The University of Poitiers has nearly 30,000 students, 1,450 teaching-researchers and 900 engineers (Ingénieurs), administrative staff (Administratifs), technicians (Techniciens) and service workers (Ouvriersde Service), The collective abbreviation of the latter four categories of personnel is IATOS. There are also some temporarily employed teaching-research personnel (Attaché Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche), referred to as ATER. Among the students, there are about 900 doctoral candidates, about 600 master's degree candidates, and 3,000 foreign students from 110 countries and nationalities.
The total annual education funding of the University of Poitiers is nearly 200 million euros (excluding the salaries of faculty and staff who are national civil servants), most of which comes from government education allocations. There is no more overall information on the detailed sources of funding for the entire school, but we do have some funding for the Signals, Image and Communications Laboratory in the School of Science, which can give us a glimpse.
The Signal, Images and Communication Laboratory (SIC Laboratory), referred to as the SIC Laboratory, is affiliated to the Faculty of Science and the French National Academy of Sciences (French National Academy of Sciences) headquartered in Limoges. Center National Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Communications, Optical Fiber and Microwave Research Institute. The SIC laboratory was established in 1996. Its research fields include graphics informatics, signal and image processing and wireless communications. As of 2013, there are 1 scientific researcher (researcher of the French National Academy of Sciences) and 30 teaching and scientific researchers (6 professors, 23 lecturers), 33 doctoral students, 3 IATOS staff, and 4 ATER staff.
The funding income of the SIC laboratory from 2001 to 2004 is as follows:
(1) Appropriation from the French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research (10,000 euros): Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total operating expenses 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.4 8.8 Equipment expenses 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 Salaries: salaries of all teaching and research staff, IATOS staff and ATER staff, and 10 positions are allocated to new doctoral students every 4 years.
(2) Appropriation from the French National Academy of Sciences (10,000 euros): Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total operating funds 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4 4.8 Salary: 1 salary of a scientific researcher from the French National Academy of Sciences, 1 BDI (Bourses de Doctorat pour Ingénieurs, PhD scholarship in engineering, jointly funded by the French National Academy of Sciences and the Poitou-Charentes region).
(3) Poitou Charente Region allocation (10,000 euros): Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total equipment cost 1.4 0.4 0.5 2.3 (4) National and local joint planning project funding during 2000-2006 (CPER), the French National Academy of Sciences 90,000 euros, the French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research 32,000 euros, and the French region 48,000 euros.
Total income (10,000 euros): Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total horizontal
(enterprise contract) 13 6.6 5.3 14.1 39 vertical
(state funds) 23.5 17 2.5 43 The expenditure of SIC laboratory in 2004 is as follows:
Scholarship and salary: 130,000 euros; travel expenses: 51,000 euros; office supplies: 20,000 euros; taxes: 17,000 euros; property depreciation : 5,000 euros; Documentation: 3,000 euros.
Since the University of Poitiers is a comprehensive university with 13 colleges and 1 higher engineering school, the university's scientific research work covers 6 research fields.
The six research fields are:
(1) Engineering science (physics, mathematics, machinery and information technology);
(2) Chemistry;
(3) Earth science;
(4) Biology, health, agronomy and ecology;
(5) Forensic science;
< p>(6) Humanities, economics and social sciences.The University of Poitiers has 2,255 scientific research personnel, including 800 teaching and scientific researchers, 120 scientific researchers of the French National Academy of Sciences, 295 ITAOS personnel, 900 doctoral candidates, and 40 postdoctoral researchers. people, including 40 visiting scholars at home and abroad.
