The University of Pau and the Adour Region (

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: ''L'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour'', often known by the initialism ''UPPA'') is a multi-site, public university located in southwestern France. Founded in 1972, it is based in Pau (''

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) but also in

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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 ...

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

and

Mont-de-Marsan Mont-de-Marsan (; Occitan: ''Lo Mont de Marçan'') is a commune and capital of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Population Military installations The French Air and Space Force operates the ''Constantin Rozan ...

in the

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river basin. Coming administratively under the

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, it is the third largest university in southwestern France (after

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and

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), with almost 14,000 students.

History

Creation

The university was founded in 1970 but it can trace its origins back to 1549 when the ''Collège des Arts'', an institute for the study of the humanities, was established in the royal town of Pau. More recently, the

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opened a branch in Pau in 1946 to teach legal subjects. This branch known as the ''Institut d’études juridiques et économiques'' was directed by Robert Poplawski. It was then located in Villa Lawrence in Pau town centre.

Presidents

The university has been led by the following presidents:

Academics

As the university has grown it has added more courses and reorganised its academic units. In 2018, the academic units were organised into three colleges: * College of European and International Studies (EEI) ** includes the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Bayonne campus and the Institute of Enterprise Administration (IAE) ** located on two campuses: Pau and Bayonne. * College of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) ** fusion of the Department of Letters, Languages, Human Sciences and Sport and the Department of Law, Economics and Management ** located on two campuses: Pau and Tarbes. * College of Sciences and Technologies for Energy and the Environment (STEE) ** includes the Department of Sciences and Techniques, several specialist units and two

University Institutes of Technology The University Institutes of Technology or IUT (french: Instituts Universitaires de Technologie) are parts of the university system in France. The IUT were created in 1966. There are 108 IUTs which are attached to 80 universities including the on ...

(IUT) ** located on four campuses: Pau, Bayonne, Anglet et Mont-de-Marsan.

Research

Research in the university is promoted in five thematic areas: * Adapting coastal ecosystems, forests, mountains to make them more resilient * Reconciling development, secure environment and preserved biodiversity * Organising energy subsidiarity at territorial level. * Questioning borders and taking up the challenge of differences. * Representing and building the territories of the future. For the period 2021-2026, research has been organised into a number of interdisciplinary centres located in each of the three Colleges: * College of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) ** ALTER - Arts/Languages : Transitions and Relations - UR 7504 ** ITEM - Identities, Territories, Expressions, Mobilities - UR 3002 ** MEPS - Laboratory of Movement, Equilibrium, Performance and Health - UR 4445 ** IFTJ - Institute of Research on Legal Transitions - UR ** TREE - Energy and Environmental Transitions * College of European and International Studies (EEI) ** CDRE - Centre for Documentation and European Research - UR 3004 ** LIREM - Laboratory for Management Research - UR 4580 ** IKER - Centre for Basque Language and Text Research - UMR 5478 * College of Sciences and Technologies for Energy and the Environment (STEE) ** ECOBIOP - Behavioral Ecology and Biology of Fish Populations - UMR 1224 ** IPREM - Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physical Chemistry for the Environment and Materials - UMR 5254 ** LFCR - Laboratory of Complex Fluids - UMR 5150 ** LIUPPA - Computer Science Laboratory - UR 3000 ** LMAP - Laboratory of Mathematics and their Applications - UMR 5142 ** NUMEA - Nutrition, Metabolism and Aquaculture - UMR 1419 ** SIAME - Laboratory of Mechanical and Electrical engineering - UR 4581

Facilities

Pau campus

The main campus of the university is located in a large park in the north of the city of Pau, about twenty minutes ride from the town centre, but within the urban limits. The President's office is located there in the ''Présidence'' (Presidency) semicircular building. The campus is bounded by ''Avenue de l'Université''-''Cours Léon Bérard''-''Boulevard Tourasse'' to the South, ''Avenue du Doyen Poplawski'' to the West, ''rue Audrey Benghozi'' and ''Boulevard Lucien Favre'' to the North and ''Allées Condorcet'' to the East. There are facilities for all three colleges on the campus. the ''Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Génie de Technologies Industrielles'' (ENSGTI) and a School for Business Administration (''

Institut d'Administration des Entreprises The French IAE are part of the French universities, except for the IAE of Paris which has a special status. They are academically selective, socially inclusive and very affordable Graduate School of Management within the French Public Research U ...

