in 1808, napoleon i reorganized the universities in france, creating the university of france. isuka e 2 original cities housing the university of brittany, only rennes was included in this university. nantes had to wait until 1970 to have again its university. in 1810 a faculty of letters opened, which gathered in 1835 kwizikolo ezihlanu (french literature, foreign literature, antic literature, imbali, nentanda). the science faculty opened still in rennes in 1840. those 3 faculties remained without clear boundaries between them until 1885 with the creation of a “conseil des facultés” which took in 1896 the name of university of rennes. in the middle of the 19th century, they were gathered in the palais universitaire, located currently in the quai émile zola, but were then scattered downtown. the faculty of law and the faculty of letter were thus relocated in 1909 in the séminaire, located currently in the place hoche.