secondary-to-university transition, providing self-positioning tests, basic skills courses (methodology, digital tools, written expression), and approximately 65 hours of training with 80% open educational resources.
• MOOC Sillages Complete MOOCs covering Gender Equality (7 sequences, ~14 hours), Ancient Greek for Beginners (23 interactive sequences), Latin for Beginners (21 sequences), Greek Translation (10 episodes), and French Grammar (57 sequences), authored with Scenari Opale and hosted by UOH.
• P.R.U.N.E. (Parcours de Renforcement Université Numérique) University Reinforcement Pathway comprising three digital tools — 'Being a Student Today' animation, Sociology Familiarity Test, and 'Tastes for Learning' video series — designed for first-year students to develop autonomous study methods.
• Français écrit Pathway on FUN Ressources New structured pathway in written French on FUN Ressources with 245 resources organized into 14 competencies across four domains (word, sentence, text, discourse) aligned with the écri+ competency framework.
• Parcours Types UOH (17 structured pathways on FUN Ressources) Curated resource pathways organized by discipline and academic year, providing validated resources by university teachers; UOH contributes 17 pathways including 6 in humanities/social sciences, 5 in arts/letters/languages, and 6 in transversal competencies.
• MOOC Égalité femmes-hommes Version 3.0 Comprehensive free online course covering all themes of gender equality (education, stereotypes, orientation, parity, ordinary sexism, harassment, violence against women) with 7 sequences (~14 hours total), 50 videos, quizzes, and self-evaluations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 61 higher education institutions using the écri+ platform, with 309,000 learner profiles and 18,900 certification candidates as of December 2025.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• L'Université NumériquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerL'Université Numérique is a French association (law 1901) comprising 6 Thematic Digital Universities (UNT) including UOH. It coordinates the production, validation, and distribution of open educational resources across French higher education. UOH is an integral member, contributing content and participating in joint projects, calls for proposals, and shared governance. From 2026, UOH, UNIT, and FUN jointly offer a common institutional membership.
• France Université Numérique (FUN / FUNMOOC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFUN operates the FUNMOOC platform and the FUN Ressources national resource aggregator. UOH contributes 17 pathways to FUN Ressources and participates in the joint membership offer from 2026 alongside UNIT and FUN. FUN provides the national MOOC infrastructure and FUN Campus platform.
• Université Numérique en Sciences de l'Ingénieur (UNIT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNIT is a Thematic Digital University focused on engineering sciences. UOH and UNIT participate in the joint membership offer (2026) alongside FUN, providing combined access to services in humanities and engineering disciplines under a single invoice for member institutions.
• Université de Haute-AlsacemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversité de Haute-Alsace (UHA) is a key partner in the UHA++ and DémoUHA hybridization projects. UOH supports UHA in its digital pedagogical and organizational transformation, provides content reuse and adaptation support, and ensures national mutualization of digital resources. UHA also harvests UOH metadata via OAI-PMH.
• Pix (Public Digital Skills Certification Service)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPix is the French public service for evaluating, developing, and certifying digital skills. UOH is a member of the GIP governing Pix since its creation in 2017 and Carole Schorlé-Stefan (UOH) chairs Pix's board of directors and general assembly. Pix's platform code was adapted for the écri+ French writing platform developed by UOH. The two platforms collaborate on deployment strategies, data security, and formative assessment features.
• FUN Ressources PlatformmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFUN Ressources is the national platform for open educational resources, aggregating content from French UNT members. UOH is a co-producer of the project and contributes 17 pathway types and 245+ resources on French written expression (écri+), alongside 2,700+ resources across disciplines. The platform centralizes and validates resources for the French higher education community.
• Université Numérique en Santé et Sport (UNESS.fr)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESS.fr is the Thematic Digital University for health and sports sciences. UOH participated in the FlexiSanté project alongside UNESS.fr and other UNT members (AUNEGE, UNIT, IEL, UVED) to build a shared training infrastructure for PASS/LAS health pathway students, covering English medical micro-contents and tutoring support.
• Fédération Interuniversitaire de l'Enseignement à Distance (FIED)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFIED provides a hosted version of the Passeport EAD for institutions without a Moodle platform. UOH resources are accessible through FIED's distance learning infrastructure, which hosts over 2,000 Passeport EAD users.
• Canal-UminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCanal-U is the French national academic video platform. UOH distributes video-based educational resources (lectures, conferences) through Canal-U, extending reach beyond its own portal to a dedicated academic video audience.
• Université de Strasbourg LibraryminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Bibliothèque universitaire de l'Université de Strasbourg harvests UOH metadata via OAI-PMH to index and provide access to open educational resources through its online catalog (bu.unistra.fr).
• Université de Poitiers LibraryminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Université de Poitiers library harvests UOH metadata via OAI-PMH to integrate UOH resources into its catalog (bu.univ-poitiers.fr).
• Bibliothèque Nationale Universitaire de Strasbourg (BNU)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Bibliothèque Nationale Universitaire de Strasbourg harvests UOH metadata via OAI-PMH for national bibliographic coverage of open educational resources.
• Université Numérique Thématique (All UNT Members)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUOH is one of 6 Thematic Digital Universities (UNT) within L'Université Numérique. The other UNT members are: AUNEGE (economics/business), UNIT (engineering sciences), UNESS.fr (health/sports), IEL (computer science/IUT), and UVED (environment/sustainable development). UOH collaborates with all UNT members on shared projects including FlexiSanté and PUNCHy.
• Sillages.infomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSillages.info is an initiative offering complete MOOCs and open educational resources for access to grandes écoles and equivalent programs. Five of seven Sillages MOOCs are hosted by UOH: Greek for Beginners, Latin for Beginners, Greek Translation, French Grammar, and Gender Equality. A collaborative enrichment process continuously updates these courses.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pix: French public digital skills certification service covering five competence domains. UOH's president chairs Pix's board; Pix's code was adapted for the écri+ platform. Strategic partner/peer with overlapping governance and shared technology foundation.
• MERLOT: International OER consortium and curated catalog for higher education teaching and learning. Comparable to UOH as a curated, peer-reviewed OER repository for higher education faculty, with overlapping purpose but different geographic and disciplinary scope.
• OER Commons: International public digital library of open educational resources. Operates a metadata harvesting model similar to UOH's OAI-PMH approach, but at global scale across all disciplines. Comparable as a broad OER infrastructure peer.
• France Université Numérique (FUN): National MOOC and OER aggregator platform for French higher education. Operates FUNMOOC and FUN Ressources, where UOH contributes 17 pathways. Strategic partner in the 2026 joint membership and broader incumbent in French open education infrastructure.

