University of Avignon

From the early Middle Ages, higher education existed at Avignon. There are traces of the thirteenth century theological schools, grammatical arts, medicine, supported by the Avignon town.

The University of Avignon, founded there more than 700 years, welcomes today more than 7500 students in rooms dedicated to the Teaching and Research among the most beautiful in France.

The university community consists of many trades in charge of education, research and administration . Access to these trades responds to variable selection criteria of hierarchical levels and status. To enable you to better know your audience within our university , qualifications and responsibilities, we therefore propose to consult the description of all trades represented in our establishment .

There are fifteen laboratories in the University of Avignon.

Two Federative Structures Research created in 2011 gather around the laboratories of the University other research institutions (INRA, INRIA, CNRS, etc.) as well as clusters, professional bodies and businesses with the objective of promoting research and innovation for economic and social development. Scientific research is an essential mission of the University to which the training based. At the University of Avignon, the research activity is available in two axes of identity: Culture and Heritage and AgroSciences and Sciences . Our laboratories recognized by the Ministry as per the international scientific community, are references on the subject.

Orientation is a complex process that requires determining their interests, know the local training opportunities, regional, French or foreign, and to develop accurate representations of professional environments, trades and skills required to access, to be able to perform carrier choice for its future.So many personal reflections and specific actions which require the consultation of specialized information resources and need to be confronted with the guidance of professional knowledge to develop.The SCUIO-IP - Common University Service of Information and Orientation, Professional Integration gets you, guide you and advise on training, workforce strategies and guidance throughout life.