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Avignon University (French: Avignon Université) is a public French university located in Avignon within the Academy of Aix and Marseille in the South of France.
Avignon Université | |
 The Hannah Arendt Campus | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1303 |
| Budget | 60.6 million euros |
| President | Philippe Ellerkamp |
Academic staff | 712 |
| Students | 7,505 |
| Location | , 43°57′0″N 4°49′5″E / 43.95000°N 4.81806°ECoordinates: 43°57′0″N 4°49′5″E / 43.95000°N 4.81806°E |
| Website | Official Site (in French) |
HistoryEdit
The University was founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, and closed in 1792 during the French Revolution.[1] It was re-opened as L'Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse in 1984 following the 1963 establishment of an annex of Faculté des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille in Avignon.[2] The University was renamed Avignon Université in 2018.[3]
Avignon University operates on two campuses: the Hannah Arendt Campus, located in the city centre of Avignon, and the Jean-Henri Fabre Campus on the outskirts of town.[4]
Avignon University is the place of study for students from 96 different countries; international students comprise 13% of the student population as of the 2018-2019 academic year.[5]
Organisation and structureEdit
Avignon University offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in the following disciplines:
- Geography
- History
- Information and Communication
- Foreign Languages
- French Literature
- Languages, Literatures and Foreign Civilizations
- Computer Sciences
- Physics, Chemistry
- Life Sciences
- Mathematics
- Sport
- Economic and Social Administration
- Law
- Economy, Management
- Public Administration
See alsoEdit
Media related to University of Avignon at Wikimedia Commons- List of public universities in France
ReferencesEdit
- ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02160a.htm
- ^ "Présentation: Histoire". Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
- ^ https://univ-avignon.fr/une-nouvelle-identite-l-universite-d-avignon-et-des-pays-de-vaucluse-devient-avignon-universite-11846.kjsp
- ^ https://univ-avignon.fr/universite/presentation/
- ^ https://univ-avignon.fr/universite/chiffres-cles/chiffres-cles-20387.kjsp
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