Tunis University
Tunis University (Arabic: جامعة تونس, French: Université de Tunis) is a university in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1960 on the basis of earlier educational establishments.
جامعة تونس Université de Tunis | |
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Former names | Institute of High Studies of Tunis |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1960 |
| Rector | Pr H'maied Ben Aziza[1] |
Administrative staff | 1,861[2] |
| Students | 28,000[2] |
| Location | , |
| Affiliations | UNIMED, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie |
| Website | www.utunis.rnu.tn/ |
The University of Tunis is a member of the Mediterranean University Union (UNIMED) and of Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies
Organisation
The university is organised into the following institutions.[3]
- Ecole Normale Supérieure (the oldest institute of the university[4])
- Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences
- Higher School of Technological Sciences
- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
- Preparatory Engineering Institute
- Higher Institute of Literary Studies and Humanities
- Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts
- Higher Institute for Youth-Club Activities and Culture
- Higher Institute of Fine Arts
- Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities
- Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities of Zaghouan
- Higher Institute of Management
- Higher Institute of Music
- Higher Institute of Crafts Heritage
- Tunis Business School
- National Heritage Institute (Co-Supervision with the Ministry of Culture and the Safeguard of the Heritage)
Notable alumni and academics
- Hédi Annabi (4 September 1943[5] – 12 January 2010[6]), a Tunisian diplomat and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General
- Noureddine Bhiri (born 10 July 1958), Tunisian politician
- Mohamed Brahmi (15 May 1955 – 25 July 2013), Tunisian politician
- Fatma Chamakh-Haddad (10 March 1936 - 2 May 2013), professor, philosopher, feminist and activist
- Fadela Echebbi (born 23 January 1946), Tunisian author and poet
- Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 - 25 June 1984), French historian, philosopher, and literary critic
- Mohamed Ghannouchi (born 18 August 1941), the former Prime Minister of Tunisia and self-proclaimed acting president of the country for a few hours starting 14 January 2011
- Mohamed Ghozzi (born 24 February 1949 in Kairouan), Tunisian poet and critic
- Hamadi Jebali (born 12 January 1949), Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013
- Jeanne-Claude, (13 June 1943, Casablanca - 18 November 2009, New York City), environmental artist
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References
- (in French) The new Tunisian universities chancellors Archived 2013-04-18 at Archive.today
- "Key Figures". Tunis University. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- "Higher education and research institutions". Tunis University. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- History of Ecole Normale Supérieure Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ANNABI, Hédi - Operation Spaix.net Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Delva, J. G. (2010): Reuters: U.N. mission chief in Haiti killed in quake Retrieved on 17 January 2010.
External links
- Tunis University Website (in Arabic, French, and English)
- UNIMED
- AUF
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