  l' universitÃ© de toulouse is a consortium of french universities, grandes Ã©coles and other institutions of higher education and research,list of public university systems and consortiums in france named after one of the earliest universities established in europe in 1229, and including the successor universities to that earlier university. this article describes the institutions that have been called the "universitÃ© de toulouse". ==history== the formation of l'universitÃ© de toulouse was imposed on count raymond vii as a part of the treaty of paris in 1229 ending the crusade against the albigensians. as he was suspected of sympathizing with the heretics, raymond vii had to finance the teaching of theology. bishop foulques de toulouse was among the founders of the university. among its first lecturers were: jean de garlande, roland of cremona. other faculties (law, medicine) were added later. initially, the university was located in the center of the city, together with the ancestors of student residences, the colleges. in 1969, l'universitÃ© de toulouse split into three separate universities and numerous specialised institutions of higher education. the present-day universitÃ© de toulouse was founded on 27 march 2007.decree legifrance nÂ° 2007-385 it no longer represents a physical place where students can attend classes but it is now the entity which federates the universities and specialised institutions of higher education. with more than 100,000 students, midi-pyrÃ©nÃ©es is the fifth-largest university area in france.[pdf] regional atlas student population in 2008-2009 ==members & fields of study== thumb|pix130|right|universitÃ© toulouse 1 capitole it is a research and higher education cluster consisting of : * universitÃ© toulouse 1 capitole&nbsp;â ut1 (law, economics, management) * [[university of toulouse ii - le mir
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