The University of Limoges (''Université de Limoges'') 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 ...
, based in
Limoges
Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...
. Its chancellor is the rector of the Academy of Limoges (an administrative district in France for education and research). It counts more than 16,000 students and near 1,000 scholars and researchers. It offers complete curricula up to the doctorates and beyond in the traditional areas of knowledge. It was structured in October 1968 by the grouping of higher education institutions in Limoges. The oldest historical continuity is that of the faculties of pharmacy and medicine dating back to 1626.
It is one of the main higher education institutions in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by t ...
region. As of July 2015 it is a member of the
Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University (''Université confédérale Léonard de Vinci'') along with the
University of Poitiers
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, the
University of La Rochelle
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La Roc ...
,
François Rabelais University
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and several engineering schools.
University of Limoges is ranked as the top 50 among the universities in France.
University of Limoges is in the top 7% of universities in the world, ranking 29th in the France as 2020. Ranks 1st among universities in Limoges.
History
The university of Limoges was created in 1968 by the incorporation into a single institution of various research schools of higher learning in Limoges, some of them previously affiliated to the
University of Poitiers
The University of Poitiers (UP; french: Université de Poitiers) is a public university located in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group. It is multidisciplinary and contributes to making Poitiers the city with the highest studen ...
. At the time of its creation it counted 7,000 students and soon expanded to 15,000 making it a middle size university in France.
It inherits from a long tradition of research, innovation and teaching possibly dating back in the Middle Ages from the famed
Abbaye Saint-Martial de Limoges founded in 848 and suppressed by the French Revolution in 1891, which was a major intellectual center in Medieval Europe (technology of materials, enamel, manuscripts, scholarship, liturgy, theater, etc.). The modern School of Medicine and Pharmacy was created in 1626 (the present day's university council meets in the "Salle Saint-Alexis", the 17th century former chapel of the old Hôtel-Dieu University Hospital).
Academics
The university offers bachelor, master and doctorate degrees in line with the
Bologna Process. There are five main departments:
![Unilim Fac Letter](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Unilim_Fac_Letter.jpg)
* Department of Law and Economics
* Department of Literature and Humanities
* Department of Medicine
* Department of Pharmacy
* Department of Sciences and Technology
Institutes and schools
*
University Institute of Technology
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(''Institut universitaire de technologie du Limousin'')
![University-libraries](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/University-libraries.jpg)
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Institut d'Administration des Entreprises
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(IAE Limoges)
* ''Institut de préparation à l'administration générale'' (IPAG),
* ''Institut du Limousin de Formation aux Métiers de la Réadaptation'' (ILFOMER),
* ''École supérieure du professorat et de l'éducation'' (ESPE),
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ENSIL-ENSCI (Graduate Engineering School).
In addition, 3iL, School of Computer Engineering is associated with the University.
Research
The University of Limoges has grouped its research laboratories into five major institutes:
* XLIM UMR CNRS 7252, a multidisciplinary research institute, in association with the
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
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Basic research, also called pure research o ...
(CNRS), is the result of the merger of four laboratories (LACO, LMSI, UMOP, IRCOM). It brings together more than 500 professors, CNRS researchers and doctoral students working in computer science, mathematics, optics, electromagnetism or electronics.
![Xlim 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Xlim_1.jpg)
* IPAM (Institut des Procédés Appliqués aux Matériaux), bringing together two laboratories from the University and the
École nationale supérieure de céramique industrielle, working on materials and process engineering.
![Limoges IRCER](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Limoges_IRCER.jpg)
* GEIST (Genomics, Environment, Immunity, Health and Therapeutics).
* SHS (Human and Social Sciences).
* GIO (Governance of Institutions and Organisations).
The University also supports the activities of the NGO Europa, which is based in Limoges and is involved in the field of European public policies.
Notable faculty
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Claude-Auguste Lamy
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Life
Lamy was born in the commune of Ney in the department of Jura, France in 1820. ...
