UBO: MORE ThAN JUST A UNIVERSITY
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UBO: MORE ThAN JUST A UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE 2009 2 EDITORIAL Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) is located ”at the end of the earth” according to some, or ‘‘at the entrance to Europe’’ according to others. In any case, UBO is a university at the forefront, oriented toward the open sea and open to the world, to all worlds: far off places but also all socioeconomical classes. Anticipating the law on university autonomy and responsibilities, UBO has reworked its structure, shaped its courses for professional needs, consolidated its research and is implementing an approach of supporting all its communities. These few pages will give an insight into the Université de Bretagne Occidentale and its activity. A university education is a wonderful chance, so is UBO! Pascal Olivard President of UBO 3 serving the many UBO SUPPORTS YOU IN ALL YOUR PROJECTS UBO aims to be first and foremost a university for all, serving all its communities and its region. Whether school-leaver, student, employee, business leader or public servant, the university supports you in all your projects: Supporting students in succeeding with their career plans Supporting companies and institutions in training their employees Supporting communities with further training courses Supporting companies in their economic development Our ability to cover a range of disciplines is a unique asset in Brittany UBO is the only multi-discipline university in Brittany. The transdisciplinary approach of our courses is a genuine benefit for our target communities, offering them the possibility to acquire vital knowledge and adapt to a professional world that is constantly changing. 4 This multi-discipline approach is also a veritable asset for our research, because it enables us to pool the resources from different disciplines for a given research theme and thus meet the expectations of the socio-economic environments. A UNIVERSITY SERVING ITS COMMUNITIES The objective of UBO is to best meet the requirements of its target communities. It does this by surveying the needs of the professional world throughout the year, in order to adapt our training courses to market demand and to optimise the value of our research. Furthermore, many tools have been developed to improve not only the support that we provide to our target communities but also their welcome. UBO today enables its target communities to benefit from a top-quality environment in terms of cultural, sporting and leisure facilities, but also with regard to the teaching amenities made available. Offering each and everyone the chance to achieve their plans is the objective that UBO today wishes to fulfil. A UNIVERSITY SERVING ITS REGION With almost 2,400 employees, the university is the 5th biggest employer in the Brest urban area. It contributes more than 200 million euros to the Finistère department’s gross domestic product and plays a role in bringing skills to the region, developing businesses as well as providing innovative solutions. Through supporting companies and institutions in their development and projects and by training their future employees, UBO is an essential player in the regional economy. 1,2,3,4... UBO IN FIGURES A university open to the world UBO unashamedly displays its international ambitions. To date, the university has already set up more than 150 partnerships with other higher education establishments throughout the world. These partnerships with foreign universities concern not only student mobility but also important research programmes. UBO thus welcomes each year more than 1,200 foreign students and around 40 researchers and lecturer/researchers, organising in turn the departure of more than 250 students and 280 lecturer/ researchers abroad. The component parts of UBO 6 Training and Research Departments Medicine and Health Sciences Dentistry Arts and Humanities Science and Technology Law and Economics Sport and Physical Education 7 Institutes IUEM (European University Institute of the Sea) – OSU (Sciences of the Universe Observatory) Brest and Quimper IUT (University Institutes of Technology) IAE (Business Management Institute) IPAG (Institute for General Administration Training) EURIA (European Actuarial Institute) Brittany IUFM (University Institute for Teacher Training) 2 graduate engineering schools and 1 Engineering WORK-STUDY course An annual budget of 50 million euros (excluding State employees) More than 20,000 students welcomed each year 3,500 trainees welcomed each year on further education courses 2,400 personnel including 660 lecturerresearchers, 940 non-teaching personnel and 270 personnel of research bodies 6 training sites: Brest, Quimper, Morlaix, Saint Brieuc, Vannes, Rennes 21 component parts TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS ‘‘UBO is a favoured partner in the economic development of the Brest urban area and more generally the Finistère department. In particular, it provides our region with international visibility through the excellence of its laboratories and its research. It is also a source of appeal for small and mediumsized businesses and represents a pool of resources in grey matter and skills. More than ever, higher education and research are growth factors for our city and it is obvious that the Brest urban area would not allow itself to miss out on this opportunity and vital metropolitan function.’’ Fabrice Huret Vice-Président in charge of economic development at Brest Metropole Oceane ESMISAB (Graduate School of Microbiology and Food Safety) ENIB (Brest Graduate Engineering School) Engineering Sandwich Course partnership in Agri-food Industry Technology (FIP UBO-IFRIA) 5 career-based training Each year, UBO welcomes 20,000 students, all of whom receive one-to-one tutoring. 