University of Poitiers

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The University of Poitiers is one of France’s oldest universities, renowned as a historic center of learning that has educated prominent figures such as philosopher René Descartes.


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instanceOf public university
research university
coordinates 46.580°N 0.340°E
country France
educated François Rabelais
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Joachim du Bellay
René Descartes
foundedIn 1431
founder Charles VII of France
Pope Eugene IV
governedBy president
hasAcademicStaff over 2,000
hasAffiliation French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
hasCampus Châtellerault campus
Niort campus
Poitiers campus
hasFaculty Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
Faculty of Sports Sciences
hasInstitute Institute of Technology (IUT de Poitiers–Niort–Châtellerault)
hasMotto Universitas Pictaviensis
hasResearchCenter laboratories in chemistry
laboratories in computer science
laboratories in humanities and social sciences
laboratories in physics
hasStudentEnrollment over 25,000
hasType multidisciplinary university
hasWebsite https://www.univ-poitiers.fr
knownFor being one of the oldest universities in France
historical role in French higher education
languageOfInstruction French
locatedIn Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Poitiers
Vienne department
memberOf Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
European University Association
offersDegree bachelor's degrees
doctoral degrees
master's degrees
partOf French public university system
specializesIn engineering
humanities
law
medicine
sciences

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
René Descartes
educatedAt
Poitiers
hasUniversity

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