University of Nantes

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Université de Nantes
University of Nantes

Established: 1460
Type: Public
Chancellor: Bernard Dubreuil
President: Yves Lecointe
Students: 32 012 (2006-7)
Location: Nantes, France
Website: http://www.univ-nantes.fr/

The University of Nantes is a well-known French university, located in the city of Nantes. Currently, it is attended by approximately 32,000 students, of which the vast majority are French. It is the second largest university in France.

[edit] History

The current University was founded in 1970 under the terms of the 1968 law which reformed French higher education. This newly established institution replaced the former University of Nantes which had been founded in the early 1960s. This itself was a re-establishment of the original University of Nantes which was established by papal bull in 1460 but was abolished during the French Revolution.

[edit] List of faculties and schools

  • Faculté de Droit et Sciences économiques et de gestion (Faculty of Law)
  • Faculté de Santé (Faculty of Medicine)
  • Faculté de Sciences (Faculty of Sciences)
  • Faculté de Langues
  • Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines
  • IUT
  • École Polytechnique de Nantes

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