University of Toulouse
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The Université de Toulouse is a consortium of French universities, grandes écoles
and other institutions of higher education and research, named after one of the earliest universities
established in Europe
in 1229, and including the successor universities to that earlier university. This article describes the institutions that have been called the "Université de Toulouse".
was imposed on Count Raymond VII
as a part of the Treaty of Paris
in 1229 ending the crusade against the Albigensians
. As he was suspected of sympathizing with the heretics, Raymond VII had to finance the teaching of theology
. Bishop Foulques de Toulouse
was among the founders of the University. Among its first lecturers were: Jean de Garlande
, Roland of Cremona
. Other faculties (law, medicine) were added later. Initially, the University was located in the center of the city, together with the ancestors of student residences, the colleges.
In 1969, the University of Toulouse split into three separate universities and numerous specialised institutions of higher education. The present-day Université de Toulouse (University of Toulouse) was founded on 27 March 2007. With more than 100,000 students, Midi-Pyrénées is the fith-largest university area in France.
representing a research potential of 4200 Scientists including 2400 Senior Scientists; 4200 PhD students and 800 Doctorate diplomas
awarded per year.
Sport
Grandes écoles
The grandes écoles of France are higher education establishments outside the main framework of the French university system. The grandes écoles select students for admission based chiefly on national ranking in competitive written and oral exams...
and other institutions of higher education and research, named after one of the earliest universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
established in Europe
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in 1229, and including the successor universities to that earlier university. This article describes the institutions that have been called the "Université de Toulouse".
History
The formation of the University of ToulouseToulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
was imposed on Count Raymond VII
Raymond VII of Toulouse
Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence from 1222 until his death. He was the son of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Joan of England...
as a part of the Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris (1229)
The Treaty of Paris was signed on April 12, 1229 between Raymond VII of Toulouse and Louis IX of France. Louis was still a minor and it was his mother Blanche of Castile who had been responsible for the treaty. The agreement officially ended the Albigensian Crusade in which Raymond conceded defeat...
in 1229 ending the crusade against the Albigensians
Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc...
. As he was suspected of sympathizing with the heretics, Raymond VII had to finance the teaching of theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
. Bishop Foulques de Toulouse
Folquet de Marselha
Folquet de Marselha, alternatively Folquet de Marseille, Foulques de Toulouse, Fulk of Toulouse came from a Genoese merchant family who lived in Marseille...
was among the founders of the University. Among its first lecturers were: Jean de Garlande
Johannes de Garlandia (philologist)
Johannes de Garlandia or John of Garland was a philologist and university teacher. His dates of birth and death are unknown, but he probably lived from about 1190 to about 1270...
, Roland of Cremona
Roland of Cremona
Roland of Cremona was a Dominican theologian and an early scholastic philosopher. He was the first Dominican regentat Paris, France...
. Other faculties (law, medicine) were added later. Initially, the University was located in the center of the city, together with the ancestors of student residences, the colleges.
In 1969, the University of Toulouse split into three separate universities and numerous specialised institutions of higher education. The present-day Université de Toulouse (University of Toulouse) was founded on 27 March 2007. With more than 100,000 students, Midi-Pyrénées is the fith-largest university area in France.
Members & Fields of study
It is a Research and Higher Education Cluster consisting of :- University of Toulouse I: Capitole - UT1 (Law, Economics, Management)
- University of Toulouse II: Le MirailUniversity of Toulouse II - Le MirailUniversité Toulouse II or University of Toulouse II is one of 3 universities in Toulouse, France....
- UT2 (Arts, Literature, Humanities and Languages) - University of Toulouse III: Paul SabatierPaul Sabatier UniversityPaul Sabatier University is a French university, in the Academy of Toulouse.Founded in 1229, the University of Toulouse is one of the oldest in Europe. Today’s Toulouse III was named for Paul Sabatier, winner of the 1912 Nobel prize in chemistry, when it was established on the foundations of the...
- UT3 (Science, Technologies and Health) - Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT (Engineering)
- École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse - INP-ENSAT (Agronomy)
- École Nationale Supérieure d’Électrotechnique, d’Électronique, d’Informatique, d’Hydraulique et des Télécommunications - INP-ENSEEIHT (Engineering)
- École Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques - INP-ENSIACET (Engineering)
- École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes - INP-ENIT (Engineering)
- École Nationale de Météorologie - INP-ENM (Meteorology)
- École d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - INP-EI Purpan (Engineering)
- École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse - ENVT (Veterinary Studies)
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse - INSA Toulouse (Applied Sciences)
- Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace - ISAEISAEThe Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace or ISAE is the name for the French aerospace engineering school in Toulouse part of University of Toulouse and Aerospace Valley, resulting from the so called "rapprochement" between SUPAERO and ENSICA...
