page_title: University of Tours
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: University of Tours / Academics
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Département informatique de Polytech Tours sur le campus des Deux-Lions
context_page_description: The University of Tours, till 18 December 2017 François Rabelais University of Tours, is a public university in Tours, France. The university was formerly named after the French writer François Rabelais, and was founded in 1969. It is the largest university in the Centre-Val de Loire region. As of July 2015 it is a member of the regional university association Leonardo da Vinci consolidated University.
context_section_description: The university comprises seven departments, as well as an engineering school and two technology institutes: 
  Department of Arts and Humanities
  Center for Advanced Renaissance Studies (Centre d'Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance)
  Department of Law, Economics and Social Sciences
  Department of Literature and Languages
  Department of Medicine
  Department of Sciences and Technology
  Department of Pharmacy
  School of Engineering (Ecole Polytechnique de l'université de Tours)
  Tours University Institute of Technology (Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Tours)
  Blois University Institute of Technology (Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Blois)
  The university offers bachelor, master and doctorate degrees in line with the Bologna Process. It also provides Technological Diploma courses (diplômes universitaire de technologie) through the two University Institutes of Technology. Several other institutions operate within the framework of the university:
  École publique de journalisme de Tours, a semi-autonomous journalism school affiliated to the university.
  Centre hospitalier régional et universitaire de Tours (CHU de Tours), a grouping of six regional hospitals affiliated to the university that collaborate on health services and medical training.
  Institut européen d'histoire et des cultures de l'alimentation, a humanities and social sciences research center that studies the history of food cultures.
caption: The Portalis Campus.
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