Toulouse 1 Capitole University

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Toulouse 1 Capitole University
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
File:Toulouse 1 University Capitole (logo).svg
Motto Universitas Magistrorum et Scolarium (Latin)
Established 1968 Toulouse 1 University
Type Public
Endowment €112,000,000 [1]
President Hugues Kenfack
Academic staff
679[2]
Administrative staff
581[3]
Students 22,400[1]
Location Toulouse, France
Affiliations University of Toulouse
Website www.ut-capitole.fr
File:Toulouse UT1 principale.jpg
Main Entrance to the Arsenal

Founded in 1229, the Toulouse 1 Capitole University (Université Toulouse I Capitole) is one of the three universities of the city of Toulouse, in southwestern France. This university, presided by Hugues Kenfack, focuses on the social sciences (law, political science, economics, administration, etc.). Having signed approximately 260 partnership agreements,[4] the University of Toulouse I Capitole continues to develop a strategy of international university cooperation. It is an active member of the Federal University of Toulouse For many years, the city of Toulouse has been voted best student city in France.[5]

The student population of the Toulouse I Capitole University is offered various opportunities for European and international mobility. The university has about 20 double degrees as well as several programs in other countries. Each year, approximately 500 students go abroad for study.

The University has obtained the Welcome to France label (3 stars).[6] This label guarantees a range of services adapted to international students, whether they are registered as individuals or on exchange programs. Each year, the university welcomes between 200 and 250 exchange students, and approximately 200 foreign students enrolled for the first time in a full course.

History

Toulouse 1 Capitole University is one of the several so-called 'successor' institutions of the University of Toulouse, which was the second university created in France in 1229 after the Sorbonne was founded (around the year 1200). The university originally included four faculties: theology, canon law, civil law and Arts (grammar). The medical school was created in 1257. The University was closed in 1793 as the French Revolution abolished royal universities.

At the end of the Second Empire, the first four faculties co-existed, but the most important was the law school, which contains three-quarters of the students and the most renowned teachers. However, the University of Toulouse suffered due to underfunding of French higher education in province. In the 1880s Luis Liard and Ernest Lavisse gave enough autonomy to the faculties so the municipality could help those institutions. Yet the Edgar Faure laws halted the development of provincial faculties by dividing the university in three:

  • Toulouse 1 University of Social Sciences (Law, Economy and Management);
  • Toulouse 2 University of Literature and Human Sciences;
  • Toulouse 3 University Paul Sabatier of Sciences and Health.

Only the Toulouse 1 University remains on the historical site of the town center. In September 2009, the Toulouse 1 University of Social Sciences became the Toulouse 1 Capitole University.

Location

UT Capitole is located on four sites in the city center and in the cities of Montauban and Rodez. University buildings cover an area of 78,000 m2 and are available to 17,000 students. On the two sites of the Arsenal and the Anciennes Facultés, a 2 minutes' walk from Place du Capitole, are located most lecture halls and classrooms as well as the main library on the Toulouse campus.

In the city center, there are the Anciennes Facultés where the Toulouse School of Management is located, as well as amphitheaters and two libraries (the Garrigou library in the Anciennes Facultés and the Godechot library in the IEP). The Anciennes Facultés are located at 2, rue Albert-Lautmann.

Also in the city center, the Arsenal, where the Faculty of Law and Political Science and the European School of Law are located, and most of the amphitheaters and classrooms, as well as the university's administrative services. This site also includes the Arsenal library, the university's main library. The Arsenal is located at 2, rue du Doyen-Gabriel-Marty. The campus also houses the Arsenal university restaurant as well as student residences.

The Toulouse School of Economics is housed in a state-of-the-art building designed by the Grafton architectural firm and the Toulouse-Capitole University as part of a State-Region Plan Contract (CEPR). In March 2020, architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara were awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in recognition of the construction of great contemporary university buildings. In November 2020, TSE won the ''2020 Équerre d'Argent'' award, recognizing the best architectural productions in France.

Also in the center of Toulouse, the Manufacture des Tabacs, between the Garonne river and the Brienne canal is where most research and library centres are to be found. The Manufacture is located at 21, allée de Brienne and is situated on the other side of the Brienne canal from the two previously mentioned sites.

