Bordeaux Montaigne University ( French: ''Université Bordeaux Montaigne''; formerly ''Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3'') is a

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Pessac Pessac (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a member of the metropolis of Bordeaux, being the second-largest suburb of Bordeaux and located just southwest of it. Pessac is also home to B ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, approximately 8 kilometres (5 miles) southwest of the city centre of

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

. It forms part of the ComUE d'Aquitaine university group.

History

Bordeaux Montaigne University was established in 1970 after a restructuring of public universities in and near the city of

. The university was known as ''Université de Bordeaux 3'' during its first two decades. In 1990, it took on the name of philosopher

Michel de Montaigne Michel Eyquem, Sieur de Montaigne ( ; ; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), also known as the Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a liter ...

who was a native of the modern-day

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by t ...

region, becoming ''Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3''. In 2014, the university's name was simplified to ''Université Bordeaux Montaigne'' after the universities of Bordeaux 1, 2, and 4 were all merged together to become the

University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Ta ...

. Bordeaux Montaigne University celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020.

Curricula and syllabi

The university provides

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, vocational bachelors, masters, and

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in the

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linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

and

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

, abiding by the European Bologna process, and thus complying with the

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. The university conducts substantial research in all of these disciplines. Bordeaux Montaigne University also offers certificates such as DAEU and DUT. A double-degree (for example in Law and Languages) is possible with the

Montesquieu University Montesquieu University (french: Université Montesquieu), also known as Bordeaux IV (french: Bordeaux Quatre), was a French university, based in Pessac, the suburbs of Bordeaux. In 2014, it merged with the Bordeaux 1 and Bordeaux 2 to form the ...

or other Bordeaux Higher Education Institutes. Evening classes in additional languages or in rarer languages (cantonese, etc.) are also available.

Faculties, Schools and Doctoral College

Université Bordeaux-Montaigne - Bâtiment Administratif

The Doctoral College ''Montaigne-Humanités'' (literally: "Montaigne Humanities" is the largest doctoral college on the Bordeaux Universities campus and one of the largest in France. It is also referred to as ''Ecole doctorale "unique"'' (literally: Sole Doctoral College), as it is an conglomerate of several research fields and other doctoral colleges in humanities, which were once apart.

Campus and student life

Bordeaux Montaigne University conducts most of its teaching and research on the campus in

. However, the journalism and technology institutes are located in the city centre of

, and there are small teaching sites located in the towns of

Agen The communes of France, commune of Agen (, ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux. ...

and

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...

. The university has several CROUS residence halls, dining halls, and cafés available to students. There is also a

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on the Pessac campus and numerous student organisations that students may join, including a sports association. International students comprise 8 percent of the student body.

Notable faculty

Robert Escarpit Robert Escarpit, born on 24 April 1918 in Saint-Macaire ( Gironde, France) - 19 November 2000 in Langon (Gironde), was a French academic, writer and journalist. He is most known to the public for his satiric articles in newspapers such as ''Le ...

(1918-2000) - specialist in English literature *

Joseph Pérez Joseph Pérez (14 January 1931 8 October 2020) was a French historian specializing in Spanish history. Pérez specialized in the births of the modern Spanish state and the Latin American nations. Among his books, he examined the independence ...

(1931-2020) - historian specialising in Spanish history *

Jean-Claude Golvin Jean-Claude Golvin (born 18 December 1942) is a French archaeologist and architect. He specializes in the history of Roman amphitheatres and has published hundreds of reconstruction drawings of ancient monuments. Golvin is a researcher with the CN ...

(born 1942) - archaeologist and architect * Abdellah Bounfour (born 1946) - Moroccan linguist and philologist specialised in Berber languages, literature and culture. *

Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec (born 1949) is a French semiotician. She is professor emeritus of communication studies, specializing in the fields of anthropology of communication and the analysis of the non-verbal dimension of interpersonal communi ...

(born 1949) - semiotician specialising in the anthropology of communication * Hélène Velasco-Graciet - geographer; president of the Bordeaux Montaigne University from 2016 to 2020 *

Emmanuel Bourdieu Emmanuel Bourdieu (born 6 April 1965 in Paris) is a French writer, playwright, film director and philosopher. He is the youngest son of Marie Claire Brizard and sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Biography While a student at Lycée Henri-IV, he m ...

