The University of Pau and the Adour Region (L’Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour or UPPA) is a French multi-site, public university. Founded in 1972, it is based in Pau (département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques) but also in Anglet, Bayonne, Tarbes and Mont-de-Marsan in the Adour river basin. Coming administratively under the Academy of Bordeaux, it is the third largest university in southwestern France (after Bordeaux and Toulouse), with some 12,000 students.

The University’s logo is a stylised representation of the Pyrénées or the Pic du Midi d’Ossau, the blue triangle being the Atlantic ocean. The colors used (yellow, green blue) are those of the university’s graphic charter.