Actuality

As part of his visit to Montpellier, Gary S. May, Chancellor of the University of California Davis (California, USA) signed a specific agreement with Philippe Augé, President of University of Montpellier on soft-landing for transnational start-ups in California (USA) and in Occitanie (France). This specific agreement is the first application of the framework agreement signed between the two universities last September. It seeks greater collaboration in supporting soft-landing of startup companies on campus. As such, it perfectly illustrates the

During the MAK’IT launch event, the day after the MUSE International Advisory Board, Louise Fresco (President, Wageningen University and Research) and Philippe Augé (President, University of Montpellier) planted a Tatarian maple tree in the heart of the Montpellier Botanical Garden, in the presence of Frédérique Vidal (Minister of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, France) and Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé (Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Republic of Guinea). The tree is a strong symbol of the ties between the

As researchers, research-professors, and  staff, you are at the heart of innovative actions, bringing about ideas that open new opportunities for business, technology, and society... for new uses! To honor your commitment, MUSE is launching its first Montpellier University of Excellence Innovation Prize with support from two of our founding members: Banque Populaire du Sud and InVivo. Following a selective process of submitted files, 5 laureates from MUSE research clusters will receive a personal prize of 3,000 €.  Applications

On January 29, 2019, University of Montpellier and its partners in the University of Montpellier Doctoral College awarded PhD degrees to its 200 most recent graduating doctoral students. This unprecedented ceremony was held in the prestigious Opéra Comédie in downtown Montpellier. The facility was made available for the occasion by Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. One after the other, in front of their thesis directors and family members, nearly 200 young PhDs dressed with their traditional togas received the highest university

On January 25, 2019, Philippe Augé (President, University of Montpellier), Jean-Patrick Respaut (Vice-President in charge of Curricula and University Life), and David Cassagne (Vice-President in charge of Digital Technologies in Education), inaugurated IDEON, the new MUSE pedagogical innovation space, in the presence of a panel of key decision-makers for education from the university schools and MUSE consortium schools. https://vimeo.com/315604977 Open to all the consortium’s pedagogical teams, IDEON is located at the Botanical Institute in Montpellier, providing a space dedicated

A strategic partner of Montpellier University of Excellence, University of Pretoria (South Africa) signs a framework agreement with University of Montpellier. On Wednesday 12 December 2018, the University of Montpellier and the University of Pretoria, South Africa, signed a collaborative framework agreement between the two universities to strengthen and develop their existing partnership within the framework of the I-SITE MUSE (Montpellier University of Excellence).  Ranked first African university by UniRank, with nearly 40,000 students, the University of Pretoria is

The 2017 PRIME@MUSE action, led by University of Montpellier in cooperation with ENSCM, CNRS, INRA, and Montpellier SupAgro was launched for a duration of two years and received funding from the Occitanie Region and MUSE for a total of 690 K€ (582 K€ by Occitanie Region). It was decided to extend and prolong the action starting in 2019. Occitanie Region recently allocated 1,765,175 euros to develop partnerships with local companies following its PRIME 2018 call-for-projects. 10 institutions (UM, CNRS,

The major issues chosen by the MUSE I-SITE’s 19 partners as key priorities (Feed - Care - Protect) have always been considered by the Montpellier scientific community as intertwined challenges that concern the entire planet, in particular countries in the southern hemisphere. Among the initiatives MUSE has launched since 2017, notably thanks to combined support from Occitanie Region and the I-SITE, University of Montpellier is honored to welcome Edgar Morin, considered as “the father of complex thought”, for a