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Université Laval (English: Laval University) [2] [note 1] is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Canada and the first North American institution to offer higher education in French.
A chaise longue (/ ʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ, tʃeɪz -, - ˈlɒ̃ɡ /; [1] French: [ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ], "long chair") is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs of the sitter. In modern French, the term chaise longue refers to any long reclining chair, such as a deckchair. In English, the term "chaise longue" is ...
The Université libre de Bruxelles (French: [ynivɛʁsite libʁ də bʁysɛl]; lit. Free University of Brussels; abbreviated ULB) is a French-speaking research university in Brussels, Belgium. It has three campuses: the Solbosch campus (in the City of Brussels and Ixelles), the Plaine campus (in Ixelles) and the Erasmus campus (in Anderlecht).
Académie Française. The Académie Française[a] (French pronunciation: [akademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. [1]
The rank has three pay grades: 2nd class, 1st class, and exceptional class. Maître de conférences (MCF, associate professor), is the second rank of the faculty path in French academia. The rank has two pay grades: normal class and outstanding class ("hors-classe": "H.C."). a law full professor wearing his academic robe.
The Collège de France (French pronunciation: [kɔlɛʒ də fʁɑ̃s]), formerly known as the Collège Royal or as the Collège impérial founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (grand établissement) in France. It is located in Paris near La Sorbonne. The Collège de France has been considered to be ...
On 27 February 2012, Russia's Ulyanovsk State University inaugurated its new International Saint-Exupéry Centre, led by its director, Elena Mironova, an associate professor of French. The centre will serve as a permanent museum dedicated to the author-aviator, as well as a cultural and linguistics centre for the university.
In France, various types of institution have the term "University" in their name. These include the public universities, which are the autonomous institutions that are distinguished as being state institutes of higher education and research that practice open admissions, and that are designated with the label "Université" by the French ministry of Higher Education and Research. [1]