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University of Provence
Aix-Marseille I
University of Provence; Aix-Marseille I
Established	1969-05-22
Type	Public
President	Jean-Paul Caverni
Faculty	1,527
Staff	835
Students	23,056
Undergraduates	12,807
Postgraduates	7,948
Doctoral students	1,297
Location	Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Aubagne, Avignon, Digne, Lambesc, Marseille, France
Website	http://www.univ-provence.fr/ (in French)

Facilities in Marseille

The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I is a public university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It is one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and is part of the Academy of Aix and Marseille.

[edit] Overview

The University of Provence was established in 1969, through a merger of the school of humanities in Aix-en-Provence and that of sciences in Marseille.^[4]

In the academic year of 2007-2008, 23,056 students were enrolled.^[2] Among them, 15,158 were female, while only 7,898 were male.^[2] 3,255 students came from countries outside of France, 44 per cent of which from Africa.^[2] 15,109 students went to the site in Aix-en-Provence, while others went to Marseille, Avignon, Digne, Lambesc, Arles and Aubagne.^[2] Overall, its facilities span 258 143 m².^[3]

In 2007, the budget was 120,7 million euros, with 39,2 million euros available after wages.^[5]

[edit] Departments

Ancient Civilisations
Anthropology [2]
Applied Linguistics [3]
Arabic, Berber languages, Persian, Turkish, Yiddish, Hebrew [4]
Art History and Archeology
Biology [5]
Chemistry and Physics [6]
Chinese [7]
Cognitive Psychology [8]
Developing and Differential Psychology [9]
Drama [10]
English [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Ergology [13]
French [14]
Film Studies [15]
Geography and Urban Planning [16]
German [17]
Hellenism [18]
Hispanic and Latin American Studies [19]
History [20]
Information Technology [21]
Italian [22]
Linguistics [23]
Mathematics combined with Information Technology [24]
Media Studies [25]
Miscellaneous Languages (Armenian, Hindi and Japanese) [26]
Music [27]
Philosophy [28]
Phonetics and French as a Foreign Language [29]
Portuguese
Psychology and Psychopathology [30]
Romanian
Slavic Languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Czech) [31]
Sociology [32]
Teaching Studies [33]
Visual Arts [34]

[edit] Notable faculty and alumni

Paul Veyne taught at the University of Provence in the 1960s.^[6]
Georges Duby taught at the University of Provence.^[7]
Gilles-Gaston Granger taught there from 1964 to 1986.
2008 Nobel Prize laureate in literature J.M.G. Le Clézio earned a master's degree with a thesis on Henri Michaux from the University of Provence in 1964.^[8]
Sadaf Foroughi and Kiarash Anvari are graduates of the film studies department.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Official website, indicators, staff
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Official website, indicators, students
^ ^a ^b Official website, indicators, sites
^ Campus France
^ Official website, indicators, budget
^ Colloquium
^ Danièle Iancu-Agou, L'Expulsion des Juifs de Provence et de l'Europe Méditerranéenne (XVe-XVIe siècles): Exils et Conversions, Peeters Publishers, 2005, p. xv [1]
^ Marshall, Bill; Cristina Johnston. France and the Americas. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1851094113. p.697

[edit] External links

(French) Official Website of the University of Provence Aix-Marseille I

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[staff-0] Official website, indicators, staff

[students-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Official website, indicators, students

[sites-2] Official website, indicators, sites

[3] Campus France

[4] Official website, indicators, budget

[5] Colloquium

[6] Danièle Iancu-Agou, L'Expulsion des Juifs de Provence et de l'Europe Méditerranéenne (XVe-XVIe siècles): Exils et Conversions, Peeters Publishers, 2005, p. xv [1]

[7] Marshall, Bill; Cristina Johnston. France and the Americas. ABC-CLIO, 2005. ISBN 1851094113. p.697

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Contents

[edit] Overview

[edit] Departments

[edit] Notable faculty and alumni

[edit] References

[edit] External links