Two satellite campuses of the University Toulouse Capitole are located in Montauban and Rodez. In the city of Montauban, the University Center of Tarn-et-Garonne is located on Boulevard Montauriol, near the city center. The University of Toulouse 1 Capitole offers the full undergraduate degree in law at this site. There is a library and a university restaurant on the campus. The University Center of Montauban is unique in its human and dynamic size and offers an ideal setting for students to succeed in their higher education studies. The University Institute of Technology of Rodez (IUT) is located at 50 avenue de Bordeaux in Rodez, Aveyron. The IUT provides a 3-year university education, offering several Bachelor of Technology (BUT) or undergraduate degrees (Licences - 3rd year), and emphasizing a technological approach combining theory and practice. The IUT has modern premises and equipment: 1 documentation center, 1 amphitheater, 1 technology hall, 2 learning labs, and 2 multimedia laboratories.

Studies

Amphitheater Cujas

The institution's academic priorities focus on three areas: international degrees, dual-skill degrees, and degrees with a high potential for professional integration.[7] The different academic disciplines of UT1 are:

Since 2020, the University of Toulouse I Capitole is a member of the European University Engage.eu which aims to provide citizens and students with the necessary skills to meet the major societal challenges already underway (migration, aging population, digital transformation...). The aim of this project is to pool the skills and expertise of the different partners in order to provide high quality education, common curricula and increased student mobility, as well as a European research network. The consortium of this project is composed of six other universities: University of Mannheim (Germany), Luiss Guido Carli (Italy), NHH Norwegian School of Economics (Norway), Tilburg University (Netherlands), University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria), and WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria).

Research

The University of Toulouse I Capitole and its Toulouse School of Economics were honored in 2014 with the Nobel Prize for Jean Tirole. The internationalization of research is the other facet of the University's European and international strategy. The research centers are involved in numerous projects and scientific cooperation networks with foreign partners, particularly Canadian and Japanese.

The University of Toulouse I Capitole has several research units in law: the Centre de droit des affaires - CDA (EA 780), the 'Institut de droit privé - IDP (EA 1920), the Centre toulousain d'histoire du droit et des idées politiques - CTHDIP (EA 789), the Institut du droit de l'espace, des territoires et de la communication - IDETCOM (EA 785), l'Institut des études juridiques de l'urbanisme et de la construction - IEJUC (EA 1919), the Institut Maurice Hauriou - l'IMH (EA 4657), the Institut of Research on European, International and Comparative Law - IRDEIC (EA 4211).

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Toulouse School of Economics

In economics, the Toulouse School of Economy brings together the Research Group in Mathematical and Quantitative Economics (abbreviated as GREMAQ, UMR CNRS 5604 and UMR_A INRA 1291), the Laboratory of Natural Resource Economics (abbreviated as LERNA, UMR_A INRA 1081), the Workshop for Quantitative Research Applied to Economic Development - ARQADE (EA 791). We also find the Laboratory of Studies and Research on Economics, Policies and Social Systems - LEREPS (EA 790).

The Toulouse School of Management Research Laboratory includes the former Centre de recherche en management (abbreviated as CRM, EAC CNRS 5032). The other laboratories are the Laboratoire des sciences sociales du politique - LASSP (IEP - EA 4175), the UMR in mathematics, the Institut de mathématique de Toulouse (IMT, UMR CNRS 5219), the UMR in computer science, and the Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse (abbreviated as IRIT, UMR CNRS 5505).

Libraries and Learning Centers

The University of Toulouse I Capitole Library is the heir to the former university library created in 1879. Initially an inter-university library, its social sciences section was constituted as a Collective Service of Documentation in 1995. It is now made up of four libraries spread across the university campus.

The Arsenal library, representative of the modern architectural movement (Brutalism), was built in 1972 by the architects Paul de Noyers and Noël Le Maresquier. It offers 900 reading places. In addition to the 45,000 volumes belonging to the prestigious old collection (end of the 19th century - middle of the 20th century) and the volumes inherited from the Law-Literature section, the collections are now specialized in the disciplines taught at the university.

In 1996, a 450-seat library was installed in the renovated premises of the former Toulouse Tobacco Factory, which is now listed as a historical monument.[8] Two other libraries make up Toulouse 1 Capitole's library facilities: the Garrigou library located in the heart of the historic building of the old Faculties and the Boutaric library. These libraries collaborate with the documentation centers of the university's teaching and research units.

In terms of written and documentary heritage, 300,000 e-books complete a collection of 440,000 printed works, theses and dissertations. Over 57,000 online journals are added to the 650 print journal subscriptions; while some 60 specialized databases allow for in-depth bibliographic research.

Between 2014 and 2016, the Arsenal and Manufacture des Tabacs libraries were reorganized as "learning centers" to offer collections, services and spaces in line with the new challenges of learning and knowledge in the 21st century.

See also

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