The basic scientific research unit of the University of Poitiers is Laboratoires, which is equivalent to the research institute in Chinese universities. The laboratory has one director and one scientific research secretary. The University of Poitiers*** has 50 laboratories, 22 of which are affiliated to the French National Academy of Sciences, and 4 laboratories are affiliated to the University of Poitiers and the National School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Technology (l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure). deMécanique et d'Aérotechnique, ENSMA). The specific settings are:
(1) Engineering Science (Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical and Information Technology, SP2MI) Category: Automation and Industrial Information Technology Laboratory, Combustion and Explosion Laboratory, Mathematics and Application Laboratory , Solid Mechanics Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics and Physics of Materials, Machinery Manufacturing Laboratory, Aerodynamics Research Laboratory, Thermal Research Laboratory, Laboratory of Basic and Industrial Information Technology (LISI), Signal, Image and Communication Laboratory (SIC ), Poitiers Regional Joint Laboratory of Mechanical, Materials and Energetics;
(2) Chemistry: Joint Laboratory of Fine Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Laboratory of Water Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Catalysts and Organic Chemistry Chemistry laboratory, natural product synthesis and radioactivity laboratory;
(3) Earth sciences: hydrogeology, soil and alteration laboratory, geobiology, biochronology and human paleoecology Laboratories;
(4) Biology, health, agronomy and ecology: Small Rosaceae Plant Horticulture Improvement Laboratory, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cytogenetics and Immune Response Laboratory, Cytokine and Inflammation Laboratory , Laboratory of Helicobacter pylori Antigens and Genetic Diversity, Brain Aging Research Group, Institute of Cell Physiology and Cell Biology, Institute of Ischemia-Reperfusion in Organ Transplantation, Laboratory of Crustacean Population Biology and Genetics, Physical Activity Psychological adaptability laboratory, optimal pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics and modeling laboratory of anti-infective drugs, and thrombus assimilation laboratory;
(5) Forensic science category: International Judicial Cooperation Research Center, Private Law Research Group, Poitiers Criminal Law Doctoral Study Group, Institute of Construction and Urbanization and Territorial Regulation Law, Institute of Public Law, Institute of Social Health Law, Institute of Rural Economy and Legislation, Legal History Research Institute;
(6) Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences: Management Research Center, Hegel and German Idealism Research Center, Economic Integration and Finance Research Center, Latin American Archives Research Center, Center for Advanced Studies of Medieval Civilizations, Institute of Linguistics, Literary Forms and Expressions, Historical Research Group of the Western Atlantic Center, Institute of Identity and Recognition of Territory and Environment in Processes of Change, Institute of Mass Communications, Research Laboratory of Diagnostic Psychopathology, Scientific and Technical Communications and Information Research Laboratory, Hellenistic and Romanized Ancient High Society Laboratory, Kinesiology and Cognition Laboratory, Language, Memory, and Cognitive Development Laboratory, and Institute of Memory, Identity, and Marginalization in the Modern Western World , Institute of International Migration, Territory and Identity, Institute of Social Norms, Cognition and Relations.
In addition to the dozens of research units listed above, there are also 2 research institutions that combine scientific research and services, namely:
(1) Aerodynamics and Center for Thermal Research (CEAT).
The center has a wind bank with a pressure of 200 bar for supersonic and hypersonic speeds, which has been used to develop a large number of aerodynamics and combustion research equipment, such as blowers, wind tunnels, aerospace acoustics workbenches, launch vehicle launch workbench, etc. The center gathers parts of several National Academy of Sciences laboratories, such as the Aerodynamics Research Laboratory, the Combustion and Explosion Laboratory, and the Solid Mechanics Laboratory, as well as the Faculty of Science, the école Supérieure des Engineers de Poitiers (ESIP), and the National Mechanical Institute. and teaching-research staff of the Aeronautical Technical School (ENSMA). Research areas include compressible and incompressible aerodynamics, aerospace acoustics, combustion and explosions, etc.
(2) Museum of Humanities and Social Sciences (MSHS). The museum houses 12 laboratories, centers or institutes in the humanities and social sciences. The research content can be summarized as: 3 fields (cognition, language and communication, socioeconomic changes and population migration, history, civilization and literature); organized by the National-Regional Joint Planning Project (CPER) in the 12th 7-year period from 2000 to 2006 ) funded 3 projects (language structure and dysfunction, art and technology: improvisation in dance, the Internet and its applications); and 5 priority research directions (new technologies and cultural heritage, immigration, globalization and alterity, Comparative study of identity in the process of change, analysis of complex cognitive processes and language, writing and representation). The services provided by the library include literature review, an information service network composed of several servers and 300 computer terminals, recorders, scanners, and printers, 5 multimedia small conference rooms and a conference hall that can accommodate 200 people, periodicals, Editing, printing and book publishing of papers, etc.
