Nancy-Université federated the three principal institutes of higher education of Nancy, in

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gr ...

, France before their merger into the

University of Lorraine The University of Lorraine (), often abbreviated in UL, is a grand établissement created on 1 January 2012, by the merger of Henri Poincaré University, Nancy 2 University, Paul Verlaine University – Metz and the National Polytechnic Institute ...

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Henri Poincaré University The Henri Poincaré University, or Nancy 1, nicknamed UHP, was a public research university located in Nancy, France. UHP was merged into University of Lorraine in 2012, and was previously a member of the Nancy-Université federation, belongin ...

(UHP, also known as Nancy 1): natural sciences, wrapping several faculties and engineering schools ** École Supérieure des Sciences et Technologies de l'Ingénieur de Nancy: general engineering **

Telecom Nancy The TELECOM Nancy (formerly École supérieure d'informatique et applications de Lorraine or ÉSIAL) is a grande école of engineering created in 1990. It is associated with the University of Lorraine. TELECOM Nancy is a school associated with th ...

: Computer science and engineering *

Nancy 2 University Nancy 2 University (''Université Nancy 2'') was a French university located in Nancy, France, Nancy, France. It was a member of the Nancy-Université federation, a group of the three higher education institutions in Nancy.Institut national polytechnique de Lorraine (Lorraine INP): It federates 11 engineering schools. With over 50,000 students, Nancy has the fifth largest student population in France.

Libraries

Nancy-Université has several

academic libraries An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. It is unknown how many academic librar ...

. The academic library of Nancy 2 University, opened by French president

Albert Lebrun Albert François Lebrun (; 29 August 1871 – 6 March 1950) was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the centre-right Democratic Republican Alliance (AR ...

, contains around 500 000 documents, among which at least 250 000 are books, in 35 locations.

History

The original

was founded in 1572 in the nearby city of

Pont-à-Mousson Pont-à-Mousson () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Its inhabitants are known as ''Mussipontains'' in French. It is an industrial town (mainly steel industry), situated on the river Moselle. Pont-à-Mouss ...

Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

, duke of Lorraine, and

Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine Charles de Lorraine (c. 1525 – 26 December 1574), Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death o ...

, and was then run by the

Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

. The University was transferred to Nancy in 1768. The University of Nancy was closed by the revolutionaries in 1793, and reopened in 1864.

Notable personnel

François Gény François Gény (1861–1959) was a French jurist and professor of law at the University of Nancy, who introduced the notion of " free scientific research" to the interpretation of positive law. His advocacy of judicial discretion in the interp ...

(1861–1959), French professor and jurist who introduced notion of "free scientific research" in

positive law Positive laws ( la, links=no, ius positum) are human-made laws that oblige or specify an action. Positive law also describes the establishment of specific rights for an individual or group. Etymologically, the name derives from the verb ''to posit ...

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Laurent Schwartz Laurent-Moïse Schwartz (; 5 March 1915 – 4 July 2002) was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 19 ...

(1915-2002) was a researcher and teacher at the university when he received the

Fields Medal The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award ho ...

in 1950. *

Jean-Pierre Serre Jean-Pierre Serre (; born 15 September 1926) is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954, the Wolf Prize in 2000 and the ina ...

(1926-alive) was a " ''maître de conférences''" (MCF) at the university when he received the

in 1954.

External links

Nancy-Université official websiteUniversity of Nancy 1University of Nancy 2INPL
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Libraries

History

Notable personnel

See also

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