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|vice-president = |superintendent = |provost = |vice_chancellor = |principal = |dean = |director = |head_label = |head = |faculty = |staff = |students = 10,000|undergrad = |postgrad = |doctoral = |divinity = |residents = |other = |profess = |alumni = |city = Toulon|state = |province = |country = France|address =|telephone = |coor = |campus = |free_label = |free = |sports = |colors = |athletics = |affiliations = |nobel_laureates = |website = weblink (in French)|logo = }} The University of Toulon (French: Université de Toulon or UTLN) is a French university located in Toulon, France, and neighboring areas (La Garde, Saint-Raphaël, La Valette and Draguignan). It was founded in 1968 and is organized in 6 faculties, 2 autonomous institutes, an institute of business management and an engineering school.

Unités de Formation et de Recherche

In the French system, an UFR ("Unité de formation et de recherche") or Research and Education Unit offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. Each UFR is governed by a director elected from the department and heads over a council of elected professors who control its curriculum.The University of Toulon has 6 U.F.R.:

• Science (UFR Sciences et Techniques)
  • Undergraduate level: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Biology, Computer Science and Physics/Chemistry.
  • Graduate level: Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics and Engineering Science, Chemistry.
• Arts (UFR Lettres et Sciences Humaines)
  • French, English (Language, Literature and History or "Langues, Littérature et Civilisation"), Spanish, applied Modern Languages ("Langues Etrangères Appliquées").
  • Tourism ("Management de projets touristiques durables") and Culture ("Management de projets artistiques et culturels").
• Law (UFR de Droit)
• Economy (UFR Sciences Economiques et de Gestion)
• Sport (UFR STAPS)
• Multimedia (Institut Ingémédia)

Institutes and Schools

• Engineering School: Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénieur de Toulon et du Var (ISITV, now Seatech)
• Business School: Institut d'Administration des Entreprises

University Institutes for Technology

• IUT de Toulon
• IUT de Saint-Raphaël

Research Centers

(File:USTV-Toulon.JPG|thumb|Another view of the campus)Mathematics

• IMATH - Institut de Mathématiques de Toulon

Earth Science

• LSEET - Laboratoire de Sondages Electromagnétiques de l'Environnement Terrestre - UMR 6017
• PROTEE - Processus de Transferts et d'Echanges dans l'Environnement

Physics and Chemistry

• MAPIEM - Matériaux Polymères Interfaces Environnement Marin (EA 4323 MAPIEM)
• IM2NP - Institut Matériaux Microélectronique Nanosciences de Provence - UMR CNRS 6242

Physics and Engineering

• CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207 (jointly with Aix-Marseille University and the CNRS)

Humanities

• BABEL - Laboratoire Babel
• i3M - Information, Milieux, Médias, Médiations

Political Science and Law

• CDPC JEAN-CLAUDE ESCARRAS - Centre de Droit et de Politique Comparés - UMR CNRS 6201
• CERC - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Contentieux

Economics

• ERMMES - Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche Méditerranéennes en Management des Entreprises
• LEAD - Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée au Développement

Health and Biology

• HANDIBIO : Laboratoire de Biomodélisation et ingénierie des handicaps

Communication Science

• LSIS - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des systèmes

Engineering

• SNC - Systèmes Navals Complexes - ERTA

Notable people

Faculty

• Boris Cyrulnik (born 1937, in Bordeaux) - psychiatrist
• Olivier Dubuquoy (born 1974) - geographer, documentarist and environmental activist
• Fabien Matras (born 1984) - lawyer; politician

Alumni

• Maryse Joissains (born 1942, in Toulin) - politician (LR)
• Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (born 1955) - Irish ethnomusicologist, author, musician and historian specialising in Irish music, diaspora, cultural and memory studies
• Maurizio Porfiri (born Rome, Italy) - engineering professor, noted for his work with robotic fish and aquatic research
• Sonia Krimi (born 1982, in Tunis) - politician (LREM)

See also

• List of public universities in France by academy

References

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