6 UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE SUPPORTING STUDENTS UP TO ENTRY INTO EMPLOYMENT UBO welcomes more than 20,000 students each year. Its objective is to take into consideration the uniqueness of each and everyone, support him or her throughout training courses and provide guidance for seeking his or her first job. Guiding each of or students toward their first job is the challenge that UBO proudly meets! A BROAD RANGE OF DISCIPLINES IS THE ANSWER TO ALL PLANS FOR THE FUTRE At UBO, all types of university study are possible, with the exception of pharmacology. This multi-discipline approach enables us to provide our students with comprehensive training courses and lets them develop their own personnel perspective, via: A choice of training course suited to their wishes, ambitions and career plans. The personalisation of their career/study path and experience: via internships, general diplomas, careerbased training, free choice of options, etc. Furthermore, this multi-discipline approach allows us to train future professionals specialised in a given field but who also boast flexibility and are capable of joining a structure and understanding its particularities, professions, people and issues. Preparing our students for the complexity of the socio-economic world, helping them to become adaptable in a constantly changing professional environment, training specialists of a certain sector able to integrate into and contribute to the development of their organisation: these are the objectives that training provided by UBO aims to reach. CAREER-BASED LEARNING AND TOP-QUALITY TEACHING At UBO, 70% of the teaching staff are lecturerresearchers and 30% are contributors from the world of business. The excellent quality of teaching at UBO stems from this constant cohabitation of research and the professional world. In addition to outside contributors, the professionalisation of our training courses also draws from the development of a broadranging network of partners, who offer our students, amongst other things, the possibility of first-rate internships. In the face of a globalizing labour market, knowledge of languages is an objective that UBO sets out for all its students. Today, we enable all our students to conduct a part of their studies abroad, to develop an original and beneficial path through their studies, as well as to live an extremely powerful personal experience. To encourage and facilitate studies abroad for our students, we are able to call upon several resources: A one-stop service for administrative formalities. Partnerships with institutions throughout the world. ••• 7 ••• Preparation modules included in the training courses. Easy access to language laboratories. A Languages Centre to encourage access to foreign languages for all branches of training. Training courses at UBO As a multi-discipline university covering the whole of Brittany, UBO offers students more than 200 different training courses: 115 specialities at licence (= first degree) and masters level in 6 main fields Marine and Coastal Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences Arts, Literature and Languages Law, Economics and Management Science, Technology, Health Sciences and Technology of Sport and Physical Activity 36 professional degrees in 5 fields PERSONALISED SUPPORT FOR SUCCESS! UBO is a human-sized university and sets a premium on work in small groups and contact with the teaching staff, as illustrated through schemes like its individual tutoring programme that starts at the beginning of every student’s first year at University. The tutoring is conducted by students nearing the end of their courses and teaching staff. Furthermore, several other schemes have been implemented to assist our students throughout their studies and to help them look for their first jobs. The ‘plan licence’: Set up in September 2008, its aim is to improve the welcome, follow-up and success of school-leavers at University. A compulsory “career plan” course module A first year of general training followed by progressive specialisation A lecturer in charge of monitoring 15 students Monitoring of attendance to seminar lessons Increased numbers of internships The SUAOIP (University Careers Service). Made up of a team of professionals, it offers: Individual interviews with a psychologist and careers advisor Careers workshops The “O2- Objective Orientation” scheme to help first-year students to develop a new career plan or find a new direction Personal evaluations Workshops on recruitment techniques Support for students in finding their first job, straight after obtaining their diploma (University Jobs Platform) 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Science, Technology, Health Law, Economics Administration and Management Sciences and Technology of Sport and Physical Activity 16 University Diplomas in Technology Bioengineering Electrical Engineering and Industrial Computing Mechanical and Production Engineering Businesses and Administration Management Administrative and Commercial Management Logistics and Transport Management Merchandising Techniques 5 Doctoral Schools 2 Engineering courses in agri-foods A full range of training courses for the teaching professions For further information: Service Universitaire d’Accueil, d’Orientation et d’Insertion Professionnelle 20 avenue Victor Le Gorgeu CS 93837 - 29238 BREST Cedex 3, France Tel.: 00 33 (0)2 98 01 63 17 univ-brest.fr/suaoip TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS 1,2,3,4... INITIAL TRAINING IN FIGURES 20,000 students on initial training courses 600 professional degree graduates Employment rate: 90% 6 months after the award of the diploma 1,100 Masters diplomas, with an employment rate of nearly 100% for many of the Masters courses 6 months after the award of the diploma 400 students in apprenticeships and 100 students in professional training contracts 