Catholic University of The West - Institutes

Institutes

At Angers, there is the Campus of Theology as well as 10 other institutes:

• the Institute of Art, Literature, and History (IALH)
• the Institute of Living Foreign Languages (IPLV)
• the Institute of Training of l'UCO and Education (IFUCOME)
• the International Center of French Studies (CIDEF)
• the Institute of Sciences of Communication and Education (ISCEA)
• the Institute of Psychological and Sociological Applications (IPSA)
• the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IMA)
• the Institute of Biology and Applied Ecology (IBEA)
• the Institute of Sports and Physical Education of Angers (IFEPSA)
• the Institute for Enterprise Development and Council (IDCE)

In 1990, under the authority of l'Université Catholique d'Angers, the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies - ICES was opened in Roche-sur-Yon. After three years of collaboration, the Superior Council of the Catholic University of the West awarded ICES its academic independence in 1993. François Garnier, Bishop of Luçon, became the institutional head of the establishment with the responsibility of maintaining its ecclesiastical membership.

Between 2002 and 2007, the Rector of the University was Robert Rousseau. On January 1, 2008, Father Guy Bedouelle succeeded him. Bedouelle, personally acclaimed in literature and theology, served the Church as juror, international historian, council member and teacher.