Haute Alsace University is a multidisciplinary teaching and research centre based in the two cities of Mulhouse

Mulhouse

Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

 and Colmar

Colmar

Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court....

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Today, UHA is a university of 8000 students with about a hundred courses, both basic and vocational. The founding of UHA was driven by social and business players, and the university has always had close links with its environment. In order to ensure the success of students in the employment market, it is pursuing a development policy by offering complete teaching programmes (including 2, 3, 5 or 8 years of university studies) that are adapted to the needs of new markets. The active support of industry and surrounding business players has also enabled the university to optimize its offering in the field of continuing education, with a choice of 200 courses (with validation of job experience).

The special geographical situation of UHA, which lies close to the Swiss and German borders, is favourable to the emergence of single courses leading to double or treble degrees that are recognized in the neighbouring countries.

Research and Teaching at UHA concentrates on economics, management, technology and physics.

Departments

The university consists of four faculties

• FLSH - Faculte des Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines 
• FSESJ - Faculte des Sciences Economiques, Sociales et Juridiques 
• FST - Faculte des Sciences et Techniques
• PEPS - Pluridisciplinaire d'Enseignement Professionnalisé Supérieur

two institutes of technology

• IUT DE COLMAR - Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Colmar 
• IUT DE MULHOUSE - Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Mulhouse 

and two schools of engineering

• ENSCMu - Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Mulhouse
• ENSISA - Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingénieurs Sud Alsace (Fusion in 2006 between ENSITM and ESSAIM)