University of Nantes

The university of Nantes is the second French university by the number of its students (after the Université Paris I). In 2005-2006 there is a little more: 33000 registered students. The university counted more: 35000 students certain years.

Departments

The attached personnel includes/understands close to: 3000 people (teacher-researchers and administrative staffs and techniques for which it is necessary to add the clean personnel of the great research organizations like CNRS and the INSERM).

The university of Nantes includes/understands 20 internal components: UFR, institutes and schools mainly located at Nantes but also at the Roche-sur-Yon and Saint-Nazaire.

Right and political sciences
Polytechnic school
Geography (IGARUN)
History, History of art and Archeology
IRFFLE
Institute of saving and management in Nantes - IAE (gathering the IAE and the UFR of economic scenes)
IUFM of Nantes
Academic institute of technology (IUT) of Nantes
Academic institute of technology (IUT) of the Roche-sur-Yon
Academic institute of technology (IUT) of Saint-Nazaire
Languages
Letters and language
Medicine
Odontology
Pharmacy
Preparation with administration (IPAG)
Psychology
Sciences and technology
Sciences of the sport (STAPS)
Sociology

History

The university of Nantes is founded by Bertrand Milon the April 4th 1460, on the initiative of François II, duke of Brittany, and this by a pontifical Bulle of the pope Pie II, given to His. Created in the form of a general studium the university can teach all the disciplines: theology, canon law, civil law, medicine and arts. The Faculty of Law is transferred to Rennes, in October 1735, on decision of the king. The Revolution signs the end of the universities of Ancien Mode. The university of Nantes is closed in August 1793. Certain schools replace it however, the Médecine, in particular, will continue to be taught in Nantes and later the right and the letters.

A decree of December 29th, 1961 institutes a university in Nantes. In 1962, three new faculties (sciences, letters, right) are installed on the campus of the edges of the Erdre on the fields of the Hillock and Lombarderie recently acquired by the town of Nantes. In May 1961, Michel Debré, Prime Minister comes to pose the first stone of the Faculty of Science in the presence of the mayor of the city Henri Orrion. The law Faure which makes following the events of May 1968 organizes faculties in " Units of Teaching and Recherche" within the new university public corporations from now on autonomous. In 1970, the statutes of the university of Nantes are adopted: they mention 6 literary UER, 5 scientific UER, the UER of right, economic scenes, business management, medicine, pharmacy and odontology. Today the university of Nantes counts 20 components, divided into UFR, Instituts and a university Polytechnic school.

Yves Lecointe (technology) was elected president of the university in March 2007.

Successive presidents

Jean-Pierre Kerneïs (medicine) 1971 - 1975
Loïc Sparfel (pharmacy) 1975 - 1979
Jacques Unpleasant (sciences) 1979 - 1984
Paul Malvy (provisional administrator, medicine) 1985 - 1988
Serge Renaudin (sciences) 1988 - 1993
Jacques-Henri Jayez (technology) 1993 - 1997
Yann Tanguy (right) 1997 - 2002
François Resche (medicine) 2002-2007
Yves Lecointe (technology) 2007

Student trade unions

There exist many student trade unions on the university:

the Unef, majority since the reunification of both Unef (2001).
South-Student, created in 2003 and particularly credit.
the Plain , presents primarily in right, which is not presented in the form of a trade union but an organization coed.
CNT since the re-entry 2006.
the C, also present since September 2006, little activates since the re-entry 2007.

The majority of associations of dies are members or close to the Fage. They are gathered under Feden (Federation of the Students of Nantes).

The university of Nantes is a true pole as regards militancy, in particular by the strong activity of certain organizations on its campuses.

However, in addition to trade unions or organizations with political character, there also exists of many associations with cultural vocation.

Former students

Personalities were students at the university of Nantes:

the singer Jeanne Cherhal who followed studies of philosophy there.
the deputy and mayor of Nantes Jean-Marc Ayrault
the president of the general advice of the Vendée Philippe de Villiers

See too

Sources

Internal bonds

Nantes
University
Universities in France
List of the universities of France
Polytechnic school of the university of Nantes - Polytech' Nantes
Central School of Nantes
Audencia
University Nantes Oar
Eur@dioNantes

External bonds

Site of the University of Nantes
Associations present at the University of Nantes
Association of the Science students of Nantes
site of unef-Nantes
site of student CUS
site of PLAIN the
General association of the Students of Nantes
Nantes Association of the Students in Pharmacy
Association PsychoNantes (students in psychology)
Nantes Corporation of the Medical students of Nantes
Association of the Young Researchers in Data processing of Nantes
Confederation of the Young Researchers Nantais
PRUN', Nantes university Radio
Dipp, Association coed producing the emission " Students, hair with the dents" , diffused on TéléNantes
Nantes Association of the Students in MIAGE

To see

A history of the University of Nantes is published under the title Histoire of the University of Nantes 1460-1993 , work collective under the direction of Gerard Emptoz to the University Presses of Rennes (2001), 364 p. many charts, graphs and illustrations.

On the first university of Nantes, the most concise synthesis and most accessible is POCQUET OF the HAUT-JUSSE, " Old story of our université" , Annals of Brittany, 55,1948, p. 156-182.

For a work more developed with XVIIIe seeing PITOU Frederique, teaching in Nantes at the XVIIIe century , control of History, univ. Nantes, to dir. Y. Durand, 1975.

On higher education in Nantes at the XIXe century to see DERE Anne-Claire, EMPTOZ Gerard, contributions in Program Cities and institutions scientific . Final report, Interdisciplinary Programme of Research On Cities (PIR-VILLES-CNRS), 1996, p. 47-57, 138-144, 172-178, 256-264 and LEGRAND Jean-Luc, History of higher education in Nantes of 1920 to 1961 , Nantes control, to dir. Mr. Nouailhat, 1990,230 p. + additional.

On the university since 1960 one can consult on the period of 1968, the BLOAS Alain, the university of Nantes and the events of May 1968 , Nantes control, dir Mr. Nouailhat, 1987,134 p. and, over the period 1969-1998, YRIGOYEN Hubert of, the university of Nantes of 1969 to our days, Nantes control, dir. Mr. Nouailhat, 1998,124 p.

A historical novel of the author of Rennes Evelyne Brisou-Pellen, the Phantom of Master Guillemin (Gallimard Folio junior), is held in the University of Nantes in 1481.

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