University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès


University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès is a French public university located in Toulouse, France. It is one of the 3 successor universities of the University of Toulouse.
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History

University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès was hastily conceived as a result of the saturation of the original buildings in the city centre and the events of May 1968. At that time it was decided to divide the University of Toulouse into three: The law faculty became Université Toulouse I, occupying all the old university buildings, the humanities faculty became Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail, named after its new location, and the departments of science and medicine became Université Paul Sabatier. In 1969, a fourth university in Toulouse was created, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, a school of engineering. Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail was subsequently renamed Université de Toulouse II – Jean Jaurès after the famous politician Jean Jaurès.

Campus

The campus, situated in Toulouse's grand architectural project of the 1960s, Le Mirail, was conceived and built by the team of architects Candilis, Josic, Woods.
After the opening of many extensions in order to free up the university in the city centre, the campus in Le Mirail opened one section at a time starting in 1971, and completed the transfer by 1973. Planned for 11,000 students, the university today is a victim of its own success, with a student population of roughly 27,500.

Organisation

As the humanities university of Toulouse, it is organised into many pedagogical components: UFRs and university institutes.
School of History, Arts and Archeology
School of Languages, Literature and Foreign Civilisations
  • Department of Translation and Linguistic Interpretation
  • Department of Foreign French Language Studies
  • Department of Anglophone Studies
  • Department of Hispanic Studies
  • Department of Foreign Languages
  • Department of Applied Foreign Languages
  • Department of Linguistics
School of Literature, Philosophy, Music, Arts and Communication
School of Psychology
  • Department of Clinical Psychology
  • Department of Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics
  • Department of Developmental Psychology
  • Department of Social and Organisational Psychology
  • Department of Psychopathology, Health Psychology and Neuroscience
School of Science, Place and Society
It also has two University Institutes of Technology and several other specialist institutes.

Research

Research is organised in a series of interdisciplinary research centres. These include:
  • Centre for Work and Organisations
  • Centre for Cognition, Languages and Ergonomics
  • Centre for Education and Knowledge
  • Centre for the Study of France, the Americas and Spain
  • Centre for Environmental Geography
  • Institute of Mathematics
  • Institute of Information Technology
  • Centre for the Study of the Economy, Politics and Social Systems
  • Centre for the Study of Societies
  • Centre for Archaeology.

Reputation

In 2022, it was ranked in the 1001-1200 band of universities in the world.

Notable faculty

Notable alumni