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The University of Toulouse I ( Université Toulouse 1 Sciences Sociales French, abbreviation UT1 ) is one of three universities in the French city of Toulouse. After their main campus it is also called L'Arsenal. She goes to the back in 1229 by Ludwig founded the Holy Law School. Today, it offers studies in the fields of law, economics and management. The university has more than 17,000 students in Toulouse and their branches in Montauban and Rodez.

History of the University

The University of the causative Academy was founded by Raymond VII of Toulouse, on the basis of the Treaty of Paris of 12 April 1229. The foundation was to him by Louis IX. imposed by France as a result of defeat in the Albigensian Crusade. It originally comprised four faculties: the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Canon Law, the civil and the Faculty of Arts. 1257 the medical school was founded.

In the wake of the French Revolution in 1793, the university was closed. At the end of the Second Empire, which is characterized by a generally bad situation of the French universities outside the capital, existed in Toulouse four faculties: Law, Humanities, Science and Catholic theology. As under the Ancien Régime, the law school is the most important: it is home to three-quarters of the students and has the most renowned professors.

The situation at the University of improved only in the eighties of the 19th century under the influence of men like Louis Liard and Ernest Lavisse, the grant universities a greater degree of autonomy. The policy of centralization hampers the development of the University but continues until the sixties of the 20th century.

On November 12, 1968, the law comes to the alignment of the higher education system in force which facilities of a type, the so-called " public institutions of cultural and scientific nature " ( établissements publics à caractère scientifique et culturel - EPCSC ) created. The old faculties disappear and be replaced by " teaching and research units " ( Unités d' enseignement et de recherche - UER ) replaced that are rearranged in universities. In this way, three new universities in Toulouse, University of Toulouse I, University of Toulouse II, University of Toulouse III and Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse ( INPT ).

The University of Toulouse I remains in the center of Toulouse, while the other two universities are located in the suburbs of the city.

Locations

The University of Toulouse I (UT 1 ) is spread across three locations in the heart of Toulouse city center.

The " Anciennes Facultés " ( Old faculties) host the " Institut d' Administration des Entreprises " (IAE, Institute for Business Administration), the "Service Universitaire d'Information et d'Orientation " ( SUIO, Universitärer information and guidance service ), numerous student clubs and several auditoriums. The " Anciennes Facultés " are located in the Rue Albert Lautmann No. 2, two minutes from the Capitol Square ( Place du Capitole ) away.

" L'Arsenal " ( the Arsenal) covers most of the lecture halls and classrooms as well as the " Bibliothèque universitaire de l' Arsenal " (University Library of the Arsenal), which is the largest library of the University. " L'Arsenal " is located in the Rue du Doyen Gabriel Marty No. 2, opposite the " Anciennes Facultés ".

The " Manufacture des Tabacs " ( tobacco factory ) is the location of classrooms, lecture halls, and especially of laboratories and research libraries. The " Manufacture" has the address Allée de Brienne No. 21 and is seen from the two aforementioned locations, on the other side of the Canal de Brienne.

Finally, there is an annex Institute of the University in Albi.

Part of the University of

The Faculty of Law from the year 1229, is one of the oldest academic institutions in Europe. During the 20th century, new faculties and institutes have been established in the context of the university, some of which after May 1968, the University of Toulouse I made ​​.

  • UFR de droit (Legal Department, UFR = unité de formation et de recherche, literally " training and research unit " ):

Director: Bernard Beigner ( Professor of Civil Law )

  • UFR de sciences économiques ( Department of Economics ):

Director: Marie -Françoise Calmette (Professor of Economics )

  • UFR d'administration et communication (Department of Administration and Communication):

Director: Christian Lavialle (Professor of Public Law )

  • UFR d' informatique ( Department of computer science ):

Director: Chantal Soule - Dupuy ( professor of computer science )

  • L'Institut d'administration des entreprises (IAE, Institute for Business Administration):

Director: Hervé Penan (Professor of Economics )

  • L'Institut universitaire de Rodez technologique ( IUT -University Institute of Technology of Rodez):

Director: Jean -Yves Bruel (Faculty of Business )

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