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French university
The
University of Caen Normandy
(French:
Universite de Caen Normandie
), also known as
Unicaen
, is a
public university
in
Caen
, France.
History
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The institution was founded in 1432
[1]
by
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford
, the first rector being a Cornishman,
Michael Tregury
, afterwards
Archbishop of Dublin
.
[2]
It originally consisted of a faculty of
Canon Law
and a faculty of
Law
. By 1438, it already had five faculties. The foundation was confirmed by the King of France
Charles VII the Victorious
in 1452.
On July 7, 1944, the university was completely destroyed by aerial bombing during
Operation Charnwood
, an action of the
Battle of Caen
. Between 1944 and 1954, the university was based in the buildings of the regional teachers’ college. A new campus was designed by
Henry Bernard
and constructed between 1948 and 1957.
[3]
The new university was inaugurated on 1 and 2 June 1957. Its logo, the mythical
Phoenix
, symbolises this revival.
[4]
Rankings
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Global Rankings
Ranking
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Rank
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CWUR
World
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808 (2020-21)
[5]
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QS
World
|
1201+ (2022)
[6]
|
Shanghai Ranking
2022
Subject
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Rank
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Oceanography
|
151
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Medical technology
|
201
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Mathematics
|
301
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Chemistry
|
401
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Clinical medicine
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401
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Notable people
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Notable alumni
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Notable faculty
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- Gaston Mialaret
(1918 - 2016}, French pedagogist and university professor.
- Doris Bensimon
(1924?2009), Austrian-born French sociologist and academic
- Albert Gabriel
(1883?1972), French associate professor of Art history (1923?1925)
Miscellaneous
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- The mathematician
Pierre Varignon
, whose work would influence the young
Leonhard Euler
, earned his
M.A.
from Caen in 1682.
- Pierre-Simon Laplace
(1749?1827) was introduced to mathematics in Caen by Christophe Gadbled and Pierre Le Canu.
- Henri Poincare
(1854?1912) taught there between 1879 and 1881.
- The university aligned with
Ecole nationale superieure d'ingenieurs de Caen
and
French National Centre for Scientific Research
to form the
Information, Image, Automatic and Instrumentation Research Group of Caen
[
fr
]
, which is known for the
G'MIC
open source image processing framework.
- The university contains a famous scale model of
Rome
.
[7]
- Those intending to become
advocates
or
solicitors
in
Guernsey
(or, until recently,
Jersey
) must complete three months' study of Norman law at Caen University (
Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques Francaises et Normandes
) prior to being called to the Guernsey or Jersey Bar, respectively.
- The Carre international is located here. The center is a hub for exchange students from around the world who wish to attend university in France. They take students from A1 (no French experience) to C2 (Native language).
- The university takes part in the
XL-Chem Graduate School of Research
[8]
project, funded by the State via the National Research Agency.
- Thomas Campion
physician, poet, and composer of lute songs received his medical degree in 1605.
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