'') There are two specialised university libraries, one for the Sciences Department, the other common to the Law and Arts Departments. The College of Social Sciences and Humanities is located in the north-western part of the Pau campus. To the south is a large lawn much appreciated by students during summer months. The department is lodged in an elaborate three storey building with amphitheatre-like classrooms grouped at the eastern corner of the complex. The inner infrastructure is made of unpainted supporting concrete walls with lighter separation painted plaster walls. The exterior roofing is made of small clay tiles. Brick is used for sculptural elements such as the well-like artificial space in the centre of the inner patio, as well as pebbles for floor decoration. Large glass bays are also used as separation elements. Certain features of the building have been given names. The pillar-shape archives room near the student secretary is called 'the lighthouse', the sculpture-like structure in the patio is called 'the well', and the underground part of the building is referred to as 'the cellar'. The coffee-machines place and the eaves of the building are popular meeting points. The concrete sign ''Faculté de Droit, d'Economie et Gestion'' serves as a bench in the shade of the trees. There is a nearby cafeteria called "L'Arlequin". Image:FDEG-IAE NW entrance.JPG, North-western entrance Image:EntreeLArlequinUPPA.JPG, Southern entrance gate near "L'Arlequin" cafeteria Image:FDEG-IAE NE entrance.JPG, North-eastern entrance near bicycle stand Image:FDEG-IAE loin.JPG, FDEG-IAE view from the lawn

Campus life

A total of 8,700 students are located on the Pau campus. This amounts to 63% of the UPPA student body. All matters regarding student life are handled in the ''Centre Local des Oeuvres Universitaires et Scolaire'' (CLOUS) ( see
Bordeaux CROUS internet site
. There are a number of dormitories (''résidences universitaires'') situated on the campus (résidence Gaston Phoebus) or near the campus or in town. Accommodation ranges from single rooms to small apartments. The main restaurant is called ''Cap Sud''. It is situated to the South-West of the campus, which is where the ''maison de l'étudiant'' is located. There are many student societies on the campus. Image:UPPACapSud.JPG, ''Cap Sud'' university restaurant Image:UPPAMAisonEtudiant.JPG, ''Maison de l'étudiant'' near ''Cap Sud'' restaurant Image:ResidenceGPhoebusUPPA.JPG, Rear of ''Gaston Phoebus'' dormitory building Image:PelouseUPPA.JPG, Partial view on ''BU Lettres et droit'' and rear of ''Présidence'' building from the lawn Image:UPPA-SELawn.JPG, South-eastern lawn Staff issues are handled by the ''Direction des ressouces humaines'' (DRH) services situated on the second floor in the ''Présidence'' building. There is an eatery at ''Cap Sud'' dedicated to University personnel (''L'oasis''). Staff belonging to IATOSS or ITRF personnel categories can also eat at the nearby ''Cité administrative's'' ''restaurant inter-administratif'' (RIA). There are a number of Unions present on the campus. Sport at UPPA is organised by SUAPS service. There are a number of sporting facilities including André Lavie Stadium close to Pau's Léo Lagrange COSEC, UPPA sport hall (''Halle des sports'') close to ''Plein Ciel'' swimming pool and tennis courts, a football (soccer) field, an outdoor climbing wall on ''BU Droit-Lettres''.

Nearby facilities

Located near Pau's university campus are a number of facilities: * ''Pau Université''

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mall, with its ''L'île aux sandwichs'', its ''Centre culturel'' book and computer store, located opposite the campus across ''Rue Allées Condorcet'' *

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mall, facing ''Présidence'' southern entrance *

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fast-food restaurant, a MégaCGR cinema, * Pau's ''Université-La Poste'' post-office and a mail box along Dean Poplawski avenue Also located nearby are the ''Lycée Saint-John Perse'', the ''Helioparc'' site, a police station, an administrative centre, a ''Maison de l'agriculture'', a church, several banks and a variety of stores.

Bayonne Campus

The UPPA Bayonne campus is located between the rivers Adour and Nive near the centre of Bayonne. There are facilities for the College of European and International Studies and the College of Sciences and Technologies for Energy and the Environment (STEE). Almost 2,500 students are enrolled at this campus amounting to 17% of the UPPA student population.

Anglet Campus

The UPPA Anglet campus is located at Allée du Parc Montaury, Anglet. It has almost 1,500 students (11% of UPPA students) in the College of Sciences and Technologies for Energy and the Environment (STEE). It is composed of: * Sciences Anglet * IUT de Bayonne (Département Informatique et GIM) * ISABTP (Institut Supérieur Aquitain du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics)

Tarbes Campus

The College of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) has facilities on the campus in

. A total of over 800 students (6% of UPPA students) are enrolled at this campus. Image:STAPS_(Tarbes).JPG, STAPS offices Image:Maison des Arts Martiaux (Tarbes, 65).JPG, Martial arts hall

Mont-de-Marsan Campus

The UPPA campus at

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has facilities for the College of Sciences and Technologies for Energy and the Environment (STEE) with 400 students (4% UPPA students).

