page_title: Aix-Marseille University
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: Aix-Marseille University / Organization
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Aix-en-Provence
context_page_description: Aix-Marseille University is a public research university located in the region of Provence, southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, Count of Provence, petitioned the Pisan Antipope Alexander V to establish the University of Provence. The university as it is today was formed by the merger of the University of Provence, the University of the Mediterranean and Paul Cézanne University. The merger became effective on 1 January 2012, resulting in the creation of the largest university in the French-speaking world, with about 80,000 students. AMU has the largest budget of any academic institution in the Francophone world, standing at €750 million.
  The university is organized around five main campuses situated in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. Apart from its major campuses, AMU owns and operates facilities in Arles, Aubagne, Avignon, Digne-les-Bains, Gap, La Ciotat, Lambesc and Salon-de-Provence. The university is headquartered at the Pharo, Marseille.
  AMU has produced many notable alumni in the fields of law, politics, business, science, academia, and arts.
context_section_description: Aix-Marseille University is organized into five sectors:
  Law and Political Science
  Faculty of Law and Political Science
  Institute of Public Management and Territorial Governance
  Economics and Management
  Faculty of Economics and Management
  Journalism and Communication School of Marseille
  Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management
  Regional Institute of Labour
  Arts, Literature, Languages and Human Sciences
  Faculty of Arts, Literature, Languages and Human Sciences
  Training Centre for Musicians
  The Mediterranean House of Human Sciences (Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme)
  Health
  Faculty of Medicine
  Faculty of Odontology
  Faculty of Pharmacy
  Midwives' University School Marseille Méditerranée
  Sciences and Technology
  Faculty of Sciences
  Faculty of Sports
  Observatory of Universe Sciences – Pytheas Institute
  Polytech Marseille
  In addition, three University Institutes of Technology and University Institute for Teachers Training are part of the university.
caption: Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe, a monument historique built in 1650, houses the Institute of Public Management and Territorial Governance
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