
The broad facade of the main building
of the Law faculty
The
Université Robert Schuman, also known as
Strasbourg III or URS, was a
university in Strasbourg
, Alsace
, France
. In
2007, there were nearly 10,000 students enrolled at the university,
including more than 1,500 foreign students. The university tended
to teach and research in fields such as
law,
politics and
international relations. This
university also included three
grande écoles, the
Institut
d'études politiques de Strasbourg, the
Institut Européen d'Etudes Commerciales Supérieures de
Strasbourg (IECS), and the
Centre
Universitaire d'Enseignement du Journalisme (CUEJ). The
Université Robert Schuman was named after the
politician Robert
Schuman, not to be confused with
composer Robert
Schumann.
On 1 January 2009, Robert Schuman University became part of the
refounded
University of
Strasbourg and lost its status as an independent
university.
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