University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès (french: Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, formerly known as ''Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail'', also called Toulouse II) 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 ...

located in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

, France. It is one of the 3 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 ...

History

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 of

May 1968 The following events occurred in May 1968: May 1, 1968 (Wednesday) *CARIFTA, the Caribbean Free Trade Association, was formally created as an agreement between Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. *RAF Strike Co ...

. At that time it was decided to divide the

into three: The law faculty became Université 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 Toulouse Institute of Technology (also called National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse or INPT) is a French university cluster based in Toulouse, France, part of University of Toulouse. It was founded in 1969. The institute is composed of seven ...

, a school of engineering. Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail was subsequently renamed Université de Toulouse II – Jean Jaurès after the famous politician

Jean Jaurès Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès (3 September 185931 July 1914), commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès (; oc, Joan Jaurés ), was a French Socialist leader. Initially a Moderate Republican, he later became one of the first social demo ...

Campus

The campus, situated in Toulouse's grand architectural project of the 1960s, Le Mirail, was conceived and built by the team of architects Candilis, 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.

Organisation

As the humanities university of Toulouse, it is organised into many pedagogical components: UFRs (''unités de formation et de recherche'') and university institutes. School of History, Arts and Archeology * Department of Anthropology * Department of Documentation, Archives, Media and Editing * Department of History * Department of Art History and Archeology School of Languages, Literature and Foreign Civilisations * Department of Translation and Linguistic Interpretation * Department of Foreign French Language Studies * Department of Anglophone Studies * Department of Hispanic Studies * Department of Foreign Languages * Department of Applied Foreign Languages * Department of Linguistics School of Literature, Philosophy, Music, Arts and Communication * Department of Design * Department of Communication and Visual Studies * Department of Literature, Languages and Ancient Civilisations * Department of Music * Department of Philosophy School of Psychology * Department of Clinical Psychology * Department of Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics * Department of Developmental Psychology * Department of Social and Organisational Psychology * Department of Psychopathology, Health Psychology and Neuroscience School of Science, Place and Society * Department of Geography and the Environment * Department of Informatics * Department of Education * Department of Economics and Management * Department of Sociology It also has 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 ...

and several other specialist institutes.

Research

Research is organised in a series of interdisciplinary research centres. These include: * Centre for Work and Organisations (CERTOP) * Centre for Cognition, Languages and Ergonomics (CLLE) * Centre for Education and Knowledge (EFTS) * Centre for the Study of France, the Americas and Spain (FRAMESPA) * Centre for Environmental Geography (GEODE) * Institute of Mathematics (IMT) * Institute of Information Technology (IRIT) * Centre for the Study of the Economy, Politics and Social Systems (LEREPS) * Centre for the Study of Societies (LISST) * Centre for Archaeology (TRACES).

Reputation

In 2022, it was ranked in the 1001-1200 band of universities in the world.

Notable faculty

Bartolomé Bennassar Bartolomé Bennassar (8 April 1929 – 8 November 2018) was a French historian and writer. He specialized in Spanish and Latin American history. Career Bennassar began as a history professor in 1952, and defended his thesis in 1957. He was a Pr ...

(1929-2018) - historian and writer *

Gérard Granel Gérard Granel (; 1930 – 10 November 2000) was a French philosopher and translator. Life and work Born in Paris, Granel attended the lycée Louis-le-Grand and the courses of Michel Alexandre, Jean Hyppolite and, later, of Louis Althusser ...

(1930-2000) - philosopher and translator * Alain Ducellier (1934-2018) - historian *

René Souriac René Souriac (born 1941 in Saint-Frajou, Haute-Garonne) is a French scholar, a specialist of the history of Comminges. After studying history at Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-G ...

(born 1941) - historian *

Patrick Le Roux Patrick Le Roux (born 3 October 1943, in Morlaix) is a 20th–21st-century French historian. Biography Career After he obtained his agrégation d'histoire in 1967, Patrick Le Roux defended his State thesis entitle''L'armée romaine et l'org ...

(born 1943) - historian *

Michel Zink Michel Zink (born 5 May 1945) is a French writer, medievalist, philologist, and professor of French literature, particularly that of the Middle Ages. He is the Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, a title he has ...

(born 1945) - writer, medievalist, philologist *

Henry Fourès Henry Fourès (born 17 May 1948) is a French historian of music and musician. Life Born in Coursan, Fourès first followed lessons of art history at the Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 and musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris where ...

(born 1948) - historian of music and musician. *

Ángel Bahamonde Magro Ángel Bahamonde Magro (born 1949) is a Spanish historian. He is professor of Contemporary History at the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M). Biography Born in Madrid in 1949, he earned a PhD in history from the Complutense University of M ...

(born 1949) - Spanish historian *

Christian Galan Christian Galan (born in 1960) is a French Japanologist and professor of Japanese language and civilization at Toulouse-Jean-Jaurès University (formerly Toulouse-le Mirail) and a researcher at the Japanese Studies Center (CEJ) of the Nationa ...

(born 1960) - Japanese language and civilisation *

Jean-François Berdah Jean-François Berdah is associate professor at the Department of History at the University of Toulouse II - Le Mirail (since 1998). Biography Jean-François Berdah was born in Paris in 1961. He first studied at the University of Paris X Nanter ...

(born 1961) - historian *

Corinne Maury Corinne Maury is a French lecturer in film studies as well as a film director. Career Maury defended her doctoral thesis ''Habiter le monde : figures poétiques dans le cinéma du réel'' at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle in 2 ...

- film studies *

Jean-Marc Olivier Jean-Marc Olivier is a French historian born in 1961 in the town of Champagnole ( Jura). Biography and career Olivier received the French agrégation in history and is a professor of contemporary history at the University of Toulouse. He was ...

(born 1961) - historian

Notable alumni

(1929-2018) - historian and writer. *

Jean-Luc Nancy Jean-Luc Nancy ( , ; 26 July 1940 – 23 August 2021) was a French philosopher. Nancy's first book, published in 1973, was ''Le titre de la lettre'' (''The Title of the Letter'', 1992), a reading of the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Laca ...

(1940-2021) - philosopher *

(born 1943) - historian *

Abdelhak Serhane Abdelhak Serhane (born in Sefrou in 1950) is a Moroccan novelist writing in French. Serhane grew up in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco, in the village Azrou. Early life He studied psychology at the University of Toulouse II and taught at the ...

(born 1950) - Moroccan novelist *

Bernard Stiegler Bernard Stiegler (; 1 April 1952 – 5 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), which he founded in 2006 at the Centre Georges-Pompidou. He was also the founder in 2005 of the politi ...

(1952-2020) - philosopher *

Aida Toledo Aida Toledo (born 1952) is a Guatemalan poet, short story writer, non-fiction writer and educator. Biography Born in Guatemala City in 1952, Toledo studied literature at the San Carlos University. She then attended Pittsburgh University where s ...

(born 1952) - Guatemalan poet, short story writer, non-fiction writer and educator *

John Sibi-Okumu John Sibi-Okumu is a Kenyan actor and journalist, best known internationally for his role in ''The Constant Gardener''. Biography John Sibi-Okumu was born in 1954 in the Western part Kenya at a place called Budalangibr> He received his formal ...

(born 1954) - Kenyan actor and journalist * Jacques Jaubert (born 1957) - prehistorian and Paleolithic archaeologist * Gilles Poux - politician * Mohammed Ameur (born 1959) - Moroccan politician * Joël Suhubiette (born 1962) - choral conductor. *

Christian Authier Christian Authier, born 1969 in Toulouse, is a French writer and journalist. He has a master's degree in history from the University of Toulouse II and a degree from the Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse. His second novel, ''Les Liens déf ...

(born 1969) - novelist and journalist * Stéphan Perreau (born 1969) - contemporary musician and art historian *

Maria Ubach i Font Maria Ubach i Font (born 14 June 1973) is an Andorran diplomat, serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 17 June 2017 under the governments of Prime Minister Antoni Martí and the current Head Xavier Espot. In 1998 she obtained a degree ...

(born 1973) - Andorran diplomat *

Ekaterina Velmezova Ekaterina Valeryevna Velmezova (russian: Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Вельме́зова, ''Ekaterina Valer'yevna Vel'mezova''; french: Ekaterina Velmezova; 3 February 1973) is a Russian and Swiss philologist, professor of Slav ...

(born 1973) - Russian and Swiss philologist, professor of Slavistics and of history and epistemology of language sciences *

Guðbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir Guðbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir is a professor in Career Guidance and Counselling on the Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics at the University of Iceland. Education and professional positions Guðbjörg received a BA degree in 19 ...

- Icelandic professor in Career Guidance and Counselling * Judy Quinn (born 1974) - Canadian writer and editor *

Marie-Sophie Lacarrau Marie-Sophie Lacarrau (born 20 September 1975 in Villefranche-de-RouergueClaire Raynaud« Marie-Sophie Lacarrau : du Capitole à la capitale »on ''La Dépêche du Midi'', 27 December 2015) is a French journalist and TV presenter. Biography ...

(born 1975) - journalist and TV presenter.

References

External links

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