Research

Université de La Réunion has developed high quality research structured around 3 research federations :

• Biosafety in tropical environments (BioST)
• Observation of natural environments and global change (OMNCG)
• Observatory of Indian Ocean Societies (OSOI)

All of these research activities are carried out in partnership with leading French institutions, in particular through joint research units.

• The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
• The Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD)
• The National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
• The Institute of Research for Development (IRD)
• The French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)
• The Paris Institute of Earth Physics (IPGP)
• Météo France

With its partners Université de La Réunion offers state-of-the-art research platforms, with a plant protection division, a cyclotron, a satellite-assisted environmental monitoring station and an atmospheric observation station.