{{Short description|Former French university (1976 to 2016)}} {{Infobox university | name = Blaise Pascal University | image = Universite clermont-fd 2 LLSH.jpg | caption = Blaise Pascal University, Gergovia | image_name = | established = {{start date|1976}} | closed = {{end date|2016}} | type = Public | president = Mathias Bernard<ref name="montagne-20120323" /> | city = Clermont-Ferrand | country = France | students = 16,007<ref name="stat">{{cite web|title=Chiffres clés|url=http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/http://rubrique14.html|website=univ-bpclermont.fr|access-date=24 September 2014|archive-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119121923/http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/http://rubrique14.html|url-status=dead}} (in French)</ref> | faculty = 1,223<ref name="stat" /> | administrative_staff = 972<ref name="stat" /> | campus = Urban | motto = "An open mind" (''L'esprit d'ouverture'')<ref name="4icu">{{cite web|url=http://www.4icu.org/reviews/1486.htm|title=Université Blaise Pascal - Ranking & Review|publisher=|access-date=3 November 2016|archive-date=24 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924033216/https://www.4icu.org/reviews/1486.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> | website = {{url|www.univ-bpclermont.fr}} }}
'''Blaise Pascal University''' ({{langx|fr|Université Blaise-Pascal}}), also known as '''Université Clermont-Ferrand II''', was a public university with its main campus in Clermont-Ferrand, France, with satellite locations in other parts of the region of Auvergne, including Vichy, Moulins, Montluçon, and Aubière.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/article98.html|title=Plan d'accès - Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand|publisher=|access-date=3 November 2016|archive-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019183125/http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/article98.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 1 January 2017, the university merged with the University of Auvergne to form the Clermont Auvergne University.<ref name="stat" />
== History ==
It was founded in 1854, as part of Clermont-Ferrand University.
The Blaise Pascal University was created by the division of the University of Clermont-Ferrand into two entities following a 1976 decree.<ref>{{cite web|title=76-242 decree|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000502261|website=legifrance.gouv.fr}}</ref>
In 1987 it was named for mathematician, scientist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal, who was born in Clermont.
Mathias Bernard was elected in 2012 as president of the university.<ref name="montagne-20120323">{{cite journal|last1=Seguy|first1=Roland|title=Mathias Bernard, de doyen à président|journal=La Montagne|date=2012-03-23}} (in French)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/article1680.html|title=Mathias Bernard élu Président de l'Université|publisher=Université Blaise Pascal|access-date=2014-09-24|archive-date=2017-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808102356/http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/article1680.html|url-status=dead}}, 22 March 2012 (in French)</ref>
However, both Clermont-Ferrand universities have announced their intention to merge. As of 2017, Clermont-Ferrand became part of the University Clermont Auvergne.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stromboni|first1=Camille|title=Les universités clermontoises optent pour la fusion|url=http://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/les-universites-clermontoises-optent-pour-la-fusion.html|website=EducPros.fr}}, 19 September 2013</ref>
== Statistics ==
For the 2013–2014 academic year, the university had an enrollment of 16,007 students,<ref name="stat" /> of which nearly 2,500 were foreign students.<ref name="stat" /> Additionally, it had 970 research professors between its multiple campuses.<ref name="stat" /> Students may choose from among 250 degrees and programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webbis.univ-bpclermont.fr/UBP/Services/ri/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique%3D73%26PHPSESSID%3Dc68345085099c32dc902a41a71b6a291 |title=Welcome to Blaise Pascal University - France |website=International Relations Office – Blaise Pascal University |access-date=2009-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721022925/http://webbis.univ-bpclermont.fr/UBP/Services/ri/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=73&PHPSESSID=c68345085099c32dc902a41a71b6a291 |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref>
== Courses ==
It offers bachelor's, master, and doctorate degrees in Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Language and Cultural Studies, and Science and Technology. It also offers bachelor's or master's degrees in Business and Social Science.<ref name="4icu" />
==See also== * University of Auvergne or University Clermont I
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==External links== *[http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/ Université Blaise-Pascal online (en francais)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970519232512/http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/ |date=1997-05-19 }}
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