University of Rouen Normandy
The University of Rouen Normandy is a French university, in the Academy of Rouen.
History and demographics
Located not in Rouen, but in the suburb of Mont-Saint-Aignan, the University of Rouen Normandy opened in 1966 as an off-shoot of the University of Caen. It is a large public university with over 25,000 students enrolled.Ranking
According to U.S. News & World Report, University of Rouen Normandy made #835 on the Best Global Universities list out of 1,250 universities being judged. University of Rouen Normandy was also compared to 66 other French universities and was ranked #45. These rankings are based on the reputation of the university as well as the extent and quality of the research performed at each location.Achievements
- First transcatheter aortic valve implantation in the world performed by Prof. Alain Cribier in 2002.
Housing
Students do not live on campus at University of Rouen Normandy, as housing is not available through the university. Nearby apartments are available and booked through the state agency CROUS.The University of Rouen Normandy takes part in the project, funded by the State via the National Research Agency.
Notable people
Faculty- Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo Botta - Italian historian; university rector
- Paul Rollin - university president
- Michel Thellier - plant physiologist.
- André Vauchez - medievalist specialising in the history of Christian spirituality.
- Annie Ernaux - Nobel Prize-winning French writer and professor of literature.
- Claude Dellacherie - mathematician, specialising in probability theory
- Alain Cribier - cardiologist
- Jacques Legrand - linguist and anthropologist; specialist in Mongolian literature, history and language
- Dominique Perrin - mathematician and computer scientist
- Catherine Virlouvet - historian of Ancient Rome
- Loïc Vadelorge - historian
- Catriona Seth - British scholar of French literature and the history of ideas
- Pierre Cosme - historian specialising in ancient Rome
- Robert Lecourt - member of French resistance; lawyer; President of the European Court of Justice
- Olga Kosakiewicz - theatre actress
- Paul Sebag - French-Tunisian sociologist and historian
- Michel Bercovier - French-Israeli computer scientist
- Maxime Crochemore - computer scientist
- Jean-Pierre Florens - economist
- Django Sissoko - Prime Minister of Mali 2012-2013
- Christian Gouriéroux - econometrician
- Justine Mintsa - writer
- Yaou Aïssatou - Minister of Women's Affairs, Cameroon
- Sheila Copps - Canadian politician; Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- Pascal Morand - economist; Executive President of the Fédération française de la couture
- Habib Abdulrab Sarori - Yemeni computer scientist and novelist
- Catherine Morin-Desailly - politician
- Lama Salam - Lebanese activist
- Christian Robert - statistician, specialising in Bayesian statistics
- Laurent Ruquier - television presenter, radio host and comedian
- Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo - pharmacist and politician
- Emmanuel Maquet - politician
- Christophe Bouillon - politician
- Stéphan Perreau - musician and art historian
- Raphaëlle Branche - historian
- Audrey Pulvar - journalist, television and radio host and politician
- David Cormand - politician
- Sira Sylla - politician of
- Orhan Pamuk - Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic