Rennes University 2
| Université de Rennes 2 Haute Bretagne University of Rennes 2 |
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| founding | 1969 |
| Sponsorship | state |
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Rennes France
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| president | Olivier David |
| Students | 20,700 |
| Employee | 1350 |
| including professors | 753 |
| Annual budget | € 106 million (2013) |
| Website | www.univ-rennes2.fr |
The University of Rennes 2 ( French : Université de Haute Bretagne Rennes 2 ) is one of two state universities in the French city of Rennes in the Ille-et-Vilaine department . Around 20,700 students study at it. Olivier David has been president of the university since 2015.
history
The history of the University of Rennes 2 goes back to 1461, when Francis II , Duke of Brittany founded a university in Nantes . Later, parts of this university moved to Rennes. Due to the higher education reform in 1968, this university was divided into the universities of Rennes 1 and Rennes 2. For a long time there have been plans to merge these two universities again.
Facilities
The university is oriented towards the humanities and is divided into five teaching and research units (French: Unités de Recherche et de Formation - UFR for short), sometimes with several sub-departments:
- Sports
- Art, literature, communication
- languages
- Human sciences
- Social sciences.
The university also has a distance learning center.
Important lecturers and visiting professors
- Jean Alaux (classical philologist)
- Jean Brihault , President of the European Handball Federation 2012–2016
- Jacques Bompaire
- Jean Delumeau
- Milan Kundera
- Robert Merle
- Mário Soares during his exile 1971–1973
Alumni
- Christophe Honoré , film director
Web links
- Official website (French)