Catholic University of The West - Timeline

Timeline

• 1229: During a crisis with the University of Paris, some students and faculty came to the Episcopalian school system of Angers.
• 1242: A "studium" was created, to be the origin of the future university.
• 1363: Louis I, Duke of Anjou (the region in which Angers and the university are located), obtained from his brother Charles V patent letters formally recognizing the school as a university; however, it had already been recognized as such by various kings and popes.
• At the end of the 14th century, the university in Angers had some 230 students.
• 1432: The university added colleges of Theology, Medicine and the Arts, after a papal bull of Pope Eugene IV.
• 1477: New buildings were constructed for the university (where the theater stands today).
• 1604: The celebrated professor William Barclay became the Chair of Civil Law of the university.
• 1792: The French Revolution suppressed and temporarily disbanded the university.
• 1875: The Catholic University of Angers was re-founded by Monsignor Freppel. The College of Law, inaugurated at Cathedral St. Maurice on November 15, was the first of its kind in France. The other colleges reopened in the following years: Literature (1876), Sciences (1877) and Theology (1879).
• 1879: The University was organized according to the catholic canon as a Catholic University by Pope Pius IX.
• 1898: The School of Agriculture and Viticulture, predecessor of the current Superior School of Agriculture (ESA), was founded by Father Vétillart.
• October 1909: The School of Commercial Sciences (ESSCA) was created.
• 1947: The Foreign Center for French Language and Civilization Studies was founded.
• 1950: The Technical School of Chemistry (ETSCO) was founded.
• 1956: The School of Electronics of the West (ESEO) was created.
• October 22, 1993: The ceremonial first brick was laid for the new buildings of the university.
• 1 January 2008: Guy Bedouelle became the new Rector of the university.