{{short description|Former French university}} {{Infobox university |name = Montpellier 2 University |native_name = Université Montpellier 2 |image_name = Logo_Montpellier_2_University.png |image_size = 200px |caption = |latin_name = |motto = |established = 1970 |closed = 2015 |vision = |type = [[Public University|Public]] |affiliation = |calendar = |endowment = |debt = |rector = |officer_in_charge = |chairman = |chancellor = |president = Michel Robert |vice-president = |superintendent = |provost = |vice_chancellor = |principal = |dean = |director = |head_label = |head = |faculty = 2,564 |staff = |students = 16,224 |undergrad = |postgrad = |doctoral = 1,000 |divinity = |residents = |other = |profess = |city = [[Montpellier]] |state = |province = [[Hérault]] |country = [[France]] |address = place Eugène Bataillon 34095 [[Montpellier]] Cedex 5 [[France]] |coordinates = |campus = [[Montpellier]], [[Nîmes]], [[Béziers]], [[Sète]], [[Mende, Lozère|Mende]], [[Carcassonne]], [[Perpignan]] |free_label = |free = |sports = |colors = |colours = |nickname = |mascot = |fightsong = |athletics = |affiliations = [[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]] |nobel_laureates = |website = http://www.english.univ-montp2.fr/ |logo = |footnotes = }}
'''Montpellier 2 University''' (Université Montpellier 2) was a French university in the ''[[Education in France#Académie system|académie]]'' of Montpellier. It was one of the three universities formed in 1970 from the original [[University of Montpellier]]. In January 2015, [[Montpellier 1 University]] and Montpellier 2 University merged to form the [[University of Montpellier]].<ref>{{Légifrance|base=JORF|numéro=MENS1417767D|texte=Décret 2014-1038 du 11 septembre 2014 portant création de l’université de Montpellier}}</ref>
== History == The creation of the [[University of France|imperial University]] by [[Napoleon I]] in 1808 stimulated the formation of a number of [[Faculty (university)|faculties]] of Humanities and of Science in the main cities of the [[First French Empire|French Empire]].
At that time, [[Montpellier]] had already a long-established medical college and a school of [[Pharmacy]], but also a respected Royal Society of Sciences created in 1706. In 1810, a Faculty of Science started with initially seven [[Professor|chair]]s: [[mathematics]], [[astronomy]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]], zoology, botany, and [[mineralogy]].
In 1879, the faculty created a research station of marine biology in [[Sète]], and, twelve years later, and Institute of [[Botany]] (which is still part of University Montpellier 2). The Institute of Chemistry, created in the same period, became the Ecole Nationale Supérieure of Chemistry of Montpellier in 1941.
In 1964, the faculty left the centre of Montpellier to settle in a 30 hectare campus to the north of the city on which 146 000 m<sup>2</sup> of buildings for teaching and research were built.
== Heritage == [[File:Institutbotanicmontpellier.jpg|thumb|Institute of Botany of Montpellier]] The University Montpellier 2 retains the Institute of Botany of Montpellier (created in 1889 by Professor [[Charles Flahault]]), which is close to the botanical garden of University Montpellier 1. Partly demolished after World War II, most of the buildings date from 1956. The building houses a prestigious [[herbarium]], the largest in France after the [[Muséum national d'histoire naturelle|national museum of natural history]], with approximately 4 million samples and an important collection of botany [[vellum]]s, and research laboratories in the fields of [[ecology]] and [[parasitology]]. The station of marine biology in [[Sète]] has been part of the university since 1879.
In addition to these collections, the university's media library brings together its old collections of printed works, manuscripts, and iconography (including, for example, the library of the work of Felix Dunal, bequeathed to the Faculty of Science in 1856). These collections are publicly accessible given a reasonable request.
The university is also the seat of the ''Pôle universitaire de Montpellier'' which collectively represents the higher education establishments in the [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] region.
