The University of Burgundy (french: Université de Bourgogne, uB; formerly known as ''Université de Dijon'') is a public university located in Dijon, France. The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus (more than 150 ha) in the eastern part of Dijon called Campus Montmuzard, about 15 minutes by tram from the city centre. The humanities and sciences are well represented on the main campus, along with law, medicine, and literature in separate buildings. The IUT ( Institute of technology) is also on the campus, providing specialist higher level diplomas in business, biology, communications and computer science. The university counts 10 faculties, 4 engineering schools, 3 institutes of technology offering undergraduate courses, and 2 professional institutes providing post-graduate programmes. With numerous student societies and good support services for international and disabled students, the campus is a welcoming place with numerous CROUS restaurants and canteens providing subsidised food and snacks.

Students

In 2018, the number of students was 30,917 divided into six areas, Dijon, Auxerre,

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, Le Creusot, Mâcon and Nevers. The territorial areas (Dijon excepted) receive about 89% of the total of students. There are about 2 783 foreign students in 2018. 66% of the students are from Burgundy. The CIEF (Centre International d'Études Françaises) allows students at all proficiency levels to immerse themselves in French language classes.

Points of interest

Serres de l'Université de Bourgogne The Serres de l'Université de Bourgogne are greenhouse botanical gardens operated by the University of Burgundy. They are located at 8 rue du Recteur Marcel Bouchard, Dijon, Bourgogne, Côte-d'Or, France. The greenhouses were established in 1966 a ...

Notable faculty

* Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher * Louis Bachelier, French mathematician * Pietro Balestra, economist *

Doug Beardsley Doug Beardsley (born April 27, 1941) is a Canadian poet and educator. He has collaborated with numerous other writers including Al Purdy, Theresa Kishkan and Charles Lillard. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at Sir George Williams Un ...

, poet *

Gaspard Auguste Brullé Gaspard Auguste Brullé (7 April, 1809 – 21 January, 1873) was a French entomologist. Passionate about insects from a young age and through the intervention of Georges Cuvier, he participated in the Morea expedition organised by Jean Baptiste ...

, French entomologist * Roland Carraz, former member of the French Parliament and former Secretary of state *

Lucien Febvre Lucien Paul Victor Febvre (, ; 22 July 1878 – 11 September 1956) was a French historian best known for the role he played in establishing the Annales School of history. He was the initial editor of the ''Encyclopédie française'' together wit ...

, French historian *

Robert M. French Robert M. French is a research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He is currently at the University of Burgundy in Dijon. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, where he worked with Douglas Hofstadter on t ...

, French Cognitive scientist *

Robert Folz Robert Folz (12 March 1910 – 5 March 1996) was a French medievalist and specialist on the Carolingian era. Born in Metz, Folz spent his academic career at the University of Burgundy in Dijon. Professor of history from 1947, he headed the his ...

, French historian, medievalist, former Dean *

Henri Hauser Henri Hauser (19 July 1866 – 27 May 1946) was a French historian, geographer, and economist. A pioneer in the study of the economic history of the early modern period, he also wrote on contemporary economic issues and held the first chair in e ...

, Economist, historian, geographer *

Albert Mathiez Albert-Xavier-Émile Mathiez (; 10 January 1874 – 25 February 1932) was a French historian, best known for his Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution. Mathiez emphasized class conflict. He argued that 1789 pitted the bourgeoisie against ...

, French historian (Professor from 1919 to 1926) * Bernard de Montmorillon, French economist, Former Dean at the Paris IX university (Dauphine) *

Louis Renault (jurist) Louis Renault (21 May 1843 – 8 February 1918) was a French jurist and educator, and the co-winner in 1907 (with Ernesto Teodoro Moneta) of the Nobel Prize for Peace. Renault was born at Autun. From 1868 to 1873, Renault was professor of Roman ...

(lecturer at this university, later Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) *

Jean Richard (historian) Jean Barthélémy Richard (7 February 1921 – 25 January 2021) was a French historian, who specialized in medieval history. He was an authority on the Crusades, and his work on the Latin missions in Asia has been qualified as "unsurpassed". Rich ...

, historian, member of the Institut de France, President of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since 2002 * Albert Schatz, jurist, historian * Bernard Schmitt, economist, founder of the school of economic thought known as

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* Aurélie Trouvé, President of

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France

Notable alumni

Mohammed A. Aldouri Mohammed A. Aldouri ( ar, محمد الدوري) (born 12 September 1941) was the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations from 2001 to 2003. Early life Born in Baghdad, he attended Baghdad University and earned a bachelor's degree ...

