Aix-en-Provence Tourism
Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Provence - Alps
2, Place du Général de Gaulle
BP 160,
13100 AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Phone : 04 42 16 11 61
Fax : 04 42 16 11 62
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Aix-en-Provence is an important educational centre, hosting various faculties from various universities listed below:
Aix also has training-colleges, a lycée, and a school of art and technics.
There are several cités U in the city, which provide cheap accommodation for students, but sometimes lack even basic facilities.
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Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I
The Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I is a university located in both Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It is one of the Universities of Aix-Marseille.
It was founded in 1409. In the academic year of 2005-2006, 22,885 students were enrolled, 17,714 in the arts and 5,171 in the sciences. The ratio of female:male in this year was almost 2:1. Almost 3,500 students came from countries other than France.
It's campuses are located across Provence with locations in Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Aubagne, Lambesc and Marseille.
Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II
The Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II is one of the University of Aix-Marseille based across the the communes of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille in southern France. It has 24,000 students.
The university is particularly strong in sciences with faculties for science (Faculté des Sciences de Luminy), sport sciences (Faculté des Sciences du Sport), engineering (École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Luminy) and economic science and management (Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion).
The medical school comprises the faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry.
In addition, there are a number of institutes:
- Institut de Mécanique de Marseille (Institute of mechanics at Marseille)
- École de Journalisme et de Communication (School of Journalism and Communications)
- Institut Universitaire de Technologie (University Institute for technology)
- Institut Régional du Travail (Regional institute for work)
- Centre d'océanologie de Marseille (Oceanography center of Marseille)
The Université d'Aix-en-Provence was initially created in 1413 by Louis II de Provence. In 1791, like every university in France, it was disolved and the faculties were dispersed between the two cities of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille and became autonomous.
On 21 April 1881 by decree of the conseil municipal (city council) the medical school was opened at the palais du Pharo by the Vieux Port, Marseille. In 1969, two universities were established between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.
In 1973, the third was created (Université d'Aix-Marseille III). In 1994, the Université d'Aix-Marseille II took the name of Université de la Méditerranée.
Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III
The Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III is a university located in both Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It is one of the universities of Aix-Marseille.
It was founded in 1409 by Louis II d'Aragon and now has 22,500 students, 3000 of which are international students. It specialises in law, political science and economics although it also has a faculty for exact sciences and technology.
Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence
The Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, also known as IEP d'Aix-en-Provence is a political science grande école, founded in 1956 on the premises of the old University of Provence Faculty of Law.
It is located in Aix-en-Provence and can be found opposite the Cathédrale Saint Sauveur on Rue Gaston de Saporta. The IEP is associated with the University of Aix-Marseille III (Université Paul Cézanne).
École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
The École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) is a French Engineering university and grand établissement.
The major fields of study at the ENSAM are:
- Mechanical engineering
- Industrial and manufacturing engineering
- Systems engineering
Most students complete preparatory classes in order to attend grandes écoles; thus, the first year in ENSAM is actually a third year of university study.
In most cases, students follow the two first years in one of the centers of Aix-en-Provence, Angers, Bordeaux, Châlons-en-Champagne, Cluny, Lille, or Metz. The center of Paris is reserved for third year-students.
Each year, approximatively 1,000 students get a 2nd cycle diplôme d'ingénieur de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, and 50 students a 3rd cycle degree.
The school originated in Liancourt, Oise, with an initiative taken by the Duke of Rochefoucauld-Liancourt in 1780; it was originally meant to provide in-depth training for dragoon officers. After 1800, the institution became known as the École d'Arts et Métiers.
The second school of this kind was founded in 1804 at Beaupréau (near Angers), but was actually in use after a third one was already functional in Châlons-en-Champagne. The last of ENSAM institutions to be established is the one in Metz (1997).
The schools in various locations were turned into engineer training institutions in 1907.
The famous alumni include:
- Pierre Bézier (Paris, 1927), inventor of CAD
- Jean-Lou Chameau (Lille 1972), president of the California Institute of Technology
- Julien Dupuy, (Chalons, 2001), pioneer of "charniere" for Renault
- André Ertaud (Paris, 1928), pioneer of nuclear energy
- Alexandru G. Golescu (Paris, 1839), Romanian politician
- Claude Goubet (Angers, 1853), inventor of the submarine
- Wilhem (aka Guillaume-Louis Bocquillon) (Liancourt, 1795 - Compiègne, 1800), composer
Other Universities
The other universities are A military academy and Institut d'Etudes Françaises pour Etudiants Etrangers (IEFEE), a language school
for foreign students of all levels of French proficiency.
Credits
: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the
Wikipedia article
"Aix-en-Provence".
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