University of Toulouse
| Université de Toulouse University of Toulouse |
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|---|---|
| founding | 1229 (until 1793), re-establishment in 1896 (until 1969) reorganization 2007 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
Toulouse France
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| president | Philippe Raimbault |
| Students | 94,000 (2009) |
| Employee | 7,100 (2009) |
| Website | www.univ-toulouse.fr |
The University of Toulouse ( French : Université de Toulouse ) was a university in the French city of Toulouse that existed from 1229 to 1793 and then from 1869 to 1969. It was one of the oldest universities in Europe and the third oldest in the country after the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Montpellier .
Since 2007 Toulouse University has been the name of a consortium of universities, grandes écoles and other educational institutions.
history
The Academy was founded by Raymond VII of Toulouse on the basis of the Paris Treaty of April 12, 1229. The foundation was given to him by Louis IX. imposed by France as a result of the defeat in the Albigensian Crusade . The abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Grandselve was charged with recruiting the college of professors; Blessed Hélinand de Froidmont gave the sermon during the opening service . The university originally comprised four faculties: the theological faculty , the faculty of canon law , the civil law faculty, and the faculty of arts. In 1257 the medical faculty was founded.
In the course of the French Revolution , the university was closed in 1793. At the end of the Second Empire , which was marked by a generally bad situation for French universities outside the capital, there were four faculties in Toulouse: law, humanities, natural sciences and Catholic theology. But as it was under the Ancien Régime, the law faculty was the most important: it houses three quarters of the students and has the most renowned professors.
The situation of the university did not improve until around 1880 under the influence of men like Louis Liard and Ernest Lavisse, who granted universities a greater degree of autonomy. The policy of centralization continued to hamper the development of the university until around 1960.
On November 12, 1968, the law on the orientation of the higher education system came into force, which created the type of "public institutions of a cultural and scientific nature" (établissements publics à caractère scientifique et culturel - EPCSC). The old faculties disappeared and were replaced by "teaching and research units" (Unités d'enseignement et de recherche - UER), which were reorganized in universities. In this way, three new universities emerged in Toulouse: University of Toulouse I , University of Toulouse II , University of Toulouse III and the Institut national polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT).
In L'Arsenal, University of Toulouse I are located the right and economics. Le Mirail houses the humanities. The natural sciences are housed at the University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier .
Today more than 110,000 students are enrolled, making it the second largest university location in France after Paris .
literature
- Louis Lekai: The College of Saint Bernard in Toulouse in the Middle Ages . In: Analecta Cisterciensia 27 (1971), pp. 143-155.
- Louis Lekai: The College of Saint Bernard in Toulouse, 1533–1791 . In: Analecta Cisterciensia 27 (1971), pp. 157-211.