Aix-Marseille University

Aix-Marseille University  is a public research university in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, Count of Provence, asked the Pisan Antipope Alexander V to establish the University of Provence.C. D. O'Malley, The History of Medical Education: UCLA Forum in Medical Sciences, University of California Press, 1970, p. 125 It is the fourth-oldest university in France. It came into its current form by a merger of the University of Provence, the University of the Mediterranean and Paul Cézanne University  in January 2012.  It is the largest university in the Francophone world, with about 80,000 students. AMU has the largest budget of any academic institution in the French-speaking world at €750 million. It is consistently ranked among the top 200 universities in the world2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University RankingLeiden Global University Ranking 2023 and is ranked within the top 4 universities in France according to CWTS and USNWR.Leiden Ranking: France confirms its international scientific influenceBest Global Universities in France - 2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking

There are five main campuses  in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.  AMU also owns and operates facilities in Arles, Aubagne, Avignon, Digne-les-Bains, Gap, La Ciotat, Lambesc and Salon-de-Provence. The university  headquarters are in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille.

It has produced many notable alumni in the fields of law, politics, business, science, academia, and the arts. Four of its alumni and faculty have  won Nobel Prizes. One won the Pulitzer Prize twice. Four won César Awards. Alumni have also been heads of state or government, parliamentary speakers, government ministers, ambassadors and members of the constituent academies of the .

It has hundreds of research and teaching partnerships, including close collaboration with the French National Centre for Scientific Research  and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission. AMU is a member of numerous academic organisations including the European University Association and the Mediterranean Universities Union.Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED)

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