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Toulouse Capitole University
Toulouse Capitole University (French: Université Toulouse Capitole, pronounced [ynivɛʁsite tuluz kapitɔl]; Occitan: Universitat Capitol de Tolosa) is a public university in Toulouse, France. It is one of the three universities of the city of Toulouse, in southwestern France. The university, presided by Hugues Kenfack, focuses on social sciences, law, political science, economics and administration. An active member of the federal University of Toulouse, it became an experimental public institution on January 1, 2023.
Toulouse Capitole University is one of the several so-called 'successor' institutions of the University of Toulouse, which was the second university created in France in 1229 after the Sorbonne was founded (around the year 1200). The university originally included four faculties: theology, canon law, civil law and Arts (grammar). The medical school was created in 1257. The University was closed in 1793 as the French Revolution abolished royal universities.
At the end of the Second Empire, the first four faculties co-existed, but the most important was the law school, which contained three-quarters of the students and the most renowned teachers. However, the Faculties of Toulouse suffered due to underfunding of French higher education in the provinces. At the same time, freedom of higher education was proclaimed in France, leading to the founding in 1877 of the Catholic University of Toulouse, a private not-for-profit institution recognised as being in the public interest. In the 1880s Luis Liard and Ernest Lavisse gave enough autonomy to the faculties so the municipality could help those State Faculties, which were named the University of Toulouse in 1896.
In 1902, Marguerite Dilhan, first woman to practice law and to plead before a criminal court in France, obtained her diploma in Law.
Yet the Edgar Faure acts divided the University of Toulouse into three establishments:
Only the Toulouse Capitole University remains on the historical site of the town center. In September 2009, the Toulouse 1 University of Social Sciences became the Toulouse 1 Capitole University.
Toulouse Capitole University educates more than 20,000 students every year, over 15% of which are international students. Students may enroll in a Bachelors program directly after obtaining a Baccalauréat, or the equivalent high school diploma for international students. Unlike the French Grandes écoles, public university education is open enrollment, tuition is often more affordable, and registration does not require attendance at a post-high school preparatory school (French: prépa or Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles). Degrees from French universities are recognized world-wide and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France) (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).
Since 2020, the University of Toulouse I Capitole is a member of the European University Engage.eu which aims to provide citizens and students with the necessary skills to meet the major societal challenges already underway (migration, aging population, digital transformation...). The aim of this project is to pool the skills and expertise of the different partners in order to provide high quality education, common curricula and increased student mobility, as well as a European research network. The consortium of this project is composed of six other universities: University of Mannheim (Germany), Luiss Guido Carli (Italy), NHH Norwegian School of Economics (Norway), Tilburg University (Netherlands), University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria), and Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria).
The institution's academic priorities focus on three areas: international degrees, double-language degrees, and degrees with a high potential for professional integration. The different academic disciplines of UT1 are:
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Toulouse Capitole University
Toulouse Capitole University (French: Université Toulouse Capitole, pronounced [ynivɛʁsite tuluz kapitɔl]; Occitan: Universitat Capitol de Tolosa) is a public university in Toulouse, France. It is one of the three universities of the city of Toulouse, in southwestern France. The university, presided by Hugues Kenfack, focuses on social sciences, law, political science, economics and administration. An active member of the federal University of Toulouse, it became an experimental public institution on January 1, 2023.
Toulouse Capitole University is one of the several so-called 'successor' institutions of the University of Toulouse, which was the second university created in France in 1229 after the Sorbonne was founded (around the year 1200). The university originally included four faculties: theology, canon law, civil law and Arts (grammar). The medical school was created in 1257. The University was closed in 1793 as the French Revolution abolished royal universities.
At the end of the Second Empire, the first four faculties co-existed, but the most important was the law school, which contained three-quarters of the students and the most renowned teachers. However, the Faculties of Toulouse suffered due to underfunding of French higher education in the provinces. At the same time, freedom of higher education was proclaimed in France, leading to the founding in 1877 of the Catholic University of Toulouse, a private not-for-profit institution recognised as being in the public interest. In the 1880s Luis Liard and Ernest Lavisse gave enough autonomy to the faculties so the municipality could help those State Faculties, which were named the University of Toulouse in 1896.
In 1902, Marguerite Dilhan, first woman to practice law and to plead before a criminal court in France, obtained her diploma in Law.
Yet the Edgar Faure acts divided the University of Toulouse into three establishments:
Only the Toulouse Capitole University remains on the historical site of the town center. In September 2009, the Toulouse 1 University of Social Sciences became the Toulouse 1 Capitole University.
Toulouse Capitole University educates more than 20,000 students every year, over 15% of which are international students. Students may enroll in a Bachelors program directly after obtaining a Baccalauréat, or the equivalent high school diploma for international students. Unlike the French Grandes écoles, public university education is open enrollment, tuition is often more affordable, and registration does not require attendance at a post-high school preparatory school (French: prépa or Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles). Degrees from French universities are recognized world-wide and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France) (French: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale).
Since 2020, the University of Toulouse I Capitole is a member of the European University Engage.eu which aims to provide citizens and students with the necessary skills to meet the major societal challenges already underway (migration, aging population, digital transformation...). The aim of this project is to pool the skills and expertise of the different partners in order to provide high quality education, common curricula and increased student mobility, as well as a European research network. The consortium of this project is composed of six other universities: University of Mannheim (Germany), Luiss Guido Carli (Italy), NHH Norwegian School of Economics (Norway), Tilburg University (Netherlands), University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria), and Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria).
The institution's academic priorities focus on three areas: international degrees, double-language degrees, and degrees with a high potential for professional integration. The different academic disciplines of UT1 are:
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