The University of Savoie Mont Blanc has 18 research laboratories that apply their expertise across four major disciplinary fields: “Environmental Sciences and Engineering,” “Mathematics and Physics,” “Intelligent Systems and Advanced Technologies,” and “Organizations and Territories, Representations and Cognition.”
Seven research federations or institutes organize scientific collaborations, which are either disciplinary—in partnership with laboratories outside USMB—or interdisciplinary.
Laboratories and federations benefit from state-of-the-art technology platforms, whose equipment can be made available to academic and socio-economic partners.
The 18 research units at USMB
Environmental Science and Engineering
- EDYTEM – EMountain Environments, Dynamics, and Territories
Presentation pdf | English-pdf - CARRTEL – Alpine Research Center on Trophic Networks and Limnic Ecosystems
- LECA – Alpine Ecology Laboratory
- ISTERRE – Institute of Earth Sciences
- LOCIE – Laboratory for Building Energy Processes
PDF presentation | English PDF
Mathematics and Physics
Smart systems and advanced technologies
- CROMA – Center for Radio Frequencies, Optics, and Micro-Nanoelectronics in the Alps
- LEPMI – Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Physical Chemistry of Materials and Interfaces
- LISTIC – Laboratory of Computer Science, Systems, Information Processing, and Knowledge
Presentation (PDF) | English (PDF) - SYMME – Laboratory of Systems and Materials for Mechatronics
Organizations and Territories, Representations and Cognition
- IREGE – Institute for Research in Management and Economics
PDF presentation | English PDF - Antoine Favre Law Research Center
- LIP-PC2S – Interuniversity Laboratory of Psychology – Personality, Cognition, Social Change
Presentation (PDF ) | English (PDF) - LLSETI – Languages, Literatures, Societies, Cross-Border and International Studies
Presentation (PDF ) | English (PDF) - LIBM – Interuniversity Laboratory of Motor Biology
Presentation (PDF ) | English (PDF) - LPNC – Laboratory of Psychology and Neurocognition
Presentation (PDF ) | English (PDF)
Federations and institutes
Savoie Mont Blanc University participates in several research consortia that bring together researchers from different institutions who share a common interest in a specific research topic. These consortia contribute to scientific exchange and research collaboration.
- FRESBE Federation: Research on Building Energy Efficiency
- FRMRAA Federation: Mathematics Research in Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne
- CPTGA Federation: Grenoble-Alpes Center for Theoretical Physics
- SFRI Federation: Health, Prevention, Quality of Life
- Institute of Mathematics for Planet Earth
- OSUG Institute: Grenoble Observatory of Universe Sciences
- ENIGMASS+: The Enigma of Mass
Technology platforms
The USMB provides its researchers, academic and private laboratories, and industrial partners a wide range of research equipment, organized around technology platforms. Each platform offers equipment, expertise, tools, and services focused on a common theme. This allows for the pooling of resources and expertise to advance research.
- Platform for Research, Experimentation, and Expertise in Psychology
- MUST Platform
- Publishing Division
- Investigation Unit
- PLATERA Platform
- IRISK Platform
- Laboratory Analysis Technical Center (PTLA)