Nancy 2 University (
Université Nancy 2) was a French university located in
Nancy,
France. It was a member of the
Nancy-Université federation, a group of the three higher education institutions in Nancy. It merged with
Nancy-I,
Paul Verlaine University – Metz, and the
INPL forming the
University of Lorraine. The merger process started in 2009 with the creation of a "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" or PRES and was completed 1 January 2012.