The University of Burgundy Europe (, UBE; formerly known as University of Dijon) 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 ...
located in
Dijon
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...
,
France
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.
The University of Burgundy Europe 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
An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ...
) 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.
History
The university was founded in 1722 by King
Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defi ...
. Initially there was only the law faculty but from 1805 to 1809 faculties of science, arts, and medicine were added by
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
.
Students
In 2018, the number of students was 30,917 divided into six areas, Dijon,
Auxerre
Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...
,
Chalon-sur-Saône
Chalon-sur-Saône (, literally ''Chalon on Saône'') is a city in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefectu ...
,
Le Creusot
Le Creusot () is a Communes of France, commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France.
The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerl ...
,
Mâcon
Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home t ...
and
Nevers
Nevers ( , ; , later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is a city and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the pr ...
. 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
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Serres de l'Université de Bourgogne
Notable faculty
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Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher
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Louis Bachelier, French mathematician
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Pietro Balestra, economist
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Doug Beardsley, poet
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Sophie Béjean, University president
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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
The French Parliament (, ) is the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (France), Senate (), and the National Assembly (France), National Assembly (). Each assembly conducts legislative sessi ...
and former Secretary of state
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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
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Robert M. French, French Cognitive scientist
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Robert Folz, French historian,
medievalist
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Computer scientists and Mathematici ...
, former
Dean
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Henri Hauser, Economist, historian, geographer
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Albert Mathiez, French historian (Professor from 1919 to 1926)
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Bernard de Montmorillon, French economist, Former Dean at the Paris IX university (Dauphine)
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Jocelyne Pérard, President, University of Burgundy, 1993-98
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Louis Renault (jurist) (lecturer at this university, later
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish language, Swedish and ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Will and testament, will of Sweden, Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobe ...
Laureate)
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Jean Richard (historian), historian, member of the
Institut de France
The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately ...
, President of the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres).
History ...
since 2002
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Albert Schatz, jurist, historian
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Bernard Schmitt, economist, founder of the school of economic thought known as
quantum economics
* Aurélie Trouvé, President of
ATTAC France
Notable alumni
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Mohammed A. Aldouri, former Permanent Representative of
Iraq
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to the
United Nations
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(2001–2003)
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Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš (; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czec ...
, Former
President of Czechoslovakia
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*
Igor and Grichka Bogdanov, French Television presenters, known for the
Bogdanov affair
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Guy Canivet jurist, president of the
Court of Cassation
A court of cassation is a high-instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of cassation do not re-examine the facts of a case; they only interpret the relevant law. In this, they are appellate courts of the highest instance. In ...
*
Chérie Carter-Scott, American author
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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 Un ...
, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician
*
Rachida Dati
Rachida Dati (, ; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician and former magistrate who has been Minister of Culture (France), Minister of Culture since January 2024 in the Attal government, government of Gabriel Attal, the Barnier government, ...
, Member of the European Parliament,
Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
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Mahmoud El Materi, Former Minister (Tunisia)
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Jacques Fradin, Medical Doctor, cognitive and behavioural therapist
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Pierre Frogier, Politician, former President of the Government of
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
*
Henri-François Gautrin, Member of
National Assembly of Quebec
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*
Adolé Isabelle Glitho-Akueson, Professor of Animal Biology at the University of Lome
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Léopold Gnininvi,
Togolese politician, Secretary-General of the
Democratic Convention of African Peoples
*
Lawrence Gushee, American
musicologist
Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...
*
Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, prominent
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian writer
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Joseph Jacotot, philosopher, creator of the method of "intellectual emancipation"
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Alain Joyandet
Alain Joyandet (born 15 January 1954) is a French politician who was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs (France), Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony in the government of François Fillon from 18 March 2008 to July 2010. Prior ...
, politician, former Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony
*
Henri Jayer, French
vintner
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré,
President of
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
(2015–present)
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H. T. Kirby-Smith, American author and poet
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Faik Konitza, Albanian politician, stylist, critic.
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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 ...
, French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist
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Kevin S. MacLeod, Usher of the Black Rod for the Canadian Senate
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Souad Kassim Mohamed (born 1976), Djiboutian linguist
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Arnaud Montebourg, Deputy of the fifth district of Saône-et-Loire to the
French National Assembly
The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...
*
Lawrence Clark Powell, literary critic, bibliographer and author
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Carol Remond, award-winning journalist (Dow Jones Newswires), publisher of the Wall Street Journal.
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Aurélie Trouvé (
fr), President of
ATTAC France
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Pierre Viette
Pierre E. L. Viette (29 June 1921 – 30 April 2011) was a French entomologist. He attended university in Dijon during the German occupation of France in World War II, then spent his entire career at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in P ...
,
entomologist
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
*
George Kennedy Young, deputy director of
MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...
* Doina Bobeica, florist
* Maxime Touffet, director of Renon Inc.
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Chuka Umunna
Chuka Harrison Umunna (; born 17 October 1978) is a British businessman and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabine ...
, 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
The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...
See also
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List of early modern universities in Europe
The list of early modern universities in Europe comprises all University, universities that existed in the early modern age (1501–1800) in Europe. It also includes short-lived foundations and educational institutions whose university status is ...
References
External links
Official websiteCentre International d'Études Françaises
{{DEFAULTSORT:University of Burgundy
Universities in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Buildings and structures in Dijon
Education in Dijon
Educational institutions established in 1722
Universities and colleges established in the 18th century
1722 establishments in France