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From December 11, 2025 to September 10, 2026

  • Marie Sklodowska Curie Action (MSCA) post-doctoral fellowship from the Horizon Europe programme at the University of Angers for post-doc researchers, ready for a new challenge and an international career!

Can lasers make prostheses safer?

  • A thesis will attempt to demonstrate the benefits of modifying the surface of medical prostheses using an ultra-short laser in order to avoid bacteriological risks. The research is being conducted by Antony Ménard at Lphia, in collaboration with the University of Magdeburg, as part of EU-Green.

AdoptRisk: Tracing Illegal Adoptions in France

  • Since 1 October 2025, the Temos research unit has coordinated a programme, supported by the National Research Agency, to increase knowledge about abuses in the adoption of foreign children, as well as those affecting minors born on French soil.

3-Minute Fame PhD pitch competition

  • Challenge for PhD students from UA and EU Green Alliance partner universities: explain your PhD thesis in English, in a clear, impactful, and accessible manner, in just 3 minutes.

THE World University Rankings: UA on the rise!

  • The University of Angers has climbed up the ranks in the 2026 edition of the THE World University Rankings, improving its national and international position after entering the prestigious list last year. This rise is largely due to the university's research activity.

Eiffel Scholarships: Attracting Promising Talent

  • The France Excellence Eiffel scholarship programme has enabled UA's Mint research unit to host a young Indian researcher since October. For the next three years, Shreya Dey will be conducting research into lung cancer as part of her PhD. This research aims to improve treatment effectiveness for lung cancer.

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: Plant Biology

From October 13, 2025 to November 30, 2025

  • The Postgram micro master's programme lets third-year undergraduate students explore up to 25% of their future master's degree courses through an interactive online programme.
    Application deadline: 30 November 2025

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.
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