7 October 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies
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University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II in Marseille © Georges Seguin/cc-by-sa-3.0
Aix-Marseille University (AMU;
French: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as Université d’Aix-Marseille) is a
public research university located in the
Provence region of
southern France. It was founded in 1409 when
Louis II of Anjou,
Count of Provence, petitioned the
Pisan Antipope Alexander V to establish the
University of Provence, making it one of the
oldest university-level institutions in France. The institution came into its current form following a reunification of the University of Provence, the
University of the Mediterranean and
Paul Cézanne University. The reunification became effective on 1 January 2012, resulting in the creation of the largest university in the
French-speaking world, with about 80,000 students. AMU has the largest budget of any academic institution in the Francophone world, standing at €750 million. It is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and is ranked within the top 5 universities in
France according to
ARWU,
USNWR, and
CWTS.
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