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Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University

Coordinates: 43°33′43″N 1°28′06″E / 43.56194°N 1.46833°E / 43.56194; 1.46833
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Paul Sabatier University
Université Paul Sabatier
MottoLes sciences au coeur
TypePublic
Endowment€328 M
PresidentJean-Pierre Vinel
Academic staff
2,350
Students31,987
Address
118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse
,
Toulouse
,
France
NicknameUPS
AffiliationsUniversity of Toulouse, ISSAT
Websitewww.univ-tlse3.fr

Paul Sabatier University (Université Paul Sabatier, UPS, also known as Toulouse III) is a French university, in the Academy of Toulouse.

Founded in 1229, the University of Toulouse is one of the oldest in Europe.[1] Today’s Toulouse III was named for Paul Sabatier, winner of the 1912 Nobel prize in chemistry,[2] when it was established on the foundations of the old university in 1969. The Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), an educational leader in France’s Midi-Pyrénées region, offers a broad array of programs in the sciences, technology, health, and athletics.

University research activities

  • Space, earth sciences, climate
  • Computer science and electronics
  • Life sciences
  • Water, process engineering, chemistry
  • Materials, solid state physics, aeronautics, astrophysics.

Major fields of study

Administration Building located at the entrance of UPS

Sciences, Engineering, and Athletics

Bachelor

The university offers the Licence programs in eight areas: Mathematics, Computer Science and their applications; Engineering; Physics, Chemistry, and their applications; Space Sciences, Organisms, and Biospheres; Life and Health Sciences; Sciences and Techniques of Physical Activity and Sports; Communication and Organizational Management.

Master

The university offers Master’s programs in six areas: Informatics and Systems Modeling (in partnership with the École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile);[3] Sciences and techniques of matter and energy; Space sciences; Life and health sciences; Social Sciences and Humanities; Management. A number of bilingual programs have been designed to appeal to international students—among them a Joint European Master in Space Science and Technology, a European Master’s in materials for energy storage and conversion, an international Master’s in micro and nanotechnologies for wireless communications, a new Master's in Management International of Air Transport and Tourism (MITAT) and a French Master’s in agri-food innovations for sustainable agriculture and better products.

Doctorate

The university accepts doctoral candidates in all of the areas described above.

Health

  • Medicine: medical degree, residency, specialities, doctorate.
  • Pharmacy: degree in pharmacy, diplôme d’études supérieures

(DES), DNO.

  • Dentistry: degree in dental surgery, certificat d’études supérieures

(CES), DES, doctorate.

Points of interest

Notable Alumni

  • Guy Bertrand, chemistry professor at the University of California, San Diego ;
  • Pierre Cohen, member of The National Assembly of France.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Template:FrLes plus anciennes Universités du Monde
  2. ^ Template:FrPaul Sabatier, prix Nobel de chimie 1912 : un universitaire régionaliste et chercheur de talent Biographie et œuvre scientifique
  3. ^ Template:FrObjectifs de la formation
  4. ^ Template:FrPierre Cohen

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