Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III
| Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier | |
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| Type | Public university |
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| Established | 1289/1970 |
| President | Anne Fraïsse |
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Academic staff
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627 |
| Students | 19794 |
| Location |
Montpellier, Béziers, France Coordinates: 43°37′59″N 3°52′12″E / 43.633°N 3.870°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | Service Universitaire des Activités Physiques et Sportives (SUAPS) |
| Affiliations | Coimbra Group |
| Website | univ-montp3.fr |
Paul Valéry University of Montpellier (French: Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III), also known as or UPVM (official acronym) or Montpellier III (UM3, until early 2015), is a French university in the Academy of Montpellier. It is one of the three successor universities to the University of Montpellier, specialising in the arts, languages and social sciences.
The university is a member of the Coimbra Group, an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard.
Paul Valéry is one of the oldest universities in Europe. The University of Montpellier, founded on 26 October 1289 through a bull issued by Pope Nicholas IV combining the schools of Medicine, Arts and Law, is the third university founded in France, following those of Paris and Toulouse.
In 1939, the new Faculty of Humanities was built in the city centre, facing Saint Paul's Cathedral on the rue du Cardinal de Cabrières (currently home to part of the University of Montpellier 1's Law Faculty), and inaugurated by the then Dean Augustin Fliche.
Having become too cramped, the university moved in 1966 to a campus of over 10 hectares in the north of the city (route de Mende), close to the University of Montpellier II's new campus. In order to avoid confusion with the University of Montpellier 2, the architectural aesthetic was very carefully selected and large green spaces created.
In 1970, the former faculties formed three separate universities (Montpellier I, II and III). The Faculty of Arts, Languages, Social Sciences and Humanities becoming the "University of Montpellier III", whilst also taking on the name of Paul Valéry as a homage to the Sète-born writer who studied in Montpellier.
In 1986 a new building comprising three lecture theatres (one seating 800 students) was built.
In 1998, a second University campus was built in Béziers on the site of the former Duguesclin barracks.
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