Poitiers University Foundation is the sponsorship operator of the University of Poitiers. It was officially launched in 2009 by 25 founders, including companies, private individuals, local and regional authorities and professional organizations.
The Foundation’s goal, as defined by the University, is to strengthen links with the professional world for the benefit of students, graduates, teachers, and researchers.
Scopes of action
Thanks to the donations collected among its partners, Poitiers University Foundation helps a broad range of projects, within three scopes of action :
Research and innovation
Supporting the most inventive research
Promoting research and establishing partnerships with companies for an innovation policy beneficial to society
Encouraging start-up projects led by students or researchers
Contributing to strengthening university-business relationships and student employability
Territorial anchoring and international visibility
Developing partnerships within the university’s territory, in Angoulême, Niort, Châtellerault, and Poitiers
Strengthening international cooperation
Supporting student, doctoral, and staff mobility both locally and internationally
Improving the reception conditions for foreign students and teacher-researchers
Human values at the core of University
Promoting equal opportunities and accessibility: facilitating academic success for students with disabilities or in precarious situations, fighting against food insecurity and digital divide, and responding to exceptional situations.
Contributing to the development of an eco-campus: promoting and supporting eco-responsible initiatives, from campus development to initiatives taken by the university community
Supporting the engagement of students and staff in solidarity and citizenship projects
Partner Chairs
Partner chairs are large-scale projects, financed by one or more sponsors, aiming to develop a multi-year program of research, training, and dissemination of knowledge in a field of collective interest, previously defined in connection with the university’s scientific policy.
The Poitiers University Foundation supports and accompanies the development of chairs at the university, in many fields, ranging from Sport and Health, Biodiversity, Brain aging and dependency-care, and Health data processing.
They share the same innovative, multidisciplinary, and multiparty character.
Key figures
6+
million € of contribution
since 2009
60+
members
Companies, private individuals, local and regional authorities and professional organizations
