The University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II was a French university in the Academy of Aix and Marseille. Historically, it was part of the

University of Aix-Marseille Aix-Marseille University (AMU; french: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as ''Université d'Aix-Marseille'') is a public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of ...

based across the communes of

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

and

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

in southern

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. It had 24,000 students. On 1 January 2012 it merged with the

University of Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of ...

and

Paul Cézanne University Paul Cézanne University (also referred to as Paul Cézanne University Aix-Marseille III; French: ''Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III'') was a public research university based in the heart of Provence (south east of France), in both Aix ...

to become

Aix-Marseille University Aix-Marseille University (AMU; french: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as ''Université d'Aix-Marseille'') is a public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II o ...

, the youngest, but also the largest in terms of students, budgets and staff in France.

Academic programs

The university is particularly strong in sciences with faculties for science ( Faculté des Sciences de Luminy), sport sciences (Faculté des Sciences du Sport), engineering ( École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Luminy) and economic science and management (Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion). The medical school comprises the faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry. In addition, there are a number of institutes: * Institut de Mécanique de Marseille (Institute of mechanics at Marseille) *École de Journalisme et de Communication (School of Journalism and Communications) *

Institut Universitaire de Technologie 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 ...

(University Institute for technology) * Institut Régional du Travail (Regional institute for work) *

Centre d'océanologie de Marseille Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics * Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...

(Oceanography center of Marseille) * Ecole Universitaire de Maïeutique Marseille Méditerranée

History

The Université d'Aix-en-Provence was initially created in 1409 by Louis II de Provence. In 1791, like every university in France, it was dissolved and the faculties were dispersed between the two cities of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille and became autonomous. On 21 April 1881 by decree of the '' conseil municipal'' (city council) the medical school was opened at the

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by the

Vieux Port, Marseille The Old Port of Marseille (French: ''Vieux-Port de Marseille'', ) is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille. It became ...

. In 1969, two universities were established between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. In 1973, the third was created ( Université d'Aix-Marseille III). In 1994, the Université d'Aix-Marseille II took the name of ''Université de la Méditerranée''.

Alumni

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Christine Beeton Christine Beeton is an immunologist and associate professor at the Baylor College of Medicine (Baylor or Baylor College) in Houston, Texas. She works within the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Beeton graduated from the Faculté ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mediterranean Aix-Marseille University Defunct universities and colleges in France Educational institutions established in 1969 Educational institutions disestablished in 2012

University of the Mediterranean The University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II was a French university in the Academy of Aix and Marseille. Historically, it was part of the University of Aix-Marseille based across the communes of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille in souther ...

1969 establishments in France 2012 disestablishments in France

Academic programs

History

Alumni

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