Université de La Réunion

About Université de La Réunion

Université de La Réunion is the principal public university serving Réunion. The French Ministry of Higher Education classifies it as a public, multidisciplinary university and an établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel. The institution became a full university in 1982 and marked its fortieth anniversary in 2022. Current university activity and published 2026–2027 registration information confirm that it remains operational. The university is distributed across northern and southern Réunion rather than concentrated on one campus. Its main administrative base is at Moufia in Saint-Denis. Other teaching locations include Le Tampon, Terre-Sainte in Saint-Pierre, Bellepierre, and central Saint-Denis. This arrangement gives students access to programs in different parts of the island, but it also makes the precise teaching location an important consideration when selecting a course and housing. The academic organization includes five faculties, institutes devoted to areas such as technology and teacher education, the IAE university management school, and the ESIROI engineering school. The university’s official key-figures page reports more than 200 programs and 22 research laboratories, although some figures on that page relate to 2021–2022 and should not be treated as current enrollment data. Its institutional role combines broad local access to higher education with research focused partly on the distinctive environmental, health, and social questions of the Indian Ocean region.

Admission procedures depend on the applicant’s qualification, nationality, prior study, and intended level. For 2026–2027, entry to the first year of a licence, BUT, preparatory engineering cycle, PASS/LAS, and certain related first-year programs uses the national Parcoursup platform. The university states that the main Parcoursup application period ran from 19 January to 12 March 2026. Its complementary phase opened on 11 June and may continue until 10 September 2026 for programs with vacancies. These dates apply to the 2026–2027 cycle and should not be reused for later entry years. First-year master applications for 2026–2027 used Mon Master from 17 February through 16 March 2026. Holding a licence from Université de La Réunion does not create an automatic right of entry to a master program. Other routes—including later-year entry, transfers, engineering, doctoral study, continuing education, and validation of prior learning—have distinct procedures. International applicants from outside the European Union or European Economic Area must follow the university’s international procedure appropriate to their residence country and qualification. Depending on the case, this may involve Études en France, Parcoursup, Mon Master, or another application channel. Admission is separate from administrative enrollment: admitted students must complete online enrollment, pay or obtain exemption from applicable charges, submit supporting documents, and obtain their student card. Applicants should rely on the procedure for their exact profile rather than assuming that one national platform covers every case.

The university offers French national qualifications across the licence, master, and doctoral cycles, as well as BUT, engineering, health, teacher-training, university-diploma, and continuing-education options. Prospective students should use the current online catalog to check the exact credential, campus, prerequisites, and teaching language because not every subject or award is available at every site. Its five faculties cover law and economics; letters and humanities; health; human and environmental sciences; and science and technology. The wider academic structure includes the Institut Universitaire de Technologie, the Institut National Supérieur du Professorat et de l’Éducation, IAE Réunion for management, and ESIROI for engineering. This creates routes ranging from broad disciplinary study to professionally oriented and regulated programs. The university groups its educational identity around two broad fields: cultures, territories, and plural societies of the Indian Ocean; and science, technology, and health in a tropical environment. These themes reflect the island’s regional position without limiting students to region-specific subjects. Research infrastructure includes 22 laboratories and two doctoral schools, one in human and social sciences and the other in science, technology, and health. Licence students also encounter opening units designed to broaden their studies; official 2026–2027 information shows that art and culture units may carry two ECTS within licence curricula. Program-specific rules remain decisive, particularly for health, engineering, and selective master pathways.

Key Highlights

• Public French university and EPSCP recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education
• Full-university status dates from 1982
• Main administrative campus at Moufia in Saint-Denis, with additional sites across Réunion
• Five faculties plus institutes and university schools

Student Life & Environment

Student services extend across the university’s dispersed campuses. The official student-life portal brings together sport, arts and culture, libraries, disability support, health and preventive medicine, digital services, housing and dining information, and student associations. The university’s health service provides confidential reception, care, emergency response, prevention, and health-promotion support. University libraries operate at several sites, while accessibility services can help eligible students obtain adapted documents and use accessible collections. Maisons des Étudiants provide student-managed places for meeting, independent work, information, and cultural or sporting activity at Moufia, Le Tampon, Terre-Sainte, Bellepierre, and the IAE site. The sports service organizes activities for students at different experience levels, and art and culture courses and workshops supplement extracurricular events. Students should check the current timetable and site for each activity because provision is distributed across the island. CROUS Réunion-Mayotte manages university residences and catering rather than the university itself. International students may request places at residences associated with Moufia, Terre-Sainte, or Le Tampon, but an application does not guarantee accommodation. Private housing may therefore be necessary. The available official international guide is dated 2024–2025, so its quoted dining prices should not be assumed to apply in 2026–2027.

Location & Surroundings

The database record correctly associates the university with Saint-Denis, where the Moufia campus houses the central administration and the faculties of law and economics, letters and humanities, and science and technology. Moufia also has a gymnasium, theater, student-life space, and dining facilities. Other parts of the university are located elsewhere, so Saint-Denis should not be understood as the location of every program. The Le Tampon campus in southern Réunion hosts human and environmental studies and associated services, while Terre-Sainte in Saint-Pierre accommodates health, IUT, and engineering activities. The university also identifies Bellepierre and the IAE site in central Saint-Denis among its locations. Applicants should confirm their program’s teaching site before choosing housing or planning a commute. Réunion is a French island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. Its distance from mainland France affects travel planning, while the multicampus arrangement can make daily transport an important practical issue. The university’s own 2026–2030 project notes structural challenges related to mobility, housing, infrastructure, and services across its separated sites, so students should assess transit and accommodation options early.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For 2026–2027, the university lists national registration fees of €178 for licence study and €255 for master study. It also states that the Contribution de vie étudiante et de campus is €105 for students who are liable for it. Scholarship recipients may still need a CVEC certificate even when exempt from payment. Fees for other credentials, special programs, and continuing education can differ and should be checked with the relevant program. Non-EU international students may be subject to differentiated registration fees. The university describes automatic exemptions for specified legal and reciprocal-agreement categories and a partial-exemption application that can reduce differentiated fees to the national rate, subject to eligibility and a statutory institutional limit. Applicants should not budget on receiving a discretionary exemption before formal confirmation. Housing, meals, transport, insurance, and travel to Réunion are additional costs. No current official university-wide housing price was verified for 2026–2027. Career preparation is supported by the university’s orientation, professional integration, and entrepreneurship service. Its work includes guidance and connections with employers; in April 2026 it organized a university-wide job-dating event offering short meetings with recruiters for student jobs, placements, and early work experience. Students should assess outcomes at program level, since the available sources do not provide a current, independently verified salary or placement figure for every degree. Regulated professions and doctoral careers also follow distinct pathways.