Paul Sabatier University (''Université Paul Sabatier'', UPS, also known as Toulouse III) is a French

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

, in the Academy of Toulouse. It is one of the several successor universities of the

University of Toulouse The University of Toulouse (french: Université de Toulouse) was a university in the French city of Toulouse that was established by papal bull in 1229, making it one of the earliest universities to emerge in Europe. Suppressed during the Frenc ...

. Toulouse III was named after

Paul Sabatier Paul Sabatier may refer to: *Paul Sabatier (chemist) (1854–1941), French chemist and Nobel Prize winner *Paul Sabatier (theologian) Charles Paul Marie Sabatier (3 or 9 August 1858 – 5 March 1928), was a French clergyman and historian who prod ...

, winner of the 1912 Nobel prize in chemistry. In 1969, it was established on the foundations of the old Toulouse university that was itself founded in 1229. The Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), an educational leader in France's Midi-Pyrénées region, offers a broad array of programs in the sciences, technology, health, and athletics.

University research activities

* Space, earth sciences, climate * Computer science and electronics * Life sciences * Water, process engineering, chemistry * Materials (among others, collaboration with CEMES), solid state physics, aeronautics, astrophysics

Major fields of study

Major fields of study include sciences, engineering, and athletics.

Bachelor

The university offers the Licence programs in eight areas: Mathematics, Computer Science and their applications; Engineering; Physics, Chemistry, and their applications; Space Sciences, Organisms, and Biospheres; Life and Health Sciences; Sciences and Techniques of Physical Activity and Sports; Communication and Organizational Management.

Master

The university offers

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's programs in six areas:

Informatics Informatics is the study of computational systems, especially those for data storage and retrieval. According to ACM ''Europe and'' ''Informatics Europe'', informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which ...

and Systems Modeling (in partnership with the ''

École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

''); Sciences and techniques of matter and energy; Space sciences; Telecommunications and Computer Networking, Life and health sciences;

Social Sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soci ...

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 ...

;

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 ...

. A number of bilingual programs have been designed to appeal to international students — among them a

Joint European Master in Space Science and Technology The Joint European Master in Space Science and Technology (or short ''SpaceMaster'') is an Erasmus Mundus 120 ECTS master programme. The SpaceMaster programme started in 2005 and it is focused on providing education in Space Science and Technolo ...

, a European Master's in materials for energy storage and conversion, an international Master's in micro and nanotechnologies for wireless communications, a new Master's in Management International of Air Transport and Tourism (MITAT) and a French Master's in agri-food innovations for sustainable agriculture and better products.

Doctorate

The university accepts doctoral candidates in all of the areas described above.

Health

* Medicine: medical degree, residency, specialities, doctorate * Pharmacy: degree in pharmacy, diplôme d’études supérieures (DES), DNO * Dentistry: degree in dental surgery, certificat d’études supérieures (CES), DES, doctorate

Points of interest

Arboretum de Jouéou The Arboretum de Jouéou (1.9 hectares), also known as the Arboretum Henri Gaussen, is an arboretum located on the Route de l'Hospice de France in Bagnères-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. It is open daily. The arboretum was cr ...

Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen The Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen is a botanical garden operated by the Université Paul Sabatier at 39 allées Jules Guesde, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France. It is open weekdays in the warmer months. The botanical garden wa ...

Notable alumni

* Guy Bertrand, chemistry professor at the University of California, San Diego, US *

Pierre Cohen Pierre Cohen (born 20 March 1950) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department, and is a member of the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group. Early life Cohen was born in ...

, member of the National Assembly of FrancePierre Cohen
* Bruno Chaudret

References

External links

* University of Toulouse Universities in Occitania (administrative region) Universities and colleges in Toulouse 1969 establishments in France Educational institutions established in 1969 {{France-university-stub