UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie

Welcoming you in a fulfilling environment, preparing you for tomorrow’s challenges, helping you open up to new horizons, and setting down the foundations of your success… that is our ambition!

Choosing the University of Caen Normandy - UNICAEN means: benefiting from a rich and innovative quality education, being provided with services that suit your needs, being given access to sports, cultural and associative diversity.

UNICAEN is a major player of and a driving force for the development of higher education and research in Normandy. It welcomes more than 29,000 students on several campuses in the Caen conurbation and in the regions of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Alençon, Lisieux, Saint-Lô and Vire.

At UNICAEN, treat yourself to all of the Normandy region’s advantages such as the coastline, proximity to the United Kingdom, a fast and easy access to Paris and cultural & attractive sporting activities. The Region also has a strong cultural tradition that is illustrated both by major international events (celebrations of the Normandy Landing of the Second World War, international equestrian competitions, the Grande Armada,...) and by the diversity of its heritage (Mont Saint Michel - 8th wonder of the world, Château de Caen, the Memorial for Peace, impressionist painting,...).