Nancy-Université was a French federal university which federated the three principal institutes of higher education in Nancy, Lorraine before their merger into the University of Lorraine: Henri Poincaré University (UHP, also known as Nancy 1): natural sciences, wrapping several faculties and engineering schools; École Supérieure des Sciences et Technologies de l'Ingénieur de Nancy: general engineering Telecom Nancy: Computer science and engineering Nancy 2 University: social sciences Institut national polytechnique de Lorraine (Lorraine INP): It federates 11 engineering schools.With over 50,000 students, Nancy had the fifth largest student population in France. Source: Wikipedia (en)