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第68章 University of Toulouse: Ivory tower of Palladian c

图卢兹大学:智慧之城中的象牙塔

英文导读

The formation of the University of Toulouse was imposed on Count Raymond VII as a part of the Treaty of Paris in 1229 ending the crusade against the Albigensians. In 1969, the University of Toulouse split into three separate universities and numerous specialised institutions of higher education. Present-day University of Toulouse was founded on 27 March 2007. At that time it was decided to divide the University of Toulouse into three: The law faculty became Université Toulouse I, occupying all the old university buildings; the humanities faculty became Université de Toulouse II – Le Mirail, named after its new location; and the departments of science and medicine became Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III). In 1969, a fourth university in Toulouse was created, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, a school of engineering. The wide portfolio of courses on offer can be divided into four main areas: Arts, Humanities and Languages; Law, Economics and Management; Human and social sciences; Science, Technology, Health and Engineering sciences.

System: The University of Tou-louse is a Research and Higher Educa-tion Cluster consisting of : University of Toulouse I: Capitole – UT1 (Law, Economics, Management); University of Toulouse II: Le Mirail – UT2 (Arts, Literature, Humanities and Languag-es); University of Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier – UT3 (Science, Technologies and Health); Institut National Polytech-nique de Toulouse – INPT (Engineer-ing); etc.

University of Toulouse I: Capitole is located in the heart of the city of Tou-louse, in southwestern France. It was the second university created in France in 1229 after the Sorbonne was founded (around the year 1200). The university originally included four faculties: Theology, Canon Law, Civil Law and Arts (Grammar). The medical school was created in 1257. The University was closed in 1793 as the French Revolution abolished royal universities.

University of Toulouse II: Le Mirail is one of 3 universities in Tou-louse, France. The campus in Le Mirail opened its doors one section at a time starting in 1971, and completed the transfer by 1973.

University of Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier is a French university, in the Academy of Toulouse. Today’s Toulouse III was named for Paul Sabatier, winner of the 1912 Nobel prize in chemistry, when it was es-tablished on the foundations of the old university in 1969. The univer-sity offers the Licence programs in eight areas: Mathematics, Computer Science and their applications; Engineering; Physics, Chemistry, and their applications; Space Sciences, Organisms, and Biospheres; Life and Health Sciences; Sciences and Techniques of Physical Activity and Sports; Communication and Organizational Management.

生词助读

treaty [.tri:ti] n. 条约;协议

portfolio [p.:t’f..l...] n. 公文包;文件夹;证券投资组合

中文概述

图卢兹大学是法国著名综合性公立大学,是世界上最早的大学之一,建于1229年,主校区位于法国著名的大学城图卢兹。

早在古罗马时期,图卢兹被称为智慧之城。在中世纪,著名的教皇格里高利(Pope Gregory IX )认为图卢兹大学是世界上最好的大学,赐予图卢兹大学法律、神学、医学、文学的全球最好师职。

1969年,图卢兹大学分成三个独立分支和数所工程院校。2007年3月,这些学校再次统一为图卢兹大学,主要成员包括原图卢兹一大、图卢兹二大、图卢兹三大、法国国立应用科学院,法国国立理工学院、国立建筑学院、国立农学院、国立医学院等。

图卢兹社会科学第一大学又称图卢兹社会科学大学,创立于1229年,位于图卢兹城的历史中心,紧邻圣塞尔南教堂及加农河。图卢兹一大以文科为主,开设的专业有法律、政治、经济管理、科学技术等。在法律、经济方面的科研专家和学术成果誉满全球。

图卢兹第二大学又称勒米哈伊大学,它是欧洲最古老的大学之一,也是法国著名的公立大学之一 。1808年该校成为皇家大学,重新组建了科学技术学院、文学学院、法律学院、科学学院和医学院。如今图卢兹第二大学的教学领域主要包括文学、艺术、语言、人文与社会科学、科学技术等。

图卢兹第三大学又称保尔.萨巴梯埃-图卢兹第三大学,该校在1969年成立时,采用了 1912年诺贝尔化学奖得主保尔.萨巴梯埃的名字作为校名。其研究领域主要涉及四个中心:材料科学(物理,化学,材料);数学,信息科学与技术,工程科学与技术;宇宙,行星,环境,太空;生命科学(基础生物学,健康,环境和农业生物学)。

图卢兹大学是法国工科的最高学府,也是法国规模最大的工科学府。该校的商科、建筑工程、医学、农学、历史学、政治学具有一定国际知名度。

图卢兹是法国西南部大城市。图卢兹的城市的建筑始终保留着玫瑰红砖瓦的特色。城内许多文艺复兴式和16~17世纪建筑构成法国最光辉的建筑之一。市内有圣雷蒙德,保罗·迪皮伊等著名艺术博物馆。

梦想成功录

Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.

每个成功者的后面都有很多不成功的岁月。

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒,而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来。