, former Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations (2001–2003) * Edvard Beneš, Former President of Czechoslovakia * Igor and Grichka Bogdanov, French Television presenters, known for the

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* Guy Canivet jurist, president of the Court of Cassation *

Chérie Carter-Scott Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D., MCC (born May 30, 1949) is a #1 New York Times Best Selling author, and Master Certified Executive and life coach, often referred to as ”The Mother of Coaching” due to her pioneer work in the coaching industry. Ed ...

, American author *

Antanas Mockus Aurelijus Rūtenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas (; born 25 March 1952) is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. He has a master's degree in philosophy from the National University of Colombia, and a Honoris Causa PhD from the U ...

, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician *

Rachida Dati Rachida Dati (; ar, رشيدة داتي, link=no; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament, representing Île-de-France. Prior to her election, she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Sea ...

, Member of the European Parliament, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice *

Mahmoud El Materi Mahmoud El Materi (December 1897 – December 13, 1972) was a Tunisian physician and politician. He was the first president and one of the founders of the Neo Destour. Biography Early life In his private journals, Mahmoud El Materi mentions ...

, Former Minister (Tunisia) * Jacques Fradin, Medical Doctor, cognitive and behavioural therapist * Pierre Frogier, Politician, former President of the Government of

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Henri-François Gautrin Henri-François Gautrin (born July 30, 1943 in Béthune, France) is a Quebec politician, professor and physicist. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verdun in the Montreal region. He represented the Quebec Liberal ...

, Member of National Assembly of Quebec *

Adolé Isabelle Glitho-Akueson Adolé Isabelle Glitho-Akueson (born 4 May 1949) is a Togolese entomologist who is Professor of Animal Biology at the University of Lomé. She is the chair of UNESCO's "Women, Science and Sustainable Water Management in West Africa and Central Af ...

, Professor of Animal Biology at the University of Lome * Léopold Gnininvi,

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politician, Secretary-General of the Democratic Convention of African Peoples * Roger Guillemin, French National medal of Science in 1976, Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977 *

Lawrence Gushee Lawrence Arthur "Larry" Gushee (February 25, 1931 – January 6, 2015) was an American musicologist, who specialized in medieval music and early jazz. He was born in Ridley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at Haverford College, ...

, American musicologist * Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, prominent Iranian writer *

Joseph Jacotot Joseph (or Jean-Joseph) Jacotot (4 March 177030 July 1840) was a French teacher and educational philosopher, creator of the method of "intellectual emancipation." Life Jacotot was born at Dijon on 4 March 1770. He was educated at the universi ...

, philosopher, creator of the method of "intellectual emancipation" *

Alain Joyandet Alain Joyandet (born 15 January 1954) is a French politician who was appointed Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony in the government of François Fillon from 18 March 2008 to July 2010. Prior to that, he was CEO of the Sociét� ...

, politician, former Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony *

Henri Jayer Henri Jayer (1922 – 20 September 2006) was a French vintner who is credited with introducing important innovations to Burgundian winemaking. He was particularly known for the quality of his Pinot noir.M. Frank "Burgundy Loses Master Winemake ...

, French vintner *

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (; born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and Pre ...

, President of Burkina Faso (2015–present) * H. T. Kirby-Smith, American author and poet *

Faik Konitza Faik Bey Konica (later named ''Faïk Dominik Konitza'', 15 March 1875 – 15 December 1942) was an important figure in Albanian language and culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. Prewar Albanian minister to Washington, his litera ...

, Albanian politician, stylist, critic. * Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist * Kevin S. MacLeod, Usher of the Black Rod for the Canadian Senate * Arnaud Montebourg, Deputy of the fifth district of Saône-et-Loire to the

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* Lawrence Clark Powell, literary critic, bibliographer and author *

Carol Remond Carol S. Remond is a journalist for Dow Jones Newswires, a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, publisher of ''The Wall Street Journal''. Career In 2005, she won the Gerald Loeb Award in the News Services Online Content category for her coverage of ...

, award-winning journalist (Dow Jones Newswires), publisher of the Wall Street Journal. *

Aurélie Trouvé Aurélie (or its variants Aurelie or Aurelia) is a feminine name primarily occurring in France, deriving from the Latin Aurelius (golden) family. The masculine forms are Aurèle and Aurélien. The name was historically popular in France, and is cu ...

( fr), President of

France * Pierre Viette,

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George Kennedy Young George Kennedy Young, CB, MBE, M.A. (8 April 1911 – 9 May 1990) was a deputy director of MI6, and later involved in British Conservative Party politics. He was also a merchant banker. Early life George Kennedy Young was born in Dumfries, a ...

, deputy director of MI6 * Doina Bobeica, florist * Maxime Touffet, director of Renon Inc. * Chuka Umunna, British politician * Robin Deiana, TV personality, breakdancer and model who lives and performs in South Korea; current cast member in the talk show Non-Summit * Paul Bosc, chairman and founder of Château Des Charmes, recipient of the Order of Canada

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