University of Bordeaux

University of Bordeaux
The University of Bordeaux (French: Université de Bordeaux) is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Talence. There are also several smaller teaching sites in various other towns in the region, including in Bayonne.
The University of Bordeaux counts more than 50,000 students, over 6,000 of which are international.
It is a member of the ComUE d'Aquitaine university group.
History
The original Université de Bordeaux was established by Pope Eugene IV on 7 June 1441 when Bordeaux was an English town. In 1793, during the French Revolution, the National Convention abolished the university. The university re-opened in 1896 as a result of the law of 18 July 1896. In 1970, the university was split into three universities: Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux 2, and Bordeaux 3. In 1995, Bordeaux 4 split off from Bordeaux 1. Since 2014, the aforementioned universities have been reunited to form the University of Bordeaux, except for Bordeaux 3, which did not take part in the merger and remains independent of the University of Bordeaux.
Notable alumni
Academia
Geoffrey Keating (c. 1569–c. 1644), Irish historian
Léon Duguit (1859–1928), French scholar of public law
Henri Moysset (1875–1949), French historian and politician
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994), French philosopher, sociologist, lay theologian, and professor
James Joll (1918–1994), British historian and university lecturer
Julio Cotler (1932–2019), Peruvian anthropologist and sociologist
Théophile Obenga (b. 1936), Congolese Egyptologist
Spencer C. Tucker (b. 1937), American military historian
Charles Butterworth (b. 1938), American political philosopher
Helene Hagan (b. 1939), Moroccan–American anthropologist and Amazigh activist
Pascal Salin (b. 1939), French economist and professor
Marie-France Vignéras (b. 1946), French mathematician
Alfredo Co (b. 1949), Filipino Sinologist
Idowu Bantale Omole (b. 1954), Nigerian professor and academic administrator
Abderrahmane Hadj-Salah (1928–2017), Algerian linguist
Roger Naslain (b. 1936), professor of chemical and physical science at the University of Bordeaux
Guy Brousseau (b. 1933), French mathematician
Activism
Aubrey Willis Williams (1890–1965), American social and civil rights activist
Jean-Claude Bajeux (1931–2011), Haitian political activist and professor
Louis Clayton Jones (1935–2006), African-American international attorney and civil rights leader
Business
Mireille Gillings (b. 1971), French Canadian neurobiologist and entrepreneur
Olivier Le Peuch (born 1963/1964), French businessman, CEO of Schlumberger
Law
Thomas Barclay (c. 1570–1632), Scottish jurist and professor
Ba Maw (1893–1977), Burmese politician
James Marshall Sprouse (1923–2004), United States Circuit judge
Literature and journalism
François Mauriac (1885–1970) French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, journalist and Nobel Laureate
Saint-John Perse (1887–1975), French poet-diplomat，Nobel Prize-winning (1960)
Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka (1929–1997), Malagasy writer, poet and politician
Annie Ernaux(b. 1940), Nobel Prize-winning(2022) French writer and professor of literature.
Esther Seligson (1941–2010), Mexican writer, poet, translator, and historian
Lee Mallory (b. 1946), American poet, editor and academic
Marc Saikali (b. 1965), Lebanese–French journalist
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (b. 1969), British Nigerian writer
Performing arts
Luc Plissonneau (b. 1961), French screenwriter and film director
Morteza Heidari (b. 1968), Iranian TV presenter
Politics
Hassan II (1929–1999), King of Morocco
Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778–1832), French statesman
Jean Ybarnégaray (1883–1956), Basque–French politician
Jean-Fernand Audeguil (1887–1956), French politician
Ba Maw (1893–1977), Head of State of Burma
Michel Kafando (b. 1942), Burkinabé diplomat
Xavier Darcos (b. 1947), French politician, scholar, civil servant and former Minister of Labour
Jean-Paul Gonzalez (b. 1947), French virologist
Mario Aoun (b. 1951), Lebanese politician
Alain Vidalies (b. 1951), the French Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries
Nagoum Yamassoum (b. 1954), Chadian politician and former Prime Minister of Chad
Anicet-Georges Dologuélé (b. 1957), Central African politician
Reza Taghipour (b. 1957), Iranian conservative politician
Thierry Santa (b. 1967), French Polynesian politician in New Caledonia
Germaine Kouméalo Anaté (b. 1968), Togolese government minister, scholar and writer
Olivier Falorni (b. 1972), French politician
Myriam El Khomri (b. 1978), French politician
Sciences
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), French physician, politician and freemason and namesake of the guillotine
Célestin Sieur (1860–1955), French physician
Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard (1873–1927), French pharmacist and botanist
Pierre-Paul Grassé (1895–1985), French zoologist
Émile Peynaud (1912–2004), French oenologist
Laure Gatet (1913–1943), French pharmacist, biochemist and spy
Basile Adjou Moumouni (1922–2019), Beninese physician
Roland Paskoff (1933–2005), French geologist
Jean-Marie Tarascon (b. 1953), French chemist and professor
Bruno Vallespir (b. 1960), French engineer and professor
Sports
Jean-Pierre Escalettes (b. 1935), French retired footballer
Karounga Keïta (b. 1941), Malian football official and former coach and player
Bixente Lizarazu (b. 1969), Basque–French retired footballer
Visual arts
Charles James (1906–1978), English-American fashion designer
Winemaking
Emma Gao
See also
List of medieval universities
École nationale supérieure des sciences agronomiques de Bordeaux Aquitaine
References
Literature
International Dictionary of University Histories, Routledge, 2013, pp. 429–431.
University of Bordeaux
Educational institutions established in the 15th century
1441 establishments in Europe
1440s establishments in France
Forestry education
Universities and colleges formed by merger in France