UFR of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences

Inauguration of hydropolis

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After more than a year's work at a cost of over €10 million, financed by the Occitanie Region, the UM, CNRS and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), the new Hydropolis building on the Pharmacy campus was inaugurated on Thursday March 30, in the presence of Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier, Claire Gatecel, President of the Higher Education and Research Commission of the Occitanie Region, Jean-Christohe Avarre, Deputy Director of the IRD's ECOBIO department, Patrick Lachassagne, Director of the Hydrosciences Montpellier unit and Eric Servat, President of the UNESCO International Water Centre in Montpellier.

Hydropolis is the culmination of a major water-related project. The building brings together several research teams and structures working on new water-related challenges. It houses the UNESCO ICIREWARD international center, the Observatoire de REcherche Montpellierrain de l'Environnement(OREME), the HydroSciencesMontpellier(HSM) research unit and the Aqua-Valley cluster.

The aim is to advance scientific knowledge about water, promote cooperation between industry and research teams, and develop and increase the international recognition of its researchers, positioning Montpellier as one of the world's water capitals.