page_title: University of Limoges
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: University of Limoges / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: Unilim_Fac_Letter.jpg
context_page_description: The University of Limoges is a French public research university, based in Limoges. Its chancellor is the rector of the Academy of Limoges. It counts more than 16,000 students and near 1,000 scholars and researchers. It offers complete curricula up to the doctorates and beyond in the traditional areas of knowledge. It was structured in October 1968 by the grouping of higher education institutions in Limoges. The oldest historical continuity is that of the faculties of pharmacy and medicine dating back to 1626.
  It is one of the main higher education institutions in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. As of July 2015 it is a member of the Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University along with the University of Poitiers, the University of La Rochelle, François Rabelais University and several engineering schools. University of Limoges is ranked as the top 50 among the universities in France.
  University of Limoges is in the top 7% of universities in the world, ranking 29th in the France as 2020. Ranks 1st among universities in Limoges.
context_section_description: The university offers bachelor, master and doctorate degrees in line with the Bologna Process. There are five main departments:
  
   
  Department of Law and Economics
  Department of Literature and Humanities
  Department of Medicine
  Department of Pharmacy
  Department of Sciences and Technology
caption: Department of Literature and Humanities, University of Limoges
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