Le Mans Université

About Le Mans Université

Established in 1977 (originally founded as Université du Maine and officially renamed Le Mans Université in 2017), Le Mans Université is a prestigious, multidisciplinary French public research university located in the Pays de la Loire region, operating across two dynamic campuses in Le Mans and Laval. Educating more than 12,000 students—including over 1,800 international students from 90+ nationalities—and supported by over 1,000 faculty and administrative staff, the university is internationally renowned as the world capital of Acoustics research and engineering through its CNRS-affiliated Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Mans (LAUM), one of the largest acoustic laboratories globally. The university comprises 3 major Faculties (Faculty of Science & Technology; Faculty of Arts, Letters & Human Sciences; Faculty of Law, Economics & Management), 2 University Institutes of Technology (IUT Le Mans and IUT Laval), and 1 elite internal Graduate School of Engineering (ENSIM - École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs du Mans). With world-class laboratories in materials chemistry (IMMM), computer science (LIUM), history (TEMOS), literature (3L.AM), and labour economics (GAINS), alongside active participation in 9 regional doctoral schools, Le Mans Université combines academic rigour with an exceptionally green, supportive, and accessible campus ecosystem connected directly by high-speed TGV rail (54 minutes from Paris Montparnasse).