Avignon University

One of the oldest universities in France

A long time ago, somewhere in Provence... In 1303, Pope Boniface VIII founded a university in Avignon, only a few months after the one in Rome and more than a century before the one in Aix. Soon, other popes came to live in the city, and students flocked to learn law.

Suppressed like everywhere else during the Revolution, higher education was reborn in Avignon in 1964, before becoming a real university in 1984.

Today, its two campuses, Hannah Arendt and Jean-Henri FabreThese are proof that the Agrosciences, Environment and Health (AgES) and Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies (CPSN) institutes are the cornerstones of a credible future for Provence, for its young people and for living together.

Our university's centuries-old history has led to active, recognised research and solid, appropriate training, with the aim of forging talent, supporting graduates and launching nuggets.

Two campuses and two institutes with their own training programmes and a shared ambition

Avignon University is organised into two institutes located on two campuses:

The Agrosciences, Environment and Health Institute comprises 6 teaching and research centres (CER)

• Biology (Manager: Catherine Duport)
• Chemistry (Manager: Raphaël Plasson)
• Mathematics (Manager: Thierry Barbot)
• Physics (Manager: Slimane Arhab)
• Soil, water, environment (manager: to be appointed)
• STAPS - Health (Manager: Stéphane Nottin)

The Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies Institute (CPSN) comprises 8 Teaching and Research Centres (CER)

• History (Manager: Benjamin Landais)
• Geography and planning (Manager: Guilhem Boulay)
• Culture and communication (Manager: Yannick Hascoet)
• Intercultural studies and creation (Manager: Florence Belingard)
• Theatre, literature(s), language(s) (Manager: Marianne Beauviche)
• Law (Manager: Bérengère Gleize-Perrouty)
• Social sciences, political science, economics and management (Manager: Ouassim Hamzaoui)
• Applied foreign languages (Manager: Xavier Calmettes)

The Hannah Arendt campusThe centre is located in the former Sainte-Marthe hospital in the heart of the city:

• Institute for Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies
• the Maurice Agulhon University Library
• Sports and research centre
• and, in the immediate vicinity, the Chabran site for the continuing education

The Jean-Henri Fabre campus

This campus, located on the Agroparc technology park, brings together :

• The Agrosciences, Environment and Health Institute
• The Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en informatique (CERI)
• The University Institute of Technology (IUT)
• The Agroparc library