World-renowned engineering schools in sectors as diverse as construction and agronomy, dedicated training courses in the energy field, management schools with a growing reputation, political studies institutes and the three universities in Caen, Rouen and Le Havre. Normandy is a wealth of young people on varied pathways.
Normandy has nearly 105 000 students.
Normandy University brings together the universities and higher education institutes to provide a complete range of very high-quality courses:
- Caen Normandy University – 33 351 students
- Rouen Normandy University – 31 429 students
- Le Havre Normandy University – 8 097 students
Higher education institutes both in the fields of management and engineering, most notably:
- ENSICAEN – Engineering school, Caen, 781 students
- INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliqués) – Engineering school, Rouen, 1 804 students
- ESIGELEC – Engineering school, Rouen, 1 804 students
- CESI – Engineering school, Rouen, 1 600 students
- Builders for Society (ESITEC) – Engineering school, Caen, 614 students
- UniLaSalle Rouen – a polytechnic created through the merger of five engineering schools and the creation of a veterinary school – 4 200 students
- EM Normandie – Normandy School of Management. Multi campus (Caen, Le Havre, Paris, Oxford, Dublin, Dubai) 6 300 students
- NEOMA Business School – Management school. 3 campus (Rouen, Paris, Rheims) 9 000 students
- ENSA (the Normandy National Higher Institute of Architecture) – Rouen 700 students
- ESADHaR (Higher Institute of Art and Design) – Rouen and Le Havre, 300 students
- ESAM (Higher Institute of Art and Media) – Caen and Cherbourg, 300 students
- Sciences-Po (political science) –European and Asian Campus, Le Havre, 300 students
- IEP Rennes (Institute of Political Studies) – Caen, 150 students
Pictogrammes There are over 11 000 posts in research and development, with 6 300 researchers, spread across around a hundred research units.
- 2 200 PhD students, across 8 PhD schools
- 150 research sites, of which 40 are linked to national research organisations (CEA, INSERM, CNRS, etc.)
- 4 300 research-lecturers, across the universities of Caen, Rouen and Le Havre