(Aeronautics and Space) - Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche Jean-François Champollion - CUFR Champollion (Several fields of study on offer)
- École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux - EMAC (Engineering)
- École Nationale de l'Aviation CivileÉcole Nationale de l'Aviation CivileThe ' is a French and a national French civil aeronautics academy .It was founded in 1949 in Paris Orly and moved to Toulouse in 1968....
- ENACENACENAC may refer to: - a French civil aeronautics academy* Epithelial sodium channel * Italian Civil Aviation Authority...
(Civil Aviation) - École Nationale de Formation Agronomique - ENFA (Agronomy)
- École Nationale Supérieur d'Architecture de Toulouse - ENSA Toulouse (Architecture)
- Toulouse Business School (ESC Toulouse) (Business and Commerce)
- Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse - IEP/Sciences Po Toulouse (Political Studies)
- Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers de Toulouse - ICAM Toulouse (Engineering)
Doctoral schools
The Doctoral Schools are all members of the Research and Doctoral Department of the Université de Toulouse : 15 Doctoral Schoolsrepresenting a research potential of 4200 Scientists including 2400 Senior Scientists; 4200 PhD students and 800 Doctorate diplomas
awarded per year.
In the field of experimental sciences and science and technology
- Biology, Health & Biotechnologies
- Sciences for Ecology, Veterinary, Agronomy & Bioengineery
- Geosciences, Astrophysics & Space Sciences
- Mathematics, Informatics & Telecommunications Toulouse Doctoral School
- Electrical, Electronic Engineering & Telecommunications
- Systems
- Physics, Chemistry & Materials Sciences
- Mechanics, Energetics, Civil & Process Engineering
- Aeronautics & Astronautics
In the field of Human Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanities
- Behavior, Language, Education, Socialisation, Cognition
- Art, Literatures, Languages, Philosophy, Information & Communication
- Time, Spaces, Societies & Cultures
- Legal & Political Sciences
- Management Sciences
- Toulouse School of Economics
Present and past faculty include
- Jean TiroleJean TiroleJean Marcel Tirole is a French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. Tirole is director of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation at the Toulouse School of Economics, and scientific director of the Industrial...
, (born August 9, 1953), professor of economics - Paul SeabrightPaul SeabrightPaul Seabright is Professor of Economics in the Industrial Economics Institute and Toulouse School of Economics at the University of Toulouse, France.-Education:...
, professor of economics - Jean-Jacques LaffontJean-Jacques LaffontJean-Jacques Marcel Laffont was a French economist specializing in public economics and information economics. Educated at the University of Toulouse and the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique in Paris, he was awarded the Ph.D...
, (April 13, 1947 – May 1, 2004), economist - Raymond AronRaymond AronRaymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron was a French philosopher, sociologist, journalist and political scientist.He is best known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people -- in contrast, Aron argued that in...
, (14 March 1905, Paris – 17 October 1983)philosopher, sociologist and political scientist - Paul FauconnetPaul FauconnetPaul Fauconnet was a French sociologist who is best known as a contributor to the Annee Sociologique.Fauconnet aggregated in philosophy in 1892 and earned his doctorate in philosophy in 1895. He also earned a further doctorate in law in 1920, although his interest in the law was purely scholarly...
, (1874–1938) sociologist - Jean JaurèsJean JaurèsJean Léon Jaurès was a French Socialist leader. Initially an Opportunist Republican, he evolved into one of the first social democrats, becoming the leader, in 1902, of the French Socialist Party, which opposed Jules Guesde's revolutionary Socialist Party of France. Both parties merged in 1905 in...
, (3 September 1859 – 31 July 1914), politician - Maurice Hauriou, (1856–1929), jurist and dean of the law faculty from 1906 to 1926
- Pierre LaromiguièrePierre LaromiguièrePierre Laromiguière was a French philosopher.He was born at Livignac, and died in Paris. As professor of philosophy at the University of Toulouse, he was unsuccessful and incurred the displeasure of the French parliament by his thesis on the rights of property in connection with taxation...
, (3 November 1756 – 12 August 1837), philosopher - Adrianus TurnebusAdrianus TurnebusAdrianus Turnebus was a French classical scholar.-Life:Turnebus was born at Les Andelys in Normandy. At the age of twelve he was sent to Paris to study, and attracted great notice by his remarkable abilities...
, (1512 - 12 June 1565), classical scholar
Famous Alumni and former students
- Professor Ange Nzihou (graduated in 1994 from INPT) is a 2010 Presidential Green ChemistryGreen ChemistryGreen Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering any aspect of green chemistry. It is published monthly by the Royal Society of Chemistry and was established in 1999 by James Clark . Articles have to be conceptually accessible to a wide audience...
Academic Award Recipient - Patrice Hardel (Born on 8 March 1946, graduated in 1967 from École nationale de l'aviation civileÉcole Nationale de l'Aviation CivileThe ' is a French and a national French civil aeronautics academy .It was founded in 1949 in Paris Orly and moved to Toulouse in 1968....
