Education
The city of Poitiers has a very old university tradition. The University of Poitiers was established in 1431 and welcomed many famous thinkers ( François Rabelais; René Descartes; Francis Bacon ). It is the second oldest university in France. Poitiers is nowadays one of the biggest student cities in France; it has more students per inhabitant than any other city in France. There are more than 27,000 university students, nearly 4000 of them foreigners, from 117 countries. The University covers all major fields such as sciences, geography, history, languages.
It also has two engineering schools and two business schools:
- École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique (ENSMA)
- École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Poitiers (ENSIP)
- Ecole Supérieure de Commerce Et Management (ESCEM)
- Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Poitiers (IAE).
The law degree is one of the best in France, rank 2nd by Etudiant magazine in 2005.
Since 2001, the city of Poitiers has hosted the first cycle of "South America, Spain and Portugal" from the Paris Institute of Political Studies.
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