Type | Public research university |
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Established | 1409–1792 1896–1968 1968–2012 |
President | Jean-Paul Caverni |
Academic staff | 1,527[1] |
Administrative staff | 835[1] |
Students | 23,056[2] |
Undergraduates | 12,807[2] |
Postgraduates | 7,948[2] |
1,297[2] | |
Location | , |
Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20061010125054/http://www.univ-provence.fr/ (in French) |
The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (French: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.[4] It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of Aix and Marseille. On 1 January 2012, it merged with the University of the Mediterranean and Paul Cézanne University to become Aix-Marseille University, the youngest, but also the largest in terms of students, budgets and staff in the French-speaking world.