Euro-Mediterranean University of Morocco

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The Euro-Mediterranean University in Fez is a university in Fez, Morocco. [1] The creation of the university was approved by the Union for the Mediterranean in 2012. [2] [3] It opened in 2014. [4]

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The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Euro-Méditerranée (INSA Euro-Méditerranée) is a French engineering school partnership with UEMF in Morocco. INSA Euro-Méditerranée is a member of the Institut national des sciences appliquées (Groupe INSA), one of the largest science and engineer training networks in France. [5]

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References

  1. Mekouar, Hamza (22 September 2014). "Tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur l'Université euro-méditerranéenne de Fès". Médias 24 (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. "UfM approves a project to create a Euro-Mediterranean University in Morocco". Union for the Mediterranean. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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  4. "Fès: L'université Euro-méditerranéenne ouvre ses portes". L'Économiste (in French). 16 December 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. "INSA Euro-Méditerranée". INSA Euro-Méditerranée. Retrieved 11 February 2022.