(born 1965) - writer, playwright, film director and philosopher; son of Pierre Bourdieu

Notable alumni

Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka (30 December 1929 – 11 November 1997) was a Malagasy writer, poet, and politician. He was born in Fianarantsoa, and studied at the University of Bordeaux 3 and Paris-Sorbonne University. In 1977, he wa ...

(1929-1997) - Malagasy writer, poet, and politician *

Ignacio Ramonet Ignacio Ramonet Miguez (born 5 May 1943) is a Spanish academic, journalist and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. After becoming first known for writing on film and media, he became editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde diplomatiq ...

(born 1943) - Spanish academic, journalist and writer; editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique 1991-2008 * Julie Okoh (born 1947) - Nigerian playwright, educator and feminist activist * Gong Yuanxing (born 1952) - Chinese diplomat *

Rodolphe Alexandre Rodolphe Alexandre (born 26 September 1953 in Cayenne) is a French politician from French Guiana. The former Mayor of Cayenne, he was president of the Guiana Assembly, the deliberative assembly of French Guiana, since its establishment on 1 Janu ...

(born 1953) - politician from Guyane (French Guiana) *

Ioannis Liritzis Ioannis Liritzis (GreekΙωάννης Λυριντζής born 2 November 1953) is professor of physics in archaeology ( archaeometry) and his field of specialization is the application of natural sciences to archaeology and cultural heritage. He ...

(born 1953) - Greek academic * Alice Yaeger Kaplan (born 1954) - American literary critic, translator, historian, and educator *

Simplice Sarandji Simplice Sarandji (born 4 April 1955 in Baoro, Ubangi-Shari, now Central African Republic) is the former Prime Minister of Central African Republic. He previously acted as the chief of staff for Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touadera, and the c ...

(born 1955) - former Prime Minister of

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Mohamed Toihiri Mohamed Toihiri (born 20 August 1955) was the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Comoros, (also accredited as ambassador to the United States, Canada and Cuba) between 2007 and 2012. Outside of his ambassadorship, Toihiri is known ...

(born 1955) - Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Comoros * Stéphan Perreau (born 1969) - contemporary musician and art historian * Stéphane Bijoux (born 1970) - politician * Nafissatou Dia Diouf (born 1973) - Senegalese writer *

Yann Barthès Yann Romain Barthès (born 9 October 1974) is a French journalist, TV presenter and producer, best known for hosting the television programme ''Le Petit Journal (Canal+), Le Petit Journal'' and ''Quotidien''. Life and career Barthès first studie ...

(born 1974) - journalist, TV presenter and producer * Éric Poulliat (born 1974) - politician *

Celia Ross Celia Ross is the former president of Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. ...

- former president of

Algoma University Algoma University, commonly shortened to Algoma U or Algoma, is a public university with its main campus located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. With a particular focus on the needs of Northern Ontario, Algoma U is a teaching-focused and s ...

, Canada * Benoît Maire (born 1978) - visual artist who works in film, sculpture, painting, photography, collage, and performance art * Marzena Sowa (born 1979) - cartoonist from Poland *

Aimal Faizi Aimal Faizi (Persian: fa, ایمل فیضی) is an Afghan journalist and columnist, who served as the spokesperson of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai from 2011 to 2014. He was also the director of communications to the government. Biograp ...

(born 1979) - Afghan journalist and columnist; spokesperson of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai 2011-2014 * Marlyse Baptista - linguist specialising in morphology, syntax, pidgin and creole languages * Fabien Gay (born 1984) - politician *

Benjamin Hoffmann Benjamin Hoffmann (born 13 November 1985) is a French creative writer and professor at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He's the author of novels and essays published in France and the United States. He specializes in the literature an ...

(born 1985) - creative writer and professor *

Manouchka Kelly Labouba Manouchka Kelly Labouba (Arabic: مانوشكا كيلي لابوبا), is a Gabonese filmmaker and screenwriter primarily direct short films. She has made several critically acclaimed short films including ''Marty et la tendre dame'', ''Le guich ...

- Gabonese filmmaker and screenwriter *

Antoinette Tidjani Alou Antoinette Tidjani Alou is a Jamaican-Nigerien academic, film-maker and writer, whose work focuses on the constructions of Sahelian identity in written and oral literature, as well as women in Sahelian identities. She published a novel ''On m'app ...

- lecturer in Comparative Literature at

Abdou Moumouni University Abdou Moumouni University (French: Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, UAM) was formerly the University of Niamey from 1974 to 1994. On the right bank of the Niger River in Niamey, its students and faculty have historically been involved in prote ...

, Niger

References

External links

Official website
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