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Universités Nouvelles
Universités nouvelles (French for "new universities") are eight unaffiliated universities in France that were created during the 1990s. History In the 1990s, the head of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Lionel Jospin, launched the ''plan université 2000'' (university project 2000), with a spatial planning target: at the time French institutions of higher education were having to address an influx of 50,000 to 100,000 additional students per year. It was especially important to relieve pressure on the universities of Paris and Lille. These new universities were created either from existing out-stations of the older universities, or else by programs specifically planned to establish new ones. The four new universities located in Ile-de-France were created by decree on 22 July 1991, those of Artois and Littoral by decree on 7 November 1991 the one of La Rochelle in 1993, and that of South Brittany in 1995. The Montesquieu University – Bordeaux IV, created in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lists Of Universities In France
The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research lists 160 public higher education establishments. It divides these into four categories: * 65 universities * 60 ''écoles'' * 25 ''grands établissements'' * 10 other establishments These are summarized in the following template and further detailed in the lists that follow. List of public universities in France In France, various types of institution have the term "University" in their name. These include the public universities, which are the autonomous institutions that are distinguished as being state institutes of higher education and research that practice open admissions, and that are designated with the label "Université" by the French ministry of Higher Education and Research. These also include the communities of universities and institutions (COMUEs), which are degree-granting federated groups of universities and other institutes of higher education. The COMUEs replace the earlier (PRES), which were groupings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |