Université de Provence Aix-Marseille 1 Ranking and Address

Université de Provence Aix-Marseille 1 Information

The Université de Provence Aix-Marseille came about as a result of the merging of the Marseille’s schools of science and humanities in 1969. The institution has grown to include around 23 thousand students, with around 15% of these being from overseas. The university has recently merged with two others to become the Aix-Marseille University. The Université de Provence Aix-Marseille ranking is the joint 4th best university in France, and 304th to 309th in the world. Similarly rated French colleges include Pierre and Marie Curie University, Ecole Normale Superieure, University of Paris Diderot, University of Strasbourg, and Université Paris Sud 11.

The Université de Provence Aix-Marseille currently has 27 departments catering largely to the humanities and sciences. These are spread across nine research and training units; and ten schools and institutes. Some of the major areas of study include biology, chemistry, physics, philosophy, Music and Maths. The Université Aix-Marseille is particularly strong in languages and offers study in Korean, Romanian, Portuguese, Italian, Slavic related languages, Arabic related languages, English and German.

Some of the renown alumni of Aix Marseille university of Provence include the Iranian film makers Kiarash Anvari and Sadaf Foroughi; and the french author J.M.G. Le Clézio, who won the 2008 Nobel prize for literature.

Université de Provence Aix-Marseille 1 Address

Université de Provence – 3, place Victor Hugo – 13331 Marseille Cedex 03. France.

University of Provence Aix Marseille I (Université aix marseille) Rankings and Quick Facts

Although created in it’s present form as recently as 1969 the university can trace its roots back to the year 1848, when a faculty of letters was established in Marseille. In 2012 this university merged with the University of the Mediterranean and the Paul Cézanne University and became the Aix-Marseille University. The information below represents data from before the Merge.

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French University List

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