The academic departments of the University carry out research work, in collaboration with university institutions and partner research centers of the University, on a national or international scale.
They also animate an important activity of innovation, aiming at developing new methods, new practices, new services or new products, in close relation with the application firms of the University, of which it is a vocations.
These works and activities are the subject of publications and are presented each year at the annual research and innovation forum, organized by the University.