In the framework of the 12th National and Local Joint Planning (CPER) funding project for the period 2000-2006, the University of Poitiers launched a number of interdisciplinary scientific research projects, which relied on Poitiers The advantageous research directions of the University of Thiais and the Mechanical and Aeronautical Technology School adapt to the needs of French social development and economic construction, and also reflect the development level of modern science and technology in the world today. Their interdisciplinary nature effectively promotes the development of scientific researchers. Substantial collaboration across laboratories. These research projects are as follows:
(1) Transportation projects: energy-saving and environmentally friendly vehicles, aerospace transportation;
(2) Water treatment projects: new water treatment technologies, water resources utilization, water Utilization and methods;
(3) Biology and health projects: vasoactive peptides and membrane conduction, visceral transplantation;
(4) Image engineering and pattern recognition projects: digital images, virtual Environment and simulation;
(5) Humanities projects: The three projects funded by CPER have been introduced above when introducing the Humanities and Social Sciences Museum.
Over the past few years, the University of Poitiers has formulated and implemented an ambitious plan to promote and value scientific and technological achievements. To this end, it has established the University of Poitiers School-Enterprise Cooperation Center, which is located on the main campus. , dedicated to developing collaborations between universities and private or state-owned enterprises to build bridges between universities and the socio-economic world. The center provides the following services:
(1) Instruments and equipment for the technology platform of the University of Poitiers are provided for a fee, and this service can also be extended to technical high schools or vocational high schools;
( 2) Strengthen the connection between scientific researchers and scientific research institutions and enterprises, assist in negotiating and signing scientific research contracts, consultation, and storage of licenses and patent certificates;
(3) Design plans and projects for new products of enterprises Tracking;
(4) Host scientific research cooperation enterprises in the University Science and Technology Park, located not far from the main campus and the University Medical Center in Poitiers;
(5) Technical training ;
(6) Assist students to find internships or employment in companies;
(7) Jointly organize school-enterprise annual meetings with the Poitiers Residents Association and the Chatlereau Residents Association, To provide a communication platform for universities, students and enterprises.
The center has the following four branches:
(1) Office for the Promotion of Scientific Research Achievements (Cellule de valorisation de la recherche, CURE), University of Poitiers, National Institute of Mechanical and Aeronautics A joint institution of technical colleges and academies of sciences;
(2) Incubateur Régional Poitou-Charentes (IRPC), University of Poitiers, La Rochelle Universities, joint institutions of the National Higher School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Technology and the Academy of Sciences;
(3) Business and University Cooperation Office;
(4) Technical Training Office.
The following set of data partially reflects the annual scientific research results of the University of Poitiers:
160 doctoral theses passed the defense;
More than 1,000 formal Papers published in published international journals;
More than 1,000 officially published academic conference papers;
More than 20 sponsored academic conferences, including 15 international academic conferences;
30 doctoral theses jointly cultivated with foreign universities passed the defense.
In 2004, the University of Poitiers signed nearly 200 scientific research contracts with companies, European scientific research institutions and local administrative regions. There are 30 contracts funded by national ministries and national research institutions. 12 achievements have obtained priority patents.
Since 2000 (4 years), 28 enterprise innovation projects have been supported by the Poitou Charente Region, and 12 enterprises have been established as a result.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that paleontologists from the University of Poitiers discovered fossils of human ancestors in Chad (Tchad) in Central Africa that are 7 million years old, which is 100 years older than the fossils previously discovered. Thousands of years. Michel Brunet and Patrick Vignaud, professors at the University of Poitiers, pointed out in a research report published in Nature that Toumai, which looked similar to an ape, had characteristics of both chimpanzees and humans and lived about six to seven million years ago. Daniel Lieberman, a paleoanthropologist at Harvard University, said: "This is undoubtedly the greatest paleontological discovery in the past century." Ian Tattersall, a human evolution expert at the American Museum of Natural History, believes this is an extraordinary achievement.