University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour
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The University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (L'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour or UPPA) was founded in 1972. The University is a multiple-site establishment, based in Pau (département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques) but also in Bayonne, Tarbes and Mont-de-Marsan in the Adour river basin. It is under the Academy of Bordeaux. It is the third biggest university (12,000 students) in the South-Western region of France, after Bordeaux and Toulouse.
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[edit] The site in Pau
This site is the biggest, with nearly 9,000 students located there. There are 3 UFR :
- Lettres, (arts)
- Droit, Economie et Gestion (law, economics and management)
- Sciences
and an Institut Universitaire Technologique (IUT) and the ENSGTI. There is also an Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) located in Pau and Bayonne.
[edit] The site in Bayonne
with 2.500 studients in 2 UFR
- sciences
- multidisciplinary
and an IUT.
[edit] The site in Tarbes
with 700 students, 2 UFR :
- lettres (arts)
- sciences
[edit] The site in Mont-de-Marsan
300 students in one UFR (law) and an IUT.
[edit] History
The U.P.P.A. was founded in 1970, in a splendid formerly urban park.
The Law faculty (UFR de droit, économie et gestion) seems to have further back in time origins. It has been created in 1947 by deans Poplawski and Vizioz, and was lodged in Villa Lawrence in the center of town.
