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Breath: the first cohort has started the new academic year

  • The first ten laureates of the European Breath programme gathered in Angers from 20 to 22 October for a welcome session and training courses. All of these doctoral students have international backgrounds and will be working on topics combining health with humanities and social sciences.

Research: ANR Interference to control pests and protect bees

  • At the Functional Signalling of Ion Channels and Receptors Laboratory (SiFCIR), Valérie Raymond and Delphine Goven are conducting research into new strategies for controlling invasive insects. They will be actively involved in the ParaGluRSite project run by the French National Research Agency (ANR), which began in March 2025.

The Lost Connection: a detective's serious game

  • "The Lost Connection" is a serious game designed by the EU Green alliance. Released as a premiere during UA's Campus Day on 19 September 2025, this online investigation game offers a fun introduction to OSINT (Open Source Intelligence), an approach that involves collecting and analysing publicly available information.

Postgram: an innovative opportunity to explore your future master's degree

From October 13, 2025 to November 16, 2025

  • With the Postgram programme, third-year undergraduate students can explore up to 25% of their future master's degree courses through a progressive and interactive online programme. This is a flexible way to get a head start on a master's degree programme before committing to it. Two programmes offer this option: the Master's in Archives Management and the Master's in Plant Biology.

Erasmus+ Project SLS4TEENS

  • The EUGREEN alliance and the Erasmus+ project SLS4TEENS partners brought together experts from Germany, Spain and Italy for workshops on innovative language learning methods.

Tools to Detect Persistant Pollutants in Soil

  • The Analysis and Processes Group (GA&P), led by Maxime Pontié, takes part in the E-SPFdigit European research project on polluted soils. The Anjou research team is particularly interested in PFAS.

The neurolinguistic approach at the heart of discussions in Spain

  • Delphine Guedat-Bittighoffer, a teacher-researcher at Cirpall, has been coordinating the Second Language Learning at School for all teenagers (SLS4Teens) research project since 2023. The teachers and researchers of the EU Green alliance met in Spain in mid-March for a progress report.

KulturA, a high-level course with a European dimension

  • The KulturA programme is a trilingual intercultural programme in the English-German section of the LLCER bachelor's degree in partnership with the University of Kassel (Germany). Students Vera, Svenja and Hannah talk about their life at the UA.

Intensive French semester (DUEF)

  • Join UA for an intensive semester to learn or improve your French language skills. Registration for the Spring session is open until 15 December 2025.

Summer Schools

  • Our Summer Schools not only offer a great selection of interesting workshops and field trips, they also offer the participants an unforgettable stay in France.

HATES, a serious game to counter racism and disinformation

  • As part of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March), the University of Angers and OSINT4Fun will launch "HATES", a serious game designed to raise awareness of discrimination and to educate participants in information-seeking techniques.

Exploring the links between migration, training and social justice

  • Researchers from the ESO research unit are involved in the European Skills4Justice programme, which examines the skills shortages facing certain countries and the potential of different partnerships to address these shortages in migrants' countries of origin and destination.

Luminous helices

  • Thanks to European funding, British researcher Catherine Killalea is spending two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Angers. Together with her mentor, David Canevet, she will explore the properties of helical molecules for potential advances in display and imaging.

A new era in terahertz radiation control

  • Bouchta Sahraoui is a professor at the University of Angers and a member of the Angers Photonics Laboratory (Lphia). He studies the properties of materials to design high-performance photonic and electro-optic devices that meet today's technological challenges. Read the interview.

Shared Xmas

  • Families of staff at UA open their homes and invite international students for Christmas. It is a unique opportunity to experience local family traditions!

I went abroad!

  • John Cowles, a former English teacher at the University Institute of Technology (IUT), shares his staff mobility story after undertaking a teaching mobility in Portugal.

The EU Green Student Council

  • Student involvement is at the heart of the European alliance EU Green. Four UA students have joined the EU Green Student Council, a body set up to represent the interests of the student community within the alliance.

An ambitious European programme to attract international doctoral students

  • With the support of the European Commission, the BREATH research project co-finances a doctoral training programme combining human and social sciences with health disciplines for twenty young researchers from the universities of Angers, Nantes and Le Mans. The project started in September 2025.

Glioblastome: a promising lead against cancer

  • Researchers at CRCI2NA have successfully cured mice suffering from glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. The treatment, based on the administration of antibodies tagged with a radioactive element, provided long-term protection for the animals and prevented recurrence.

A reinforced partnership with China

The April 24, 2024

  • This year marks 60 years of diplomatic relationships between France and China. In celebration of this anniversary, a delegation from the University of Angers visited China late April for the tenth board meeting of the French-Chinese Icuna institute (Joint institute between the universities of Ningbo and Angers).
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