Louis Pasteur University (French: Université Louis-Pasteur, abbr. ULP), also known as Strasbourg I, was a large university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. As of 15 January 2007, there were 18,847 students enrolled at the university, including around 3,000 foreign students. Research and teaching at ULP concentrated on the natural sciences, technology and medicine. On 1 January 2009, Louis Pasteur University became part of the refounded University of Strasbourg and lost its status as an independent university.
The university was a member of the LERU (League of European Research Universities). It was named after the famous 19th-century French scientist Louis Pasteur. Nineteen Nobel laureates and two laureates of the Fields Medal have studied, taught or conducted research at Louis Pasteur University, underlining the excellent reputation of the university.
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Notable staff and students
Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), professor of chemistry
Adolf von Baeyer (1835–1917), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922), medical student, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1907
Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), lecturer in physics, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901
Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), professor of physics, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909
Hermann Emil Fischer (1851–1919), graduate student in chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1902
Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927), physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1910
Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915), medical student, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908
Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943), postdoctoral fellow, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902
Otto Loewi (1873–1961), medical student, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Nobel Peace Prize in 1952
Max von Laue (1879–1960), undergraduate student in mathematics and physics, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914
Hermann Staudinger (1881–1965), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1953
Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884–1951), medical student, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1922
Alfred Kastler (1902–1984), graduate student in physics, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966
Louis Néel (1904–2000), graduate student in physics, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1970
Laurent Schwartz (1915–2002), graduate student in mathematics, Fields Medal in 1950
René Thom (1923–2002), professor of mathematics, Fields Medal in 1958
Martin Karplus (1930–2024), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013
Pierre Chambon (1931–), professor of biology, Lasker Award in 2004, Canada Gairdner International Award in 2010
Jean-Marie Lehn (1939–), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987
Yves Meyer (1939–), graduate student in mathematics, Abel Prize in 2017
Jon Mosar, professor of Tectonics and Geodynamics at University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Jules Hoffmann (1941–), professor of biology, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011
Marie-Denise Fabien Jean-Louis (1944–), medical student, Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1991
Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944–), professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016
Yvonne Libona Bonzi Coulibaly (1960–), graduate student in chemistry, African Union Kwame Nkrumah Prize in 2013
Pascal Mayer (1963–), undergraduate and graduate student in biophysics, Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2022, Canada Gairdner International Award in 2024
Mounir Majidi (1965–), Moroccan businessman
Philippe Horvath (1970–), undergraduate and graduate student in biology, Canada Gairdner International Award in 2016
Points of interest
Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg
Musée zoologique de l'ULP et de la ville de Strasbourg