Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1974 |
| Affiliation | University of Toulouse |
| Endowment | €175 M |
| President | Emmanuelle Garnier |
Academic staff | 1.220 |
Administrative staff | 842 |
| Students | 27.347 |
| Location | , |
| Nickname | UT2J |
| Website | www |
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University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès (French:Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès[ynivɛʁsitetuluzʒɑ̃ʒɔʁɛs];Occitan:Universitat de Tolosa-Jean Jaurès, formerly known asUniversité de Toulouse-Le Mirail[ynivɛʁsitedətuluzləmiʁaj];Occitan:Universitat de Tolosa-Lo Miral, also calledToulouse II orUT2J) is a Frenchpublic university located inToulouse, France. It is one of the 3 successor universities of theUniversity of Toulouse.
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès was hastily conceived as a result of the saturation of the original buildings in the city centre and the events ofMay 1968. At that time it was decided to divide theUniversity of Toulouse into three: The law faculty becameUniversité Toulouse I, occupying all the old university buildings, the humanities faculty became Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail, named after its new location, and the departments of science and medicine became Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III). In 1969, a fourth university in Toulouse was created,Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, a school of engineering. Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail was subsequently renamed Université de Toulouse II – Jean Jaurès after the famous politicianJean Jaurès.
The campus, situated in Toulouse's grand architectural project of the 1960s, Le Mirail, was conceived and built by the team of architectsCandilis,Josic,Woods.
After the opening of many extensions (one of which was situated in military barracks) in order to free up the university in the city centre, the campus in Le Mirail opened one section at a time starting in 1971, and completed the transfer by 1973. Planned for 11,000 students, the university today is a victim of its own success, with a student population of roughly 27,500.
As the humanities university of Toulouse, it is organised into many pedagogical components: UFRs (unités de formation et de recherche) and university institutes.[1]
School of History, Arts and Archeology
School of Languages, Literature and Foreign Civilisations
School of Literature, Philosophy, Music, Arts and Communication
School of Psychology
School of Science, Place and Society
It also has twoUniversity Institutes of Technology and several other specialist institutes.
Research is organised in a series of interdisciplinary research centres. These include:
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| QS World[3] | 1001-1200 (2023) |
| National – Overall | |
| QS National[4] | 29 (2023) |
In 2022, it was ranked in the 1001-1200 band of universities in the world.[5]
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