Tunis University (, ) is a
public university
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in
Tunis
Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...
, Tunisia. It was founded in 1960 on the basis of earlier educational establishments.
The University of Tunis is a member of the
Mediterranean University Union (UNIMED) and of
Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
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.
Organisation
The university is organised into the following institutions.
* Ecole Normale Supérieure (the oldest institute of the university)
* Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences
* Higher School of Technological Sciences
* Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
*
Preparatory Engineering Institute
* Higher Institute of Literary Studies and Humanities
* Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts
* Higher Institute for Youth-Club Activities and Culture
* Higher Institute of Fine Arts
* Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities
* Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities of Zaghouan
* Higher Institute of Management
* Higher Institute of Music
* Higher Institute of Crafts Heritage
* Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM)
*
Tunis Business School
*
National Heritage Institute (Co-Supervision with the Ministry of Culture and the Safeguard of the Heritage)
Preparatory Engineering Institute
The Tunis Preparatory Engineering Institute () was created according to the law N°95-40 on 24 April 1995.
Notable alumni and academics
*
Hédi Annabi (4 September 1943 – 12 January 2010
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United Nations Secretary-General
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*
Noureddine Bhiri (born 10 July 1958), Tunisian politician
*
Mohamed Brahmi (15 May 1955 – 25 July 2013), Tunisian politician
*
Fatma Chamakh-Haddad (10 March 1936 – 2 May 2013), professor, philosopher, feminist and activist
*
Fadela Echebbi (born 23 January 1946), Tunisian author and poet
*
Michel Foucault
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(15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), French historian, philosopher, and literary critic
*
Mohamed Ghannouchi (born 18 August 1941), the former
Prime Minister of Tunisia
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and self-proclaimed acting
president
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*'' Præsident ...
of the country for a few hours starting 14 January 2011
*
Mohamed Ghozzi (born 24 February 1949 in
Kairouan
Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( , ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by the Umayyads around 670, in the period of Caliph Mu'awiya (reigned 661 ...
), Tunisian poet and critic
*
Hamadi Jebali
Hamadi Jebali (, '; born 12 January 1949) is a Tunisian engineer, politician, and journalist who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013. He was the Secretary-General of the Ennahda Movement, a moderate Islamic party in Tun ...
(born 12 January 1949), Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013
*
Jeanne-Claude, (13 June 1943,
Casablanca
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– 18 November 2009, New York City),
environmental artist
* Thouraya Jeribi Khémiri (born 21 August 1960), Minister of Justice.
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* Souhayr Belhassen (born 1943), human rights activist and journalist.
* Sadok Chaabane (born 23 February 1950), University Professor.
* Abdelfattah Mourou (born 1 June 1948), Politician and Lawyer.
* Chahrazed Helal (born 1976), Singer & Musicologist.
*
References
External links
Tunis University Website
UNIMED
AUF
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1960 establishments in Tunisia
Universities and colleges established in 1960
Universities in Tunisia
Education in Tunis