University Of Toulouse Ii Le Mirail

University of Toulouse II Le Mirail
Information
Foundation	1971 (date of the division of the University of Toulouse )
Type	Public University
Location
City	Toulouse
Country	France
Campus	Mirail
Direction
President	Daniel Filatre (since 2006)
Key figures
Staff	725
Teachers	1095
Students	23 117
Undergraduate	60.5%
Second Round	28.3%
Postgraduate	3.6%
Miscellaneous
Affiliates	University of Toulouse
Website	www.univ-tlse2.fr/
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The University of Toulouse II - Le Mirail ^History

The University of Toulouse le Mirail before

Creation of Mirail

The university premises were designed and built by the team of architects Candilis, Josic Woods. Candilis George had added on request to the general architectural design of Toulouse 1960 : the Mirail.

The University of Mirail experiencing a precipitous rise due to the saturation of the old school downtown and the movement of May 1968. It is at that time decided to divide the University of Toulouse in three: the law school became the University of Toulouse I and resumed the old university buildings, the faculty of letters became the University of Toulouse-II called Le Mirail after his move, and the faculties of medicine and science become the University of Toulouse III, said Paul Sabatier. In 1969 was created the Fourth Toulouse University, the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse , a federation of engineering schools. After several openings appendices (including one located in a military barracks) in order to decongest the city center University, the University of Mirail gradually opens its doors in 1971 and 1973 , the move is almost completed in full. Provided for 11,000 students, Development of the University went beyond the forecast period, as it welcomes approximately 23,800 students.

Large areas of the university are "Arts, Humanities and Languages," "Human and Social Sciences," Science, Technology and Health. "

Architecture Project

The idea of Mirail university emerged in 1964, shortly after the establishment of the initial project of urbanization of the area Mirail worn by architects George Candilis , Josic and Woods. The initial plans date from 1966. The architecture of the university rests on a basic principle of horizontality. The buildings are never more than one floor. Building Organisation is structured around four main pedestrian thoroughfares that form a veritable backbone for the university. These roads are also covered a permanent link between the buildings creating a true structural unity between the different disciplines. These roads take up the idea of forming urban grid of streets within the neighborhood, allowing a rapid flow and creating building blocks. The buildings are made of blocks depicting the modular structure of concrete pillars and beams span, sometimes with a filling reminiscent of bricks the color of the pink city. These blocks are interspersed with courtyards allow natural light and creating spaces for nursing students. Some blocks have one floor and allow access to flat roofs. The university is based in part on a slab covering a parking lot.

Today, new multi-storey buildings were built - as the University Library, the House of Research, Dept. of History, the Ark, the cultural fabric and the Faculty of languages - and are elements the ongoing restructuring of the university.

Problems building

The initial project was marked by several construction problems that have affected the functioning of the university One of the main obstacles that affected the construction was the explosion of the AZF factory in Toulouse. The plant is located in the southeastern suburbs of Toulouse, like the University of Mirail .

Components

The university is organized into several educational components: the UFRs (Units Training and Research), University Institutes and Schools internal.

Units Training and Research

The university is structured around five components of training and research. They are responsible for training students ⁱⁿ 1st and 2nd cycle university, and as such delivers degrees of Bachelor and Master, but also part of research activities through research laboratories and institutes. Some of these may be common to other education institutions and research. Accession on 1 ^st cycle is done right for all holders of a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.

• Dept. of History, Arts and Archaeology : It is structured in 4 departments: Archives and library (DAM), Visual Arts and Applied Arts , History and Art History and Archaeology.
• Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Foreign : It is divided into 7 departments and 1 IUP: French Foreign Language (DEFLE), Studies in the English speaking world, Studies in Hispanic and Hispanic-American, Foreign Languages , Foreign Applied Languages (LEA) , Linguistics , Tourism and Hospitality Industries (ITRC), and the IUP Translation and Interpretation.
• Faculty of Letters, Philosophy and Music : It is structured in 4 departments: Humanities , languages and ancient civilizations , modern literature, theater and Occitan , Music , and Philosophy.
• Dept. of Psychology : It is divided into 5 departments: Psychology Cognitive Ergonomics , Developmental Psychology, Psychopathology , Health Psychology neuroscience, social psychology, work and organizations; Clinical Psychology of the subject (subjectivity, unconscious, culture).
• Faculty of Science, Space, Society , divided into 5 departments: Geography and development] (Institute Daniel Faucher ), Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Education and Training, Economics and Management and Social Sciences (Institut Raymond Ledrut )

Institutes

• Training Institute Musicians Speaking at the school
• Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies on Latin America in Toulouse
• Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Blagnac , structured in 4 departments: Computer Science, Industrial Engineering and Maintenance (orientation " Aviation "), Networks and Telecommunications, and Help and support for monitoring and home support.
• Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Figeac , structured in three departments: Mechanical engineering and production engineering , marketing techniques, social and Careers
• Regional Institute of Labour Toulouse Midi-Pyrnes

Schools

• Higher School of Audiovisual , forming the aspects of film and audiovisual
• Institut Universitaire de Formation des Matres Midi-Pyrnes , affiliated with the University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail since ¹ January 2008.

The Graduate Schools

The University has three graduate schools as a principal:

• CLESCO (Behavior, Language, Education, Socialization, Cognition)
• ALLPH @ (Arts, Humanities, Languages, Philosophy, Communication)
• TESC (time, space, society, culture)

Department of Distance Education (SED)

The University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail has a distance learning service allowing students unable to attend some courses or an entire curriculum within the university (due to remoteness, dual curriculum, illness, family reasons or professional) to receive at their home course written by professors of the university.

The service offers a wide range of courses:

• Arts, Humanities and Languages: German (L + M1), English (L + M1), Arabic (L + DU), Catalan (DU), Spanish (L + M1), Italian (DU), LEA English / German (L + M1), LEA English / Spanish (L + M1), LEA English / Russian (L) Classics (L + DU) and Literature (L + M2), Occitan (L1 + DU), Philosophy (L + M1 + M2), Portuguese (DU), Russian (L + M1 + DU), Science of Language (L)
• Humanities and Social Sciences: Anthropology, Ethnology (L3), Economics and Sociology (L), Geography (L + M1), History (W) MASS (L + C2i), Psychology (L), Educational Sciences (L3 ), Sociology (L + M1)

(L = License (L1 + L2 + L3), M = Master (M1 + M2) DU = University Diploma)

The University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail is a member of FIED (Federation Interuniversity Distance Education) .

Research teams