Marseille is a centre of excellence for life sciences, ranked second nationwide.

To the south of Marseille, the Luminy scientific and technological Park, a leading centre for fundamental and applied research and education, offers a wide range of impressive disciplines: biology, immunology, genomics, development biology, retrovirology, biotechnologies, physics, mathematics and IT, chemistry, marine environment, sports science, etc.

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The Timone teaching hospital site, based on the hospital sector, groups together courses on medicine, pharmacy, odontology and high-level research on areas such as cancer, communicable diseases and virology, neuroscience, nutrition and cardiology.