Handover to the management of the Saint-Pierre University Institute of Technology, on the occasion of the start of the 2024 university year : Olivier Marc succeeds Richard Lorion, who has reached the end of his two non-renewable five-year terms and is preparing to run for president of the University of Reunion.
Olivier Marc is, himself, graduated from IUT, where he began his teaching career after earning a doctorate. Specialist in mechanical and energy subjects, he notably worked in Polynesia on an air conditioning project using deep sea water, technology which will soon be implemented at the Saint-Pierre University Hospital. He was also a researcher at the Piment university laboratory (physics and mathematical engineering for energy, the environment and the building), closely linked to the IUT. Last July 5, the IUT celebrated the success of its first 230 BUT graduates (university bachelor of technology), which succeeds the university technology diploma by extending the studies from two to three years, alternating
