University of Montpellier Paul Valéry


University of Montpellier Paul Valéry, also known as or UPVM or Montpellier III is a public research university in Montpellier, France. It is one of the three successor universities of the University of Montpellier. The university specialises in arts, language and social sciences.
The university is a member of the Coimbra Group, an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard.
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History

Origins

The University of Montpellier, founded on 26 October 1289 through a bull issued by Pope Nicholas IV combining the schools of Medicine, Arts and Law, is the third university founded in France, following those of Paris and Toulouse.
In 1939, the new Faculty of Humanities was built in the city centre, facing Saint Pierre's Cathedral on the rue du Cardinal de Cabrières, and inaugurated by the then Dean Augustin Fliche.
In 1970, the former faculties formed three separate universities. The Faculty of Arts, Languages, Social Sciences and Humanities becoming the "University of Montpellier III", whilst also taking on the name of Paul Valéry as a homage to the Sète-born writer who studied in Montpellier.
In 2015, the Universities of Montpellier I and II merged to be the University of Montpellier. Therefore, the University Paul Valéry of Montpellier III became University Paul-Valéry of Montpellier.
Since 2002, all Nîmes students have been included in the University of Nîmes and are no longer part of the University of Montpellier III.

Presidents

Year of appointmentNamePositionDiscipline
1990Jules MaurinUniversity ProfessorContemporary History
1995Pierre BenedettoUniversity ProfessorPsychology
1998Michèle WeilUniversity ProfessorLiterature
2003Jean-Marie MiossecUniversity ProfessorGeography
2008Anne FraïsseUniversity ProfessorLatin
2016Patrick GilliUniversity ProfessorMedieval History
2020Anne FraïsseUniversity ProfessorLatin

Campus

Having become too cramped, the university moved in 1966 to a campus of over 10 hectares in the north of the city, close to the University of Montpellier II's new campus. In order to avoid confusion with the University of Montpellier 2, the architectural aesthetic was very carefully selected and large green spaces created.
In 1986 a new building comprising three lecture theatres was built.
In 1998, a second University campus was built in Béziers on the site of the former Duguesclin barracks.
A move of the university's UFR 5 is currently being planned to the Saint-Charles site in Montpellier city centre.

Organisation

The university is organised into six teaching and research units:
  • Letters, Arts, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
  • Languages and Cultures
  • Human and Environmental Sciences
  • Social and Organisational Sciences
  • Subject and Societal Sciences - Psychology, sociology and anthropology
  • Education - education, physical and sports education, mathematics.
It also has an Institute of Information Technoscience.

Student life

Student life is coordinated through the Maison des Étudiants, a place for students' activities, freedom of expression, clubs and societies.
Its aim is to help students realise their own ambitions, allowing them to open up and develop a place for creation, as well as cultural and campus activities.
The Maison des Étudiants and its "Jean Moulin" function room are an important centre for student life on campus, playing host to: dance, music, theatre and first aid classes, as well as conferences, film screenings, debates, exhibitions, solidarity and cultural days, concerts and student evenings, amongst others.

Representative student organisations

Following the student elections of 30 and 31 May 2006 marked by a low level of participation of around 5%, the representative student organisations are as follows:Tribune Étudiante, Confédération étudiante, Avis Culturel : 4 elected to the CA, 4 elected to the CEVUUNEF : 3 elected to the CA, 3 elected to the CEVUSud étudiant : 3 elected to the CA, 3 elected to the CEVUMelting-Pot : 2 elected to the CA, 2 elected to the CEVU, 1 elected to the CSCaraïbe Afrique Solidarité Étudiante : 1 elected to the CA, 1 elected to the CEVUCorpo Lettres Epsylone : 1 elected to the CA, 1 elected to the CEVUUNI : 1 elected to the CA, 1 elected to the CEVULa liste Culturelle étudiante : 1 elected to the CEVUAssociation Contact : 1 elected to the CSÉtudiants solidaires : 1 elected to the CSRéseau doctorant UPV : ''1 elected to the CS''

Other active associations

All student associations do not inevitably participate in representative student elections but are not less active. Numerous cultural associations, such as Asso7, ECUME or l'Écran et son Double, actively participate in campus activities.
The associations and student unions are housed in the "Maison des Etudiants", found on the north side of campus near the Vert Bois university restaurant.

Notable people

Faculty

Alumni