University of Rennes 1

University of Rennes 1
Université de Rennes I
Motto	La volonté de progresser, d'innover, d'entreprendre; The will to progress, innovate, and undertake
Type	Public
Active	1970–1st January 2023
Endowment	€280 M
President	David Alis
Academic staff	1,619
Students	26,401
Location	Rennes, Brittany, France
Campus	Rennes,; Lannion,; Saint-Brieuc,; Saint-Malo
Website	univ-rennes1.fr

TheUniversity of Rennes 1was apublic universitylocated inRennes,France.It was founded in 1970, after splitting of the historicUniversity of Rennesinto two universities. On January 1, 2023, the University of Rennes 1 merged with fivegrandes écoles:Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique,École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes,ENS Rennes,INSA RennesandSciences-Po Rennesto create the newUniversity of Rennes.

History

Creation of the University of Brittany

Asked byFrancis II, Duke of Brittany,the Pope created the first university of Brittany inNantesin 1460. It taught arts, medicine, law, and theology. In 1728, the mayor of Nantes, Gérard Mellier, asked that the university be moved to Rennes, which was more trade orientated already had the Parliament of Brittany. The law school was moved the Rennes in 1730. In 1793 theFrench Revolutionclosed all universities and it was not before 1806 that the Law school reopened in Rennes.

Development of the faculties in Rennes

In 1808,Napoleon Ireorganized the universities in France, creating theUniversity of France.From the 2 original cities housing the University of Brittany, only Rennes was included in this University. Nantes had to wait until 1970 to have again itsuniversity.In 1810 a faculty of letters opened, which gathered in 1839 five schools (French literature, foreign literature, ancient literature, history, and philosophy). The science faculty opened still in Rennes in 1840. Those 3 faculties remained without clear boundaries between them until 1885 with the creation of a "Conseil des facultés" which took in 1896 the name of University of Rennes. In the middle of the 19th century, they were gathered in the Palais Universitaire, located currently in the Quai Émile Zola, but were then scattered downtown. The faculty of law and the faculty of letter were thus relocated in 1909 in the Séminaire, located currently in the Place Hoche.

Creation of the University of Rennes 1

In 1969, in order to enforce the growth of French universities, a law was passed, splitting theUniversity of Rennesinto two new entities. This new university took the name of 'University of Rennes 1'.

Creation of the new University of Rennes

In 2023, the University of Rennes 1 merged with fiveGrandes écoles:Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique,École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes,ENS Rennes,INSA RennesandSciences-Po Rennesin the 'UNIR' project, in order to create the newUniversity of Rennes.TheUniversity of Rennes 2with other research institutes (CNRS,INRAE,Inria,InsermandCHU de Rennes) are associated with the project. The six establishments will be grouped together in an 'Experimental Public Establishment' (EPE), weighing nearly 7,000 staff and teachers, including a thousand researchers, 156 research laboratories and 60,000 of the 68,000 students in theBreton capital,including 7,000 international students.

Location

Most of the university's 1.64 km²of grounds lie within the city boundary of Rennes, but it has other sites dotted aroundBrittany.The three maincampusesare in Beaulieu (in the east of Rennes), Villejean (in the north-west of Rennes) and a central campus.

Situated in the north-east of the city, theBeaulieucampus is a large complex that was still in development in 1969. Beaulieu is the home of more than a dozen science buildings (for the Faculties of mathematics, physics, biology and other schools such as theINSA) and one of philosophy. The sports facilities and the students' entertainment building are also located there.

In the north-west, theVillejeancampus gathersRennes 2's Faculties of Foreign Languages, Arts, Human Sciences and Social Sciences. Rennes I University's Faculty of Medicine is located on the edge of this Villejean campus, nearby Brittany's largest hospital center, Pontchaillou.

Thecity centerholds two separate buildings: the Faculty of Law and Political Science, and the Faculty of Economical Science, in front of which a cloister houses the two faculties' library.

There are other sites inLannion,Saint-Brieuc,Saint-Malo,FougèresandDinard;some research centers inMonterfil,Paimpontand the isle ofBailleron;and a museum owned by the university inPenmarch.

Affiliated institutions

Institute of technology of Saint-Malo

Institute of Technology of Saint-Malo (or IUT of Saint-Malo) is a French higher education institution founded in 1994 and located in Saint-Malo. It is attached to the University of Rennes 1 and trains students from BAC to BAC +3 level. The Saint-Malo University Institute of Technology delivers two types of degrees: the University Technology Diplomas and Professional Licenses.

People

Alumni

Julien Chaisse(born 1976), professor of law^[2]
Yves Cochet,(1946), mathematician, politician
Yves Coppens(1934), academic, paleontologist
Alexandre Léontieff(1970), politician, formerPresident of French Polynesia.^[3]
Ricardo Bonilla,politician, economist, ColombianMinister of Finance and Public Credit.^[4]

Faculty

Louis Le Duff,billionaire businessman^[5]
Félix Dujardin(1801–1860)
Edmond Hervé,mayor of Rennes from 1977 to 2008
Louis Le Pensec(1937), politician
Marcel Planiol

Points of interest

Jardin botanique de l'Université de Rennes

References

Most of the article was translated from theFrench Wikipedia

^"IGR IAE Rennes - École Universitaire de Management".
^Dipankar Sengupta, Debashis Chakraborty, Pritam Banerjee,Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO: An Indian Perspective on Emerging Issues(Centre de Sciences Humaines, 2006), p. 9.
^"Former Tahiti President Alexandre Léontieff died at age 60".Tahitipresse.2003-03-03.
^"Habló Ricardo Bonilla, nuevo ministro de Hacienda: este es su mensaje a los mercados".elcolombiano(in European Spanish). 2023-05-02.Retrieved2023-05-02.
^"Louis LE DUFF - Groupe LE DUFF".groupeleduff.Retrieved13 August2018.

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[1] "IGR IAE Rennes - École Universitaire de Management".

[2] Dipankar Sengupta, Debashis Chakraborty, Pritam Banerjee,Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO: An Indian Perspective on Emerging Issues(Centre de Sciences Humaines, 2006), p. 9.

[tahitipresse-3] "Former Tahiti President Alexandre Léontieff died at age 60".Tahitipresse.2003-03-03.

[4] "Habló Ricardo Bonilla, nuevo ministro de Hacienda: este es su mensaje a los mercados".elcolombiano(in European Spanish). 2023-05-02.Retrieved2023-05-02.

[5] "Louis LE DUFF - Groupe LE DUFF".groupeleduff.Retrieved13 August2018.

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