Reputation

The university was ranked in the 1200+ band of world universities and in the 601-800 band for research in Life Sciences and in Engineering & Technology by

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2022. In the 2022

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(QS) subject tables, it was ranked in the 301-400 band for Energy Science and Engineering.

Notable people

Faculty

Manuel Tuñón de Lara Manuel Tuñón de Lara (1915–1997) was a Spanish historian. Life Born in Madrid on 8 September 1915. He earned law degree from the University of Madrid in 1936. In 1932 he had joined the Communist Youth Union, in 1937 becoming director of t ...

(1915-1997) - Spanish historian *

Pierre Léon Pierre R. Léon (March 12, 1926 – September 11, 2013) was a French-Canadian linguist and writer. Life and career Léon was born in Ligré, Touraine, France on March 12, 1926. He received a PhD from the University of Besançon in 1960 and a Do ...

(1926-2013) - linguist and writer *

Françoise Deslogères Françoise Deslogères (born 9 May 1929 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French ondist. Career She studied music ( harmony, piano) with Henri Challan, Geneviève Joy and Jeanne Blancard. She began working on the ondes Martenot in 1957 with inven ...

(born 1929) - musician *

Antonio Rodríguez de las Heras Antonio Rodríguez de las Heras Pérez (19 September 1947 – 5 June 2020) was a Spanish historian, a professor at the Charles III University of Madrid, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Communication and Documentation and Director of the In ...

(1947-2020) - Spanish historian *

Jean-Michel Roddaz Jean-Michel Roddaz (29 February 1948, ChambéryAfter ) is a French academic and historian, a specialist of ancient Rome, particularly of the Republican and Augustan periods. Biography Roddaz became an agrégé d'histoire in 1972 then a doctor ( ...

(born 1948) - historian of ancient Rome *

Jean Michel Larrasket Jean-Michel Larrasket (, ) (22 May 1950 – 19 March 2018), was a French professor and engineer, as well as vice president for the French Basque Country in the Basque Studies Society.

(1950-2018) - engineer *

David Diop David Mandessi Diop (9 July 1927 – 29 August 1960) was a French West African poet known for his contribution to the Négritude literary movement. His work reflects his anti-colonial stance. Biography Diop started writing poems while he wa ...

(born 1966) - novelist; winner of 2021

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* David Martimort (born 1967) - economist; winner of the

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in 2004 * Richard Chbeir (born 1975) - computer scientist

Alumni

Alain Vidalies Alain Vidalies (born 17 March 1951) was the French Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries from 26 August 2014 to 10 May 2017. He represents the Landes department in the National Assembly of France, and is a member of the So ...

(born 1951) - lawyer and politician *

Coralie Frei Coralie Frei (born October 12, 1951) is a Comorian nurse and writer currently living in Switzerland. She is the first Comorian woman to write a novel, and has also written poetry. Born in Ouani, she began her studies in her native town before c ...

(born 1951) - nurse and writer

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Martine Lignières-Cassou Martine Lignières-Cassou (; born 22 February 1952) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly for 20 years. She represented the 1st constituency in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and is a member of the Socialis ...

(born 1952) - mayor of Pau (2008–2014) *

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(born 1962) - Swedish businesswoman * Olivier Chauzu (born 1963) - Franco-Spanish classical pianist. *

Andy Byford Andy Byford (born 1965) is a British transport executive who has held several management-level positions in transport authorities around the world, such as the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authori ...

(born 1965) - British transport executive *

Sonia Backès Sonia Backès ( née Dos Santos; born 21 May 1976) is a French politician in New Caledonia. She is the current leader of the Caledonian Republicans party and the President of the Provincial Assembly of South Province since May 17, 2019. In 2 ...

(born 1976) - politician, leader of the Caledonian Republicans party and the President of the Provincial Assembly of South Province * Isabelle Ithurburu (born 1983) - sports journalist

Recipients of honorary degree

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(born 1959) - Bolivian politician

References

External links

Official websiteIUT des Pays de l'Adour

Pau-online.comUPPA on flickr, mainly photographs taken during Loi Pecresse and CPE French students movements
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Educational institutions established in 1972 1972 establishments in France University of Pau and the Adour Region Law schools in France