Strasbourgruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
European & international institutions
European Parliament, Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights, European Ombudsman, EDQM, Eurocorps
Strasbourg is one of the European Union's three official seats and hosts the Council of Europe and the human rights court, which supports a large multilingual professional community with its own legal status and its own labour market.
Pharmaceuticals & life sciences
Lilly France, Octapharma, Transgene, Alcon, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
A substantial pharmaceutical manufacturing and biotech base along the Rhine corridor, tightly linked to the German and Swiss industry a short distance upstream.
Cross-border industry & logistics
Port autonome de Strasbourg, Punch Powerglide, Hager, Kronenbourg, Liebherr
The second largest river port in France sits on the Rhine, and a great deal of the local industrial economy is organised around the German market rather than the French one.
Higher education & research
Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Inserm, INSA Strasbourg, ENA legacy campus
One of France's leading research universities with an unusually strong record in chemistry and life sciences, and a student body drawn from both sides of the Rhine.
Media & culture
Arte, France 3 Alsace, Éditions Bayard legacy sites, Opéra national du Rhin
The Franco-German public broadcaster Arte is headquartered here, which is both a significant employer and a fair summary of the city's professional character.
Health & hospital
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, IHU Strasbourg, IRCAD, Clinique Rhéna
The IRCAD surgical training institute is a world reference for minimally invasive surgery and draws surgeons from everywhere, giving the city a medical technology cluster out of proportion to its size.
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