The University of Angers () is a

public university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

in western France, with campuses in

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

Cholet Cholet (, probably from Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers. ...

, and

Saumur Saumur () is a Communes of France, commune in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department in western France. The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgu ...

. It is part of the Angers-Le Mans University Community.

History

The University of Angers was initially established during the 11th century as the ''School of Angers''. It became known as the ''University of Angers'' in 1337 and was the fifth largest university in France at the time. The university existed until 1793 when all universities in

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

were closed. Nearly 2 centuries later, the university was reestablished in 1971 after a regrouping of several preexisting higher education establishments. It would go on to add additional campuses in

and

in 1987 and 2004, respectively. Today, the University of Angers counts more than 25,000 students across all campuses. The university was rated the best university in France in 2015 for success rates.

Academics

The University of Angers offers bachelors, vocational bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees across its 8

faculties Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...

and institutes: *Faculty of Tourism and Culture (ESTHUA) *Faculty of Health *Faculty of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences *Faculty of Law and Economics *Faculty of Sciences *Institute of Business Administration (IAE) *Institute of Technology (IUT) *Polytech Angers (Engineering school) The university also offers non-degree options, including DAEU diplomas.

Campuses

The University of Angers is situated on 3 campuses in various parts of Angers (Belle-Beille, Santé, and Saint-Serge), as well as campuses in Cholet and Saumur. There are 2 university libraries, available on the Saint-Serge and Belle-Beille campuses. Near the Santé campus, the university maintains a

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is ...

, which as of 2022, is open year-round. The university also offers several CROUS student residence and dining halls in Angers.

Memorial

In 2015, the Maison des Sciences Humaines at the university was named after

Germaine Tillion Germaine Tillion (30 May 1907 – 18 April 2008) was a French ethnologist, known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the Government of France. A member of the French Resistance in World War II, she spent time in Ravensbrück co ...

(1907-2008), an ethnologist and member of the

French Resistance The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vic ...

Notable faculty

Ancient

Nicolas d'Orbellis Nicolas d'Orbellis was a French Franciscan theologian and philosopher, of the Scotist school. Biography He was born about 1400. He seems to have entered the monastery of the Observantines, founded in 1407, one of the first in France. He appe ...

(c.1400-1475) - Franciscan theologian and philosopher, of the Scotist school * William Gordon (c. 1499–1577) - last of the pre-Reformation bishops of Aberdeen owing allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church * John Baber (1625 – 1704) - English physician to Charles II, *

Pierre Fauchard Pierre Fauchard (; 2 January 1679 – 21 March 1761) was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". He is widely known for writing the first complete scientific description of dentistry, ''Le Chirurgien Dentiste'' ('' ...

(1679-1761) - physician, credited as being the ''father of modern dentistry'' *

Étienne-Alexandre Bernier Étienne-Alexandre Bernier or ''Abbé Bernier'' (; 31 October 1762 – 1 October 1806) was a French religious figure and Royalist politician during the French Revolution. Born in Daon, Mayenne, Bernier was a professor of theology at the Univer ...

(1762-1806) - theologian and Royalist politician

Modern

Jörg Guido Hülsmann Jörg Guido Hülsmann (; born 18 May 1966) is a German-born economist who studies issues related to money, banking, monetary policy, macroeconomics, and financial markets. Hülsmann is professor of economics at the University of Angers’ School ...

(born 1966) - monetary economist *

Jean Laroche Jean Laroche (1921–2010) was a French poet born in Nantes. He was also a professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary educatio ...

(1921, in

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

–2010) - poet *

Pierre Michel Pierre Michel (born 11 June 1942), is a professor of literature and a scholar specializing in the French writer Octave Mirbeau. Michel was born in Toulon, the son of the historian Henri Michel. After defending his doctoral dissertation on the w ...

(born 1942) - professor of literature *

David Trotman David John Angelo Trotman (27 September 1951 - 26 April 2025) was a mathematician, with dual British and French nationality. He is a grandson of the poet and author Oliver W. F. Lodge and a great-grandson of the physicist Oliver Lodge. He work ...

(born 1951) - mathematician

Notable alumni

Ancient

William de Lauder William de Lawedre (modern spelling: Lauder) ( – 14 June 1425) was Bishop of Glasgow and Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Sometimes given (wrongly) as a son of Alan de Lawedre of Haltoun, he was in fact the son of Sir Robert de Lawedre of Edringt ...

(c. 1380 – 1425) - bishop of Glasgow and Lord Chancellor of Scotland. *

Robert Morison Robert Morison (162010 November 1683) was a Scottish botanist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. A forerunner of John Ray, he elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants.Vines Biography Born in Aberdeen, Morison w ...

(1620-1683) - Scottish botanist and taxonomist *

Johan de Witt Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch statesman and mathematician who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial exp ...

(1625-1672) - Dutch statesman *

Regnier de Graaf Regnier de Graaf (English spelling), original Dutch spelling Reinier de Graaf, or Latinized Reijnerus de Graeff (30 July 164117 August 1673), was a Dutch physician, physiologist and anatomy, anatomist who made key discoveries in reproductive bio ...

(1641-1673) - Dutch physician, physiologist and anatomist *

Robert Sibbald Sir Robert Sibbald (15 April 1641 – August 1722) was a Scottish physician and antiquary. Life He was born in Edinburgh, the son of David Sibbald (brother of Sir James Sibbald) and Margaret Boyd (January 1606 – 10 July 1672). Educated at t ...

(1641-1722) - Scottish physician and antiquary *

Denis Papin Denis Papin FRS (; 22 August 1647 – 26 August 1713) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker, the steam engine, the centrifug ...

(1647-1713) - physicist, mathematician and inventor *

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (; 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French Natural history, naturalist, mathematician, and cosmology, cosmologist. He held the position of ''intendant'' (director) at the ''Jardin du Roi'', now ca ...

(1707-1788) - naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste

Modern

Roselyne Bachelot Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, generally known as Roselyne Bachelot (; née Narquin; born 24 December 1946), is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022) and as Minister of So ...

(born 1946) - politician * Jiro Ono (小野次郎) (born 1953) - Japanese politician *

Denis Mukwege Denis Mukwege (; born 1 March 1955) is a Congolese humanitarian, gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor. He founded and works in Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been raped by armed rebels. In 2018 ...

(born 1955) - Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor; jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2018

References

External links

* {{Authority control Universities and colleges in Angers Universities and colleges established in 1971 1356 establishments in Europe 1350s establishments in France 1793 disestablishments Public universities in France Universities in Pays de la Loire

History

Academics

Campuses

Memorial

Notable faculty

Ancient

Modern

Notable alumni

Ancient

Modern

See also

References

External links