) is the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport Managing Director - François HussenotFrançois HussenotFrançois Hussenot was a French engineer, credited with the invention of one of the early forms of the flight data recorder.He attended the Ecole Polytechnique from 1930 to 1932...
(March 22, 1912 – May 16, 1951, graduated in 1935 from ISAEISAEThe Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace or ISAE is the name for the French aerospace engineering school in Toulouse part of University of Toulouse and Aerospace Valley, resulting from the so called "rapprochement" between SUPAERO and ENSICA...
) aeronautical engineer credited with the invention of one of the early forms of the flight data recorder - Jean Botti (born on 14 April 1957, graduated in 1986 from INSA ToulouseINSA ToulouseThe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse or INSA Toulouse is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs, an engineering university, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the INSA's network...
) is Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of EADSEADSThe European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. is a global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and a leading defence and military contractor worldwide...
since 2006. - Thomas PesquetThomas PesquetThomas Pesquet is French engineer and pilot who has been chosen to train as a European Space Agency astronaut....
(born in 1978, graduaded in 2001 from ISAEISAEThe Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace or ISAE is the name for the French aerospace engineering school in Toulouse part of University of Toulouse and Aerospace Valley, resulting from the so called "rapprochement" between SUPAERO and ENSICA...
) is French engineer and pilot who has been chosen to train as a European Space Agency astronaut - Marcel DassaultMarcel DassaultMarcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft industrialist.-Biography:Dassault was born in Paris. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, Breguet School and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Société des...
(22 January 1892 - 17 April 1986, graduaded in 1913 from ISAEISAEThe Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace or ISAE is the name for the French aerospace engineering school in Toulouse part of University of Toulouse and Aerospace Valley, resulting from the so called "rapprochement" between SUPAERO and ENSICA...
) was a French aircraft industrialist. He founded the company Dassault AviationDassault AviationDassault Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional and business jets, a subsidiary of Dassault Group.It was founded in 1930 by Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marcel Bloch changed his name to Marcel Dassault, and the name of the...
. - Selman RizaSelman RizaSelman Riza was an Albanian linguist and Albanologist. Riza was one of the founding members of the Albanological Institute of Kosovo in 1953.- Early life :...
, linguist and politician.
Sport
- Jean BouilhouJean BouilhouJean Bouilhou born 7 December 1978 is a rugby union player for Toulouse in the Top 14 competition. He plays as a flanker.-External links:*...
, (born 7 December 1978, graduated in 2002 from INSA ToulouseINSA ToulouseThe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse or INSA Toulouse is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs, an engineering university, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the INSA's network...
) is rugby player, played with the French national team. - Thomas CastaignèdeThomas CastaignèdeThomas Castaignède is a former French rugby union footballer from Mont-de-Marsan, Gascogne.Born in Mont-de-Marsan, Aquitaine, Castaignède played as a junior and senior for Stade Montois in various positions, initially as fly-half or centre, and latterly as fullback...
, (born 21 January 1975, graduated from INSA ToulouseINSA ToulouseThe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse or INSA Toulouse is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs, an engineering university, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the INSA's network...
) rugby player, played with the French national team. - Romain MesnilRomain MesnilRomain Mesnil is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres...
(born on 13 July 1977, graduated in 2001 from INSA ToulouseINSA ToulouseThe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse or INSA Toulouse is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs, an engineering university, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the INSA's network...
) is a French Pole vaulter. - David SkrelaDavid SkrelaDavid Skrela is a French rugby union footballer. He plays for the French national side and for ASM Clermont Auvergne as a fly-half or centre. He is renowned for his tackles and his kick....
, (born 2 March 1979, graduated in 2003 from INSA ToulouseINSA ToulouseThe Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse or INSA Toulouse is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs, an engineering university, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the INSA's network...
) rugby player, played with the French national team.
See also
External links
- Université de Toulouse
- Université de Toulouse I: Capitole
- Université de Toulouse II: Le Mirail
- Université de Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier
- National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT
- École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse - INP-ENSAT
- École Nationale Supérieure d’Électrotechnique, d’Électronique, d’Informatique, d’Hydraulique et des Télécommunications - INP-ENSEEIHT
- École Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques - INP-ENSIACET
- École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes - ENIT
- École Nationale de Météorologie - INP-ENM
- École d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - EI Purpan
- École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse - ENVT
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse - INSA Toulouse
- Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace - ISAE
- Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche Jean-François Champollion - CUFR Champollion
- École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux - EMAC
- École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile - ENAC
- École Nationale de Formation Agronomique - ENFA
- École Nationale Supérieur d'Architecture de Toulouse - ENSA Toulouse
- Toulouse Business School
- Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse - IEP/Sciences Po Toulouse
- Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers de Toulouse - ICAM Toulouse