The University of Caen Normandy (French: ''Université de Caen Normandie''), also known as Unicaen, is a

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Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

, France.

History

The institution was founded in 1432 by

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, the first rector being a Cornishman, Michael Tregury, afterwards

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. It originally consisted of a faculty of

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and a faculty of

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. By 1438, it already had five faculties. The foundation was confirmed by the King of France Charles VII the Victorious in 1452. On 7 July 1944 the university was completely destroyed by aerial bombing during Operation Charnwood, an action of the Battle of Caen. Between 1944 and 1954, the university was based in the buildings of the regional teachers’ college. A new campus was designed by Henry Bernard and constructed between 1948 and 1957. The new university was inaugurated on 1 and 2 June 1957. Its logo, the mythical Phoenix, symbolises this revival.

Rankings

Notable people

Notable alumni

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Notable faculty

* Gaston Mialaret (1918 - 2016), French pedagogist and university professor. * Doris Bensimon (1924–2009), Austrian-born French sociologist and academic * Albert Gabriel (1883–1972), French associate professor of Art history (1923–1925)

Miscellaneous

* The mathematician

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, whose work would influence the young

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, earned his M.A. from Caen in 1682. *

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(1749–1827) was introduced to mathematics in Caen by Christophe Gadbled and Pierre Le Canu. *

(1854–1912) taught there between 1879 and 1881. * The university aligned with École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen and

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to form the , which is known for the G'MIC open source image processing framework. * The university contains a famous scale model of

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. * Those intending to become

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s in

Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...

(or, until recently,

Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...

) must complete three months' study of Norman law at Caen University (''Certificat d'Études Juridiques Françaises et Normandes'') prior to being called to the Guernsey or Jersey Bar, respectively. * The Carré international is located here. The center is a hub for exchange students from around the world who wish to attend university in France. They take students from A1 (no French experience) to C2 (Native language). * The university takes part in th
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physician, poet, and composer of lute songs received his medical degree in 1605.

References

External links

Official English web site
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