70 doctorates awarded per year “For a major company like ours, it is important to develop close links with the local economic fabric, small and medium sized businesses, IT consultancies, universities and graduate engineering schools. The UBO Electronics Department and Alcatel-Lucent have worked together to train students studying for a Masters in Telecoms and Neworks for several years now. This involves the immersion of students in our company, provision of equipment for practical workshops and the training of the teaching staff in order to provide the students with a recognised level of expertise. Since 2007, this partnership has also helped Masters students to prepare for the “Alcatel-Lucent Certified IP Specialist” occupational certification, which is a widely recognised esteemed qualification in the field of converged networks. UBO is the only institution in the world to whom we have proposed this certification! In this type of partnership, it is a win-win situation, and I sincerely hope that our cooperation will stand the test of time, with new initiatives in the future…” TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS “At the JEC Composites Show UBO was the only French higher education institution to have stood out from the crowd. In fact, we won the “JEC Innovation Award” for the aircraft prototype, the Nijal, that we produced using a new manufacturing process: resin infusion. This innovation has already undergone wide-ranging technology transfer and has already been put to many uses by industrialists. The success of this project required the energy of more than 70 students from different courses, as well as contributions from industrial partners. For these students, this project represents a unique experience, from which they will gain much benefit in the future”. Bernard Stervinou Head of Industrial Projects in Composite Materials at the IUT in Brest Philippe Le Padellec Director of Alcatel-Lucent Brest 9 developing skills Each year, more than 3,500 trainees are trained in all fields of activity including more than 1,400 who are enrolled on diploma qualifications. 10 UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE SUPPORTING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT LIFE Are you an employee? A job-seeker? A Human Resources Director for a company? Or just a citizen looking to diversify your knowledge? At UBO, you will find a solution that fits your needs. Through its Further Training Unit, UBO supports and guides development of skills in business. Further Training is an essential activity at the university and is developing in many directions: from continuing education courses to accreditation of prior learning, from medicine to agri-foods, from gerontology to IT. Each year, more than 3,500 trainees are trained in all fields of activity including more than 1,400 who are enrolled on diploma qualifications. The others take part in specific training for other qualifications. Personalised support for your training plans The Further Training Unit team advises and supports companies and institutions, employees, the selfemployed and job-seekers in drawing up their own training plans. It provides its expertise in educational and financial engineering to meet all training needs. Training courses adapted to the needs of the socio-professional world Our team uses the skills resources of the university or outside contributors as well as the work of our research laboratories. All our trainers are recognised as specialists in their respective fields. In addition to the UBO’s diploma qualifications, all accessible as a mature student, our Further Training Unit develops specific initiatives in sectors such as: Science and Technology, Management, Human Resources Communication Languages Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences, Gerontology and Disability Furthermore, it contributes to promoting the university through its alternative entry routes such as preparation for the DAEU (Diploma for access to university studies) in literature or science. Services adapted to your needs 1/ Intra-company training Our advisors are at your disposal to develop customised training courses adapted to the needs of your company and your employees. The training modules are dispensed throughout the year and we undertake to respect your professional constraints in the provision of such training. 2/ Inter-company training As part of your training plans, or even as part of employee access to training, your employees can enrol on inter-company training courses organised ••• 11 ••• each year based around varying themes. These training courses can lead to diplomas or qualifications, the choice of which depends on the employee’s individual plans or the company’s strategy. 3/ Accreditation of Prior Learning APL is an individual right which allows you to gain recognition of your prior learning via partial or total validation with a higher education diploma. The required minimum duration of the experience is set at 3 years. 4/ Skills assessment By assessing your career plans, you can take Advantage of 24-hour support at the UBO’s skills assessment centre (CEBUBO). 5/ Mature study The Further Training Unit at the UBO will help you to successfully enrol on the conventional diploma qualifications at UBO, with adapted schedules: University Diplomas, State Diplomas (Licence, Licence Pro, Master, Doctorate) but also for short-term qualification courses. 6/ Sandwich courses Our sandwich courses allow those enrolled to obtain professional qualifications and promote entry or re-entry into professional life by combining practical training in work situations in businesses with theoretical training at the university. 