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Updated on: 10/06/2026
The University of Le Havre Normandie brings together nearly 8,000 students and 900 teaching and administrative staff at three university sites in the heart of a city open to the world.
A multidisciplinary university, its academic offering is based on more than one hundred degrees and qualifications, from undergraduate level to doctoral level. Renewed for the 2022–2027 period, the academic offering is designed to facilitate students’ professional integration while promoting their international mobility.
Firmly rooted in its region, Université Le Havre Normandie structures its educational project with the support of excellent research. As a key player in the innovation ecosystem, Université Le Havre Normandie continues its development through research activities that address major societal challenges.
A human-sized institution located at the heart of a rapidly changing urban area, the university offers its students and staff a genuine quality of life and a stimulating working environment where everyone can find their place, grow, and open up to the world, notably through the many cultural and sporting activities offered to the entire university community.
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Key figures
The students
- 6987 students in 2024/2025
- 49.55% women
- 50.45% men
- 21.8% scholarship students
The staff
The university employs 937 staff:
495 teaching positions:
– 233 teacher-researchers (university professors,
maîtres de conférences)
– 87 secondary school teachers (professeurs agrégés
et certifiés)
– 175 contract teachers and researchers,
doctoral contracts, ATERs, lecturers…
442 non-teaching positions:
– 169 administrative and health staff (102 permanent
and 67 contractual)
– 37 library staff (30 permanent and 7
contractual)
– 225 engineers and technicians (127 permanent
and 98 contractual)
– 11 apprentices
The Research
The 12 laboratories at the University of Le Havre Normandie bring together lecturers, researchers and doctoral students in the following disciplines:
– Humanities and Social Sciences
– Engineering Sciences
– Mathematics and Computer Science
– Chemistry and Biology
Research at Le Havre Normandie University in figures:
– 12 laboratories (6 in science and technology, 6 in humanities and social sciences), including 2 joint research units with CNRS and 1 with INERIS
– 8 doctoral schools run by Normandie Université, around 180 theses prepared in Le Havre every year.
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