University of Picardy Jules Verne
Université de Picardie Jules Verne
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La citadelle d’Amiens
Type Public
Established1970
PresidentMohammed Benlahsen
Academic staff
1,200 professors and researchers[1]
Students32,000[2]
Location
Amiens ; Beauvais ; Cuffies-Soissons ; Saint-Quentin ; Creil ; Laon
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Hauts-de-France
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France
CampusUrban
AffiliationsAUF, COMUE Lille Nord de France, EUA
WebsiteU-picardie.fr
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The University of Picardy Jules Verne (French: Université de Picardie Jules Verne; UPJV) is a public university located in the former Picardy region of France (now part of Hauts-de-France).

It consists of several campuses located in the towns of Amiens, Beauvais, Cuffies, Saint-Quentin, Creil, and Laon.

The university was part of the University of Lille Nord de France group.

History

The University of Picardy Jules Verne was established in 1970 as a successor to the former University of Amiens. It was initially simply called the University of Picardy during its first two decades, until 1991 when writer Jules Verne's named was added.[3] Verne spent much of his life in Amiens. What started as a small university now has over 30,000 students across all campuses. The university celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019-2020.

Organisation

The university is organised into five main faculties or groupings each with a number of schools or institutes:

Arts, Literature, Languages

  • UFR Arts
  • UFR Languages and foreign cultures
  • UFR Literature

Law, Economics, Management

ESPE, Antenne et IUT

  • Antenne Universitaire de Beauvais (AUB)
  • École Supérieure du Professorat et de l'Éducation (ESPE)
  • Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Amiens
  • Institut Universitaire de Technologie de l'Aisne
  • Institut Universitaire de Technologie de l'Oise

Sciences Humaines et Sociales

  • UFR d'Histoire et de Géographie
  • UFR Sciences Humaines, Sociales et Philosophie

Sciences, Technologie, Santé

  • UFR de Médecine
  • Institut d'Ingénierie de la Santé - 2IS
  • UFR de Pharmacie
  • UFR des Sciences
  • UFR des Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - STAPS
  • Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques - INSSET

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

  • Daniel Ona Ondo (born 1945) - Gabonese politician who was Prime Minister of Gabon from January 2014 to September 2016
  • Calliope Spanou - Greek academic who served from 2011 to 2015 as the Greek Ombudsman

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Projet de sites : Picardie Universités" (PDF): 2. Retrieved 24 July 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "L'UPJV : université de territoire ouverte sur le monde". Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Past to present". Université de Picardie Jules Verne. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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