7/ Certification The Further Training unit offers all its students The possibility of various certifications throughout the year fields as varied as languages (TOEIC, TOEFL, Cambridge English), IT (C2i), or French as foreign language (DILF, DELF, DALF) A VERY WARM WELCOME At UBO the quality of welcome we provide is equal to the excellence of our training courses, for the benefit of all those enrolled in Further Training. Functional training rooms fully fitted with multimedia equipment. A resource centre with internet access. Restaurant services in a pleasant setting. Cafés near to the teaching rooms. For further information: Service Universitaire de Formation Continue et d’Éducation Permanente 20 avenue Victor Le Gorgeu CS 93837 - 29238 BREST Cedex 3, France Tel.: 00 33 (0)2 98 01 63 32 E-mail: [email protected] univ-brest.fr/FC 1,2,3,4... FURTHER TRAINING IN FIGURES A team of 40 people Turnover of 2.5 million euros 3,500 trainees welcomed each year 1,400 enrolled in diploma qualifications 1,500 certifications awarded each year 12 TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS “The professionalisation of our initial or further training courses has massively changed the perception of the university in the eyes of businesses. Today, the university trains people who are highly skilled in their fields with, in addition, excellent general knowledge and a global vision of the world that surrounds them, giving them great potential to develop and innovate. For recruiters, this dimension is a genuine added value, and they are placing their trust in the university in growing numbers. A fine illustration of such trust is our Further Training unit, which works with more than 100 companies per year to train their employees. Today, it is amongst the best in France, thanks to the way our team constantly monitors the needs of the professional world, day after day, in the field”. Jean-Marie Filloque Vice-President in charge of Life-long Education and Training TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS “The partnership between UBO and CMB has a long and rich history. The banking market expanded massively during the 1970’s, and recruitment followed accordingly. The development of the market gave rise to a need for training for all these employees. No training courses focusing on a reference of the profession – namely that of Private Account Manager – were available at the time, so we entered into discussions with UBO, with whom we jointly developed the teach model in tune with our needs: the MBA professional degree now known as ABF – Assurances Banque Finance (insurance, banking and finance). It was an operation of significant magnitude and allowed us to train almost 400 employees to become Private Account Managers. Today, since our needs are developing more towards expertise, especially in the field of asset management, alongside UBO, we are currently examining the possibility of creating an inter-bank university diploma for this domain. Many of our employees have benefited from the UBO’s APL scheme, for which they are one of the leading institutions. UBO have always been able to identify our needs swiftly. The strength of the university today lies it its proximity to businesses”. Gilbert Leux Training Manager for the Arkéa Group 13 1,2,3,4... research & development RESEARCH IN FIGURES 40 patents 6 start-ups founded 8 start-ups in the process of being created 4 million euros in turnover (for non-subsidised contracts) 15 European projects in progress 660 researchers and lecturer-researchers 38 laboratories 14 UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE Supporting innovation and the economic development of the region UBO’s research contributes to improving knowledge whilst remaining receptive to the region’s requirements for innovation. Research par excellence Through its research, UBO has taken part in some of the major discoveries of our century: discoveries concerning the human genome, discovery of biomasses hidden in deep ocean sediments, etc. Alongside many partner institutions, (CNRS, Ifremer, Inserm, IRD), UBO is today involved in many European And international research programmes and enjoys International recognition, especially for its marine research activity. Such recognition of its excellence today enables UBO to sign research contracts with many companies in the energy, hi-tech and pharmaceutical sectors, to name just a few examples. Examples of themes in our 4 development vectors in research 1/ Marine research Analysis of the ocean’s responses to climate change and its consequences on biodiversity (scientific expeditions to all the world’s oceans, in Antarctica, etc.) Research on new deep ocean sites for extraction of hydrocarbons. Natural hazard research: earthquakes, tidal waves. Microbiology and its applications in biotechnology, etc. 2/ Biology/Health research Research on the gene pools of pathologies. Medical imaging and implications in orthopaedic surgery. Neurodegenerative diseases. Biotherapy, etc. 3/ Mathematics - ICST - Materials research Mechanisms, physical mediums and propagation in the domain of microwave frequencies. Optical interfaces and micro-waves. Signal processing / radio systems. Virtual reality. Geometry and probability 4/ Humanities and Social Sciences research Ageing (retired life / vulnerability, handicaps/ health policy / technology at the service of health and sociability / ethics) The maritime world (history / maritime societies, economies, political institutions / heritage, archives / land planning) Images (as a tool in the development of social sciences / visual arts / caricatures) Languages and cultures of the world, civilisations and literature, etc. ••• UBO is a partner of the competitive clusters Imaging and Networks Marine Valorial 15 ••• Skill and technology transfer UBO has become a driving force of the area’s economic development. Its skills, know-how and patents today represent assets for technology transfer and the creation of businesses. UBO has entrusted the organisation Bretagne Valorisation, part of the European University of Brittany initiative, with promoting its research. Its activities are focused on: Setting up partnerships Engineering European projects Protecting inventions and know-how Engineering innovative projects Technology brokerage and licensing Support with business creation Supporting business creation In partnership with technology parks, the university supports business creation at every project phase: Detection/assessment Protection strategies Licensing contracts Technological validation Conformity with regulations Accommodation Leasing of equipment For further information: Bretagne Valorisation - UBO 3 rue des Archives - CS 93 837 29238 BREST Cedex 3, France Tel.: 00 33 (0)2 98 01 79 11 E-mail: [email protected] Elliptika: a start -up made in UBO ! Supporting development projects UBO today boasts almost 200 research contracts per year, ranging from short-term analysis contracts to partnerships spanning several years with many companies. It can also count on multi-discipline teams able to operate in wide range of contexts: Cooperation contracts Impact assessments, feasibility studies Analysis: NMR, X-ray, Laser, HPLC, mass spectrometry and ultra high-resolution electronic microscopy, prototypes used during sea and land missions, etc. Individual or team consultancy. Provision of scientific equipment, premises, skills, biological equipment, etc. 16 Elliptika was founded in February 2008 by two doctors from UBO and by three researchers from the LAB-STICC laboratory (formerly the Electronics and Telecommunications Systems Laboratory). By combining different skills in Mathematics and electronics the team at Elliptika developed innovative and miniaturised microwave frequency filtering solutions, which are now used in many sectors: space, defence, telecommunications for the general public (mobile telephony, etc.). Elliptika already boasts more than 10 customers Including Thalès and CNES (French Space Agency). For the founders of Elliptika, UBO was a veritable pillar for the creation of our company. The provision of premises near to the LABSTICC laboratory and the advice and support right throughout the development and progression of the project were a real bonus in helping us start up our company”. Other UBO start-ups Molécule Bleue Allegans France Haliotis Kervita Terra Maris and more than 10 projects under development TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS “We work in the Laboratoire Domaines Océaniques (Ocean Domains Laboratory) at the IUEM on geophysical imaging. In particular, we use electro-magnetics as a tool for scanning substrates. We have developed a tri-dimensional imaging method that enables us to define the nature of a substrate located at either several metres or several kilometres in depth. This method is of interest to many domains since it allows the natural resources of substrates at a given location to be determined, enables identification of surface pollution and monitoring of its development, provides information on the nature of sub-soils in the case of sanitary drainage works, etc. The opportunities for this technology are therefore plentiful:civil engineering, hydrology, storage, natural resources, geothermics, etc. Today, we are planning to set up a consulting firm and are already working on the industrialisation of our product and its development”. “All research in humanities and social sciences are oriented towards a same and single goal: that of understanding man, societies and organisations. The research methods used in this domain are mainly of two types:field surveys in contact with the actual reality of the situation and documentary research on historic documents corpus, images, films, etc. The final aim of this research is to publish articles and works. At UBO, promotion of research into humanities and social sciences is very important. In fact, we organise several international conferences each year and we enter into many research contracts with regional authorities, companies or associations for performance of surveys, heritage studies, market research, etc.” Bertrand Urien Vice-Président in charge of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences and of Globalization of Research Pascal Tarits & Sophie Hautot Laboratoire Domaines Océaniques UMR 6538 17 life, sport and culture… 18 UBO: MORE THAN JUST A UNIVERSITY... A dynamic and friendly campus A campus entirely compatible for wireless internet, located in city centre. Hi-tech learning equipment and facilities. A student’s guild, which is a centre for cultural events and associations. Around one hundred student sports clubs. High performance sports facilities Indoor: climbing wall, gymnasiums, sports halls, aerobics rooms, weight training rooms, etc. Outdoor: athletics track, football fields (grass and artificial pitches), a rugby pitch, etc. Special access to water sports: diving, canoeing, sailing, etc. More than 40 sporting activities are possible. Participation in sport higher than the national average. Special access to cultural and artistic events Many workshops are on offer: Theatre, music, plastic arts, Photography, etc. Preferential rates for admission to many cultural facilities (La Carène, Le Quartz, Océanopolis, etc.) A symphonic orchestra, a jazz Orchestra, a theatre company and many student initiatives! A remarkable environment and quality of life Western Brittany, with a wealth of rich heritage. A dynamic cultural agenda of festivals, shows, street arts, concerts, etc. A remarkable and wellpreserved natural environment. An unlimited supply of fresh air! 19 3, rue des Archives CS 93837 29238 Brest Cedex 3 France Accueil/ Tel.: 00 33 (0)2 98 01 60 00 Fax: 00 33 (0)2 98 01 60 01 [email protected] univ-brest.fr UBO is founding member of European University of Brittany. www.ueb.eu COM’UBO - Crédits photos : André Coppillet, Benjamin Deroche, Guillaume Team, Fotolia, Éditions Buissonnières