Normandy University Group
cluster of several higher education insitutions in the region of Normandy in the form of a "Community of universities and higher education institutions", created in 2015
Normandy University (Normandie université) is the association of universities and higher education institutions (ComUE) for institutions of higher education and research in the French region of Normandy.
The university was created as a ComUE according to the 2013 Law on Higher Education and Research (France), effective 29 December 2014.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3343880. VIAF identifies the subject as 251145542542296640069. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013 and 2014.
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