University Côte d'Azur, a French Scientific, Cultural and Professional Public Establishment, has been created on January 1st, 2020 replacing both the University Nice Sophia Antipolis created in 1965 and the Communauté d'Universités et d'Etablissements University Côte d'Azur created in 2015. University Côte d'Azur now includes 17 major academic establishments around the historic university core to create one of France's top 10 research-intensive universities. University Côte d’Azur’s ambition is to develop a university of excellence in the fields of research, education and innovation that is a driving force in its region. University Côte d'Azur won the prestigious Initiative d'Excellence (Idex) label in 2016. This distinction, awarded by an international jury, positions the university among the 10 best French research-intensive universities, provides it with additional resources to further accelerate its development, and marks the recognition of a university capable of standing tall in the face of global competition. Its UCAJEDI project proposes a strategy targeting the three major challenges of this century, resilience & sustainability of local authorities, economic & social transformation through Digital, well-being & ageing, through tools and programs promoting the development of research, training and innovation.

University Côte d'Azur laboratory involved in this proposal is the Laboratory of Electronic, Antenna and Telecommunication (LEAT), a Joint Research Unit (University Côte d'Azur – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR n°7248)). It is located on the SophiaTech campus, which is a training and research center dedicated to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) bringing together academic players (Université Côte d'Azur, INRIA, EURECOM, CNRS, Polytech' Nice-Sophia, Mines Paris Tech, etc.), competitiveness clusters, numerous associations and technological platforms (Design of CIM PACA, Telecoms). Research activities are carried out in the field of telecommunications, radar, e-health, security, intelligent buildings, earth observation, sustainable development, etc. They are organized into three areas: MCSOC (Modeling and Design of Communicating Objects Systems), CMA (Antenna Design and Modeling) and ISA (Microwave Imaging and Antenna Systems).

Point of contact
Administrative/Legal contact : drvi.contrats-valorisation@univ-cotedazur.fr / jeremy.borie@univ-cotedazur.fr
Technical/Scientific contact : Fabien.FERRERO@univ-cotedazur.fr