Université de Rouen Normandie

Key Highlights

• Public French EPSCP and multidisciplinary university with health disciplines
• Founded in 1966 and operating in its sixtieth-anniversary year in 2026
• 30,860 students, 12 teaching components and six campuses in the university’s current figures
• Current institutional figures report 38 research units and eight doctoral schools

Student Life & Environment

Student life is distributed across six campuses, so facilities and the surrounding environment depend on the student’s program location. The university and CROUS provide campus or nearby food services, while university pages direct students to sports, cultural activities, health and disability support. The SUAPS sports service includes recreational and competitive activity and works with the university’s disability service to support accessible participation. Housing is not presented as automatically guaranteed by the university. CROUS Normandie manages 26 residences across five local sites, with 4,695 beds in Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and Évreux. Applications for CROUS housing use the national Dossier Social Étudiant process, generally between March and May. The university also provides access to a partner rental platform and points students toward private residences, shared rentals and other alternatives. Students should compare housing with the exact teaching site rather than searching only in central Rouen. Campus dining includes CROUS restaurants, cafeterias and brasseries. Student-life initiatives are partly supported through the national CVEC contribution, which funds social, health, cultural, sporting and preventive-health activity. The university’s international support service, Espace Monde, assists incoming students with application guidance, administrative procedures and settling into university life.

Location & Surroundings

The university is associated with Rouen but is geographically dispersed. Its principal administrative address and major teaching activity are in Mont-Saint-Aignan, immediately north of Rouen, while other campuses are located in Rouen, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Évreux and Elbeuf; the university also has a Le Havre teaching presence. Applicants should therefore treat “Rouen” as the metropolitan reference point rather than proof that every course meets in the city center. Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray campuses connect with central Rouen through the Réseau Astuce public-transport network. Elbeuf is reachable from Rouen by bus, while Évreux and the Le Havre location have access to their respective road, bus and rail networks. These differences matter for commuting time, accommodation searches and access to services. The campus pattern also creates distinct academic settings. The health campus in Rouen links the university with Rouen University Hospital and the Centre Henri Becquerel, while other sites concentrate different faculties and institutes. Prospective students should locate the precise campus in the course catalogue before budgeting for transport or signing a lease.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For 2026–2027, the university’s official fee schedule lists base principal-registration charges of €142.50 for licence or BUT, €219.50 for master, €594.50 for engineering and €362.50 for doctorate or HDR. It also lists a €35.50 university-library charge for non-exempt principal registrations, producing published totals of €178 for licence or BUT, €255 for master, €630 for engineering and €398 for doctorate or HDR. These are registration charges, not a complete cost of attendance; housing, food, transport, insurance and personal expenses are additional. Students in initial education may also need a CVEC clearance certificate before registration. The university page available during research still displayed the 2025–2026 CVEC amount, so no 2026–2027 amount is stated here. Scholarship recipients and other eligible students may receive exemptions under French rules. From 2026–2027, differentiated fees affect some newly enrolling non-EU students, with transitional and individual exemptions depending on admission date, prior enrolment and personal circumstances. International applicants should obtain a written assessment for their own case rather than assume the standard totals apply. For career preparation, university advisers provide appointments covering study planning, professional projects, CVs, applications, interviews and gap-year plans. The university reports that approximately 8,000 students undertake a placement each year. Its observatory surveys licence, professional-licence, master and doctoral graduates, enabling applicants to consult program-relevant outcomes without relying on unsupported institution-wide salary claims.