Université de Haute-Alsace

Key Highlights

• Public French university operating continuously for the 2026–2027 academic year
• Founded as a full university in 1975 and renamed Université de Haute-Alsace in 1977
• Five campuses across Mulhouse and Colmar
• Member of the five-university Eucor cross-border alliance

Student Life & Environment

Student support is spread across the Mulhouse and Colmar campuses. UHA identifies services for sport, culture, health, social assistance, disability support and student associations. Its Student Life Office provides campus information and works with associations, while orientation and career staff advise on further study, reorientation, placements, job preparation and entrepreneurship. Students should check where a service is physically based, since some functions are centered at the Maison de l’Étudiant on the Illberg campus and may offer more limited presence in Colmar. The local branch of the Strasbourg CROUS, known as CLOUS Mulhouse, provides practical support with grants, social services, food, housing and student activities. University restaurants operate on the Illberg, Collines and Grillenbreit campuses. UHA’s current page states that the Illberg restaurant remains open while building work continues through 2027. Published social meal prices are €1 for scholarship recipients and €3.30 for other students. Furnished CROUS accommodation near the campuses includes rooms and studios, with applications made through the national student-housing platform from May. Supply is not guaranteed, and UHA’s 2026 student-services guide places its four university residences in Mulhouse rather than Colmar. Students assigned to Colmar should therefore examine local residences and private housing early. The Pass Campus card provides access to services including libraries, sport and culture and is used with IZLY for university dining.

Location & Surroundings

UHA’s five campuses are divided between Mulhouse and Colmar in Alsace, within France’s Grand Est region. Mulhouse hosts Illberg, Fonderie and Collines; Colmar hosts Grillenbreit and Biopôle. A student’s actual experience will therefore depend heavily on the location of the chosen course. Applicants should verify the campus before committing to housing or estimating travel costs. The region sits close to both Germany and Switzerland. UHA presents Basel and Freiburg as nearby reference points and uses this trinational setting in its academic partnerships, mobility programs and some language or internationally oriented curricula. Through Eucor, eligible students can pursue short mobility or courses at partner universities across the Upper Rhine, subject to program rules. Mulhouse is the university’s administrative base and contains the Maison de l’Étudiant and the university residences identified in the 2026 services guide. Colmar has two teaching campuses and its own learning, dining and student-support provision, but accommodation arrangements differ. Prospective students should compare transport links, placement locations and cross-border travel requirements for their particular program rather than treating Mulhouse and Colmar as interchangeable.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For 2026–2027, UHA lists national annual registration charges of €178 for B.U.T., Licence and professional Licence study, €255 for Master study, €398 for Doctorat or habilitation, and €630 for an engineering diploma. Optional ancillary charges can vary by qualification and academic unit. Students receiving French need-based scholarships are exempt from the national registration charge. These amounts concern registration rather than a complete budget, and students may also need to account for the applicable national student-life contribution, housing, food, transport, insurance and course-related expenses. For non-EU students subject to differentiated fees, UHA publishes €2,902 for B.U.T., Licence and professional Licence study and €3,950 for Master study in 2026–2027. The university states that a May 2026 decree changed exemption arrangements. Doctoral students and certain other groups are not subject to those differentiated rates, while students admitted before 21 May 2026 received a transitional partial exemption for the September 2026 intake. International candidates should obtain an individual fee determination rather than assume either the national or differentiated rate. CROUS housing offers furnished rooms and studios near the campuses, but UHA does not publish one dependable total cost of attendance. Career support is available through its orientation, professional-integration and placement service, which provides guidance on placements, employment preparation, further study and entrepreneurship. Many program descriptions include placements or work-study formats, but career outcomes and employer links should be evaluated course by course; the reviewed official sources do not provide a current institution-wide salary or placement-rate figure.