Stendhal University
Université Stendhal Grenoble 3 | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1970 (formerly: La Faculté des Lettres, est. 1898) |
| President | Lise Dumasy |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Saint Martin d'Hères |
| Website | http://www.u-grenoble3.fr/ |
Stendhal University, Grenoble 3 is a French university situated in the city of Grenoble and focused on the fields of foreign languages and cultures, ancient and modern literature, and the science of language and communication. Traditionally producing teachers and/or professors, more recently it is noted for preparing students for cultural, communications, and most recently, journalism careers.
Each year the CUEF (University Center for French Studies) educates more than 3000 foreign students through various exchange programs in topics covering the spectrum of French studies.
The current president is Lise Dumasy.[1].
History
The Grenoble III University was officially born in 1970, but its origins date back to the Middle Ages with the University of Grenoble.
Medieval University of Grenoble
The University of Grenoble was founded in 1339 by Humbert II. One could learn canonical rights, civil rights, medicine or liberal arts. Closed for the first time in 1367, many attempts to reopen it would be met with failure. Finally, after being judged corporatist and conservative, the Revolution would condemn it to disappear in 1793.
Modern Era
At the debut of the 19th century, Napoleon I created the Imperial University as a simple administrative agent. Grenoble becomes the seat for an academy that groups together in 1879. Many departments of the university were kept independent of each other and placed under the direct guardianship of a superintendent.
Revived by the Third Republic, the University of Grenoble contained about 560 students at the end of the 19th century. Formally regrouping the departments, it received a certain dynamic with the development of an industrial fabric and the emergence of the first big scientific establishments.
In 1906 the department of humanities supports Julian Luchaire, professor of language and Italian literature, who created the French Institute of Florence. This would be the premiere French institute in the world up until 1918. Up to 1960, the number of students of the university increased with the assimilation of disseminated establishments within Grenoble: 3950 students in 1946, 4378 in 1955, and 7740 in 1960. From 1960 to 1971, the flash of the Liberation demographic carries the number of students to 25000.
Creation of Grenoble-III
Thanks to Edgar Faure (1968) a new type of university sees the light of day: The Scientific Public Establishment, Cultural and Professional (EPCSCP) endowed with an autonomy. The departments are eliminated and replaced by Unities of Teaching and Research (UER) that will become the Unities of Formation and Research (UFR). The birth certificate of the University Grenoble III, Stendhal, and its 3 native Grenoble counterparts (Grenoble !, Grenoble II and Grenoble-INP) is signed in 1970.
Contemporary Era
As early as its creation, Grenoble III opened itself to new domains and leads to the birth of the science of languages, and the Communication and Applied Foreign Languages (LEA). The initiatives multiply with regards to diversifying fields of study, while combining non-specialized fields and fields for professional vocations:
- New department of LEA in 1971
- Diplomas of VD Lawyers and trilingual economists in 1974
- Licenses and masters of Information and Communication in 1987
- DESS of Specialized Translation and Production of mulitlingual texts in 1992
- Creation of the UFR of the Sciences of Cummunication and Sciences of Language in 1989
- ^ Equipe présidentielle de l'université Stendhal, in French.