University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès (French: Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès [ynivɛʁsite tuluz ʒɑ̃ ʒɔʁɛs]; Occitan: Universitat de Tolosa-Jean Jaurès, formerly known as Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail [ynivɛʁsite də tuluz lə miʁaj]; Occitan: Universitat de Tolosa-Lo Miral, also called Toulouse II or UT2J) is a French public university located in Toulouse, France. It is one of the 3 successor universities of the University of Toulouse.
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History
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès was hastily conceived as a result of the saturation of the original buildings in the city centre and the events of May 1968. At that time it was decided to divide the University of Toulouse into three: The law faculty became Université Toulouse I, occupying all the old university buildings, the humanities faculty became Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail, named after its new location, and the departments of science and medicine became Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III). In 1969, a fourth university in Toulouse was created, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, a school of engineering. Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail was subsequently renamed Université de Toulouse II – Jean Jaurès after the famous politician Jean Jaurès.
Campus
The campus, situated in Toulouse's grand architectural project of the 1960s, Le Mirail, was conceived and built by the team of architects Candilis, Josic, Woods.
After the opening of many extensions (one of which was situated in military barracks) in order to free up the university in the city centre, the campus in Le Mirail opened one section at a time starting in 1971, and completed the transfer by 1973. Planned for 11,000 students, the university today is a victim of its own success, with a student population of roughly 27,500.
Organisation
As the humanities university of Toulouse, it is organised into many pedagogical components: UFRs (unités de formation et de recherche) and university institutes.
School of History, Arts and Archeology
Department of Anthropology
Department of Documentation, Archives, Media and Editing
Department of History
Department of Art History and Archeology
School of Languages, Literature and Foreign Civilisations
Department of Translation and Linguistic Interpretation
Department of Foreign French Language Studies
Department of Anglophone Studies
Department of Hispanic Studies
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Applied Foreign Languages
Department of Linguistics
School of Literature, Philosophy, Music, Arts and Communication
Department of Design
Department of Communication and Visual Studies
Department of Literature, Languages and Ancient Civilisations
Department of Music
Research
Research is organised in a series of interdisciplinary research centres. These include:
Centre for Work and Organisations (CERTOP)
Centre for Cognition, Languages and Ergonomics (CLLE)
Centre for Education and Knowledge (EFTS)
Centre for the Study of France, the Americas and Spain (FRAMESPA)
Centre for Environmental Geography (GEODE)
Institute of Mathematics (IMT)
Institute of Information Technology (IRIT)
Centre for the Study of the Economy, Politics and Social Systems (LEREPS)
Centre for the Study of Societies (LISST)
Centre for Archaeology (TRACES).
Reputation
In 2022, it was ranked in the 1001-1200 band of universities in the world.
Notable faculty
Bartolomé Bennassar (1929–2018) - historian and writer
Gérard Granel (1930–2000) - philosopher and translator
Alain Ducellier (1934–2018) - historian
René Souriac (born 1941) - historian
Patrick Le Roux (born 1943) - historian
Michel Zink (born 1945) - writer, medievalist, philologist
Henry Fourès (born 1948) - historian of music and musician
Ángel Bahamonde Magro (born 1949) - Spanish historian
Christian Galan (born 1960) - Japanese language and civilisation
Jean-François Berdah (born 1961) - historian
Corinne Maury - film studies
Jean-Marc Olivier (born 1961) - historian
Notable alumni
Bartolomé Bennassar (1929–2018) - historian and writer
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–2021) - philosopher
Patrick Le Roux (born 1943) - historian
Abdelhak Serhane (born 1950) - Moroccan novelist
Bernard Stiegler (1952–2020) - philosopher
Aida Toledo (born 1952) - Guatemalan poet, short story writer, non-fiction writer and educator
John Sibi-Okumu (born 1954) - Kenyan actor and journalist
Jacques Jaubert (born 1957) - prehistorian and Paleolithic archaeologist
Gilles Poux - politician
Mohammed Ameur (born 1959) - Moroccan politician
Joël Suhubiette (born 1962) - choral conductor
Christian Authier (born 1969) - novelist and journalist
Stéphan Perreau (born 1969) - contemporary musician and art historian
Maria Ubach i Font (born 1973) - Andorran diplomat
Ekaterina Velmezova (born 1973) - Russian and Swiss philologist, professor of Slavistics and of history and epistemology of language sciences
Guðbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir - Icelandic professor in Career Guidance and Counselling