(1820-1878) - chemist who discovered the element thallium
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Louis Pérouas
Louis Pérouas (9 September 1923, in Rennes – February 2011, in Limoges) was a French historian, a specialist in the history of the French Catholic Church.
Ordained a priest in 1949, he became a missionary of the Society of Mary. He pursued post ...
(1923-2011) - specialist in the history of the French Catholic Church
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François Pairault
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Biography
Education
François Pairault received his doctorate of history in 1989.Thèse sur Eugène Eschassériaux, dirigée par René Rémond : http://www.sudoc.fr/041369572.
Car ...
(born 1940) - historian
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Jacques Fontanille
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(born 1948) - semiotician; university president
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Bertrand Lançon
Bertrand Lançon (born 1952, Le Mans) is a French historian and novelist, a specialist of late Antiquity.
Career
After studying with the Jesuits, he went on to study higher education at the University of Maine, where he discovered late Antiquity ...
(born 1952) - historian and novelist, specialist of late Antiquity
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Nicole Belloubet
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(born 1955) - jurist; university rector; Socialist politician; government minister
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Bertrand Westphal
Bertrand Westphal (born May 10, 1962, in Strasbourg, France), is a French scholar and essayist.
Career
Westphal, a professor of comparative literature and literary theory, has been teaching at the University of Limoges since 1998. He has been di ...
(born 1962) - comparative literature and literary theory
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Romain Garnier
Romain Garnier (born 1976) is a French linguist who specializes in Latin and Indo-European linguistics. He has been an Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences) since 2005 at the University of Limoges. He was the recipient of the Prix Émile ...
(born 1976) - linguist who specialises in Latin and Indo-European linguistics
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Pierre Dusart
Pierre Dusart is a French mathematician at the Université de Limoges who specializes in number theory
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- mathematician
Notable alumni
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Sheila Abed
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Biography
Abed studied law at the National University of Asunción; afterwards she obtained a Master in Environmental Law at the Université de Limoges. She has experience in e ...
- Paraguayan lawyer and politician
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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed ( aa, Qabdulkadir Kamil Macammad, ar, عبد القادر كامل محمد; born 1 July 1951 in Souali, Djibouti) is a Djiboutian politician who has been Prime Minister of Djibouti since 2013. A longtime member of th ...
(born 1951 in Souali, Djibouti) - politician; Prime Minister of Djibouti
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Amadou Koné
Amadou Koné is a writer from Cote d'Ivoire.
Childhood
He is the son of Soma Denbie (said Mamadou Koné) and Kahou Sirima (known Karidia Koulibali).
Amadou Koné was born in May 1953 in the small village of Tangora in the circle of Banfora, tod ...
(born 1953) - writer from Cote d'Ivoire
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David Jaomanoro (1953-2014) - Malagasy writer, playwright and poet
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Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi
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(born 1954) - Argentine lawyer, diplomat and judge
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Yolaine de Courson (born 1954) - politician LREM
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Sophie Dessus (1955-2016) - Socialist politician
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Faustine Fotso
The Honorable Faustine Villanneau Chebou Kamdem Fotso born on June 12, 1965, is a computer scientist, environmentalist, and lawyer from Cameroon.
Public life
In 2012, Fotso was 1st Deputy Mayor of Baham, a town in Western Cameroon. In 2013, sh ...
(born 1965) - computer scientist, environmentalist, lawyer and politician from Cameroon
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Mamadou Tangara (born 1965) - diplomat and politician from Gambia
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Zinedine Zidane
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(born 1972) - professional footballer; Sports Manager
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Christophe Jerretie (born 1979) - politician LREM
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Cherno Omar Barry - university administrator from Gambia
References
See also
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Université de Limoges in the French Wikipedia
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List of public universities in France by academy
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Educational institutions established in 1968
1968 establishments in France
Buildings and structures in Limoges
Universities and colleges in Limoges