The Graduate School LIFE (EUR LIFE) is one of the eight thematic EURs (Graduate Schools) at Université Côte d'Azur. Its themes cover three major disciplinary fields, ranging from molecular and cellular biology to ecosystem biology, pathophysiology, and medical research.
 

What is a Graduation School / École Universitaire de Recherche ? (EUR)

Inspired by the Graduate Schools of leading international universities, our Graduate Schools (EURs) structure Master's and doctoral programs by major disciplinary field. Funded in 2021, these new institutions are tasked with strongly linking training to academic research in laboratories, or to more applied research in collaboration with businesses.

While largely autonomous, they all share ambitions and operating principles that lead them to renew teaching practices, promote interdisciplinarity and individualized curricula, break down barriers between cycles and training pathways, develop international partnerships and open up international mobility opportunities for students, and strengthen their distance learning and lifelong learning offerings in connection with the socio-economic and cultural fabric of the region.

Editorial from our Directors
The Life Sciences and Health Community at Université Côte d'Azur is recognized worldwide for its scientific excellence in molecular mechanisms, development, pathophysiology, neuroscience, chronic diseases including cancer, metabolic diseases and, more recently, aging, terrestrial and marine ecology, interaction biology, and biocontrol. Leveraging the direct links we have established between research, education, and industry, The LIFE Graduate School aims to train the biologists of tomorrow along three main lines: internationalization, interdisciplinarity, and innovation.

LIFE Graduate School in a few words...

The Life and Health Sciences community of the LIFE Graduate School comprises over 1000 scientists working in 82 teams across 9 major research centers covering multiple themes, 2 specialized institutes, an Academy of Excellence on "Complexity and Diversity of Living Systems," and 2 Labex (Laboratories of Excellence). All are affiliated with French national research agencies. : CNRS, INSERM, INRAE, CEA.

The major disciplinary fields covered by EUR LIFE encompass three of the most important challenges in the life sciences:

BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Biological information from genomics and signaling to neuroscience.

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

Particular emphasis is placed on aging, cancer, metabolic diseases, inflammation, pharmacology and rare diseases.

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY

Study of the interactions between plants, pathogens and symbionts and their spatio-temporal dynamics, as well as marine resources.

LIFE Graduate School in numbers...

Our goals:


The goal of the Graduate Schools is to strongly link education with research and the socio-economic sector, to encourage transdisciplinary approaches, and to stimulate innovation by:
  1. Creating synergies between research, teaching, and employment
  2. Training students in the biology of tomorrow and in interdisciplinarity
  3. Offering internationally focused programs
  4. Fostering innovation and promoting entrepreneurship
To achieve this, EUR LIFE intends to leverage its excellent scientific environment to establish the most direct links between science, student training, and private companies. The creation of Graduate Schools fosters a unique dynamic that we hope to capitalize on to push the boundaries of higher education.

The Scientific Environment of our Graduate School

11 Research Institutes

LABEX


 

The Labex SIGNALIFE aims to develop a research network between six leading academic research institutes in Nice.
 
The LabEx ICST is a national network dedicated to understanding the processes of ion propagation through cell membranes, in order to validate new therapeutic targets for the development of drugs against pain, epilepsy, cancer, cystic fibrosis or certain kidney diseases.


 

UNE ACADÉMIE D'EXCELLENCE

 
L'académie 4 Soutient la Dynamique de la Recherche d'Université Côte d'Azur en Finançant des Projets en Sciences du Vivant.

INSTITUTS SPÉCIALISÉS

 
L'Institut NeuroMod de Modélisation en Neurosciences et Cognition vise à promouvoir la modélisation comme approche d'intégration des mécanismes cérébraux et des fonctions cognitives.

ECOLE DOCTORALE 85 Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé

 
ED 85 brings together the 82 research teams with activity in the field of Life Sciences and Health in the PACA East region.