Direct peers

• IEL: UNT for IUT (computer science and applied sciences) within L'Université Numérique. Sister UNT operating the same inter-university service model as UOH, contributing to shared national projects.
• UNESS.fr: UNT for health and sports sciences. Co-developed the FlexiSanté project with UOH for PASS/LAS health pathways. Sister UNT operating the same inter-university service model targeting a different discipline.
• AUNEGE: UNT for economics, management, and business sciences within L'Université Numérique. Operates the same inter-university OER service model as UOH, contributing to FUN Ressources pathways. Direct peer because of identical UNT governance, membership, and OER production framework.
• UNIT (Université Numérique en Sciences de l'Ingénieur): Sister Thematic Digital University (UNT) within L'Université Numérique, focused on engineering sciences. Uses the same inter-university service model, common membership structure, and UNT governance framework as UOH. Closest structural peer; participates in the 2026 joint membership with UOH.
• UVED: UNT for environment and sustainable development within L'Université Numérique. Uses the same UNT framework as UOH; sister UNT with identical inter-university OER production and distribution model.

Emerging players

• OpenStax: Rice University-affiliated OER publisher providing free, peer-reviewed textbooks for higher education. Comparable as a non-profit OER producer for higher education, though primarily English-language and STEM-focused rather than French humanities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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