== Overview of University Montpellier 2 ==
Université Montpellier 2 is a research-intensive university where education and research cover most of the Scientific and Technological fields:<ref name="a">{{cite web|url=http://www.english.univ-montp2.fr/overview/research/overview|title=Overview - Research|work=Université Montpellier 2 - English website|access-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722024446/http://www.english.univ-montp2.fr/overview/research/overview|archive-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> * [[Biodiversity]], [[Ecology]], [[Evolution]], [[Natural environment|Environment]] * [[Biology]], [[Agronomy]] * [[Biology]] and [[Health]] * [[Chemistry]] * [[Educational theory|Education]] * [[Management]] * [[Mathematics]], [[Computer science|Informatics]], [[Physics]] and Systems * Universe, Earth, Water
It is partnered with 40 joint research units, 1 observatory and divided into 7 specialised faculties.
==Education==
The university curriculum follows the LMD system, which divides higher education into 3 diplomas:<ref>[[Education in France#Universities in France]]</ref> Licence (Bachelor's degree, 3 years of Higher Education) Master (Master's degree, 2 years after bachelor's degree) Doctorat (PhD, 3 years after master's degree)
The university is divided into 7 specialised faculties: * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.fdsweb.univ-montp2.fr/ The Faculty of Science] * The [[École polytechnique universitaire de Montpellier]] * 3 University Institutes of Technology (IUT) ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721023225/http://www.iutmontp.univ-montp2.fr/ IUT Montpellier-Sète] ** {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.iut-nimes.fr/ IUT Nîmes] ** {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140328060633/http://www.iutbeziers.univ-montp2.fr/ IUT Béziers] * [http://www.iae.univ-montp2.fr/?q=en The Montpellier School of Management (IAE)] (belongs to a [[Institut d'Administration des Entreprises IAEs network]] of 31 IAEs throughout France) * [http://www.montpellier.iufm.fr/internet/site/ The Faculty of Education]
And 6 doctoral schools.
==Research==
Université Montpellier 2 is composed of about forty research departments in:<ref name="a2">8 thematic departments</ref> * [[Biodiversity]], [[Ecology]], [[Evolution]], [[Natural environment|Environment]] * [[Biology]], [[Agronomy]] * [[Biology]] and [[Health]] * [[Chemistry]] * [[Educational theory|Education]] * [[Management]] * [[Mathematics]], [[Computer science|Informatics]], [[Physics]] and Systems * Universe, Earth, Water
The whole research activity is carried out collaboratively with the leading national research organisations ([[CNRS]], [[Inserm INSERM]], [[Institut national de la recherche agronomique INRA]], [[Cirad CIRAD]], [[Ird IRD]], [[Brgm]], CEA, [[CNES]], [[Ifremer]], [[Inria]], [[Irstea]]).
==Rankings==
* 2014 QS world university rankings ** 51 – 100th for the Earth and Marine Sciences field <ref name="topuniversities.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/node/4184/ranking-details/university-subject-rankings/2014|title=Université Montpellier 2 Sciences et Techniques Rankings|work=Top Universities|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> ** 101 – 150th for the Agriculture & Forestry field <ref name="topuniversities.com"/> **385th worldwide <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/node/4184/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2013|title=Université Montpellier 2 Sciences et Techniques Rankings|work=Top Universities|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> * 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities: 201 – 300th worldwide<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2013.html|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2013 - Top 500 universities - Shanghai Ranking - 2013 - World University Ranking - 2013|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> * Times Higher Education under 50 universities: 32nd worldwide <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013/one-hundred-under-fifty|title=100 Under 50 Rankings 2013|work=Times Higher Education|date=13 April 2015 |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> * National Taiwan university: 294th worldwide <ref>{{cite web|url=http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/OverallRanking.aspx?pagesize=100&y=2013|title=National Taiwan University Ranking 2014 - (NTURanking 2014)|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702232356/http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/OverallRanking.aspx?pagesize=100&y=2013|archive-date=2 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== See also == {{commons category|Université Montpellier II}} * [[University of Montpellier]] * [[List of public universities in France by academy]]
== Notes == <references/>
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