University of Caen Lower Normandy

University of Caen Lower Normandy
Université de Caen Basse-Normandie
Established 1432[1] (confirmed in 1452)
June 1957 (reinaugurated)[2]
Students 24,000[3]
Location Caen, Basse-Normandie, France
Website www.unicaen.fr

The Université de Caen Basse-Normandie (or Caen University) is a university in Caen, in France.

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History

The institution was founded in 1432[1] by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, the first rector being a Cornishman, Michael Tregury, afterwards Archbishop of Dublin.[4] It originally consisted of a faculty of Canon Law and a faculty of Law. By 1438, it already had five faculties. The foundation was confirmed by the King of France Charles VII the Victorious in 1452.

On July 7, 1944, the university was totally destroyed by aerial bombing. Reconstruction began in 1948, the new university was inaugurated on June 1 and 2, 1957. Its logo, the mythical Phoenix, symbolises this revival.[5]

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  1. ^ a b Unicaen.fr Fondée en 1432 par le roi d'Angleterre Henri VI.
  2. ^ Unicaen.fr L'ensemble des constructions fut inauguré les 1er et 2 juin 1957.
  3. ^ Unicaen.fr En 1957, l'université comptait 4 000 étudiants ; ils sont 24 007 en 2003.
  4. ^ C.A. Dubray (1908). "University of Caen". The Catholic Encyclopedia. III. Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03132a.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  5. ^ Unicaen.fr l'entrée du campus I, le Phénix, que la légende fait mourir dans les flammes et renaître de ses cendres, symbolise ce renouveau de l'université.
  6. ^ Unicaen.fr