Tunis University

جامعة تونس
Université de Tunis

Former names

| Institute of High Studies of Tunis
Type| Public
Established| 1960
Rector| Pr H'maied Ben Aziza[1]

Administrative staff

| 1,861[2]
Students| 28,000[2]
Location|

Tunis

Tunisia

Affiliations| UNIMED, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
Website| utunis.rnu.tn

Tunis University (Arabic: جامعة تونس, French: Université de Tunis) is a public university in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1960 on the basis of earlier educational establishments.

The University of Tunis is a member of the Mediterranean University Union (UNIMED) and of Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.

Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies

## Contents

* 1 Organisation
* 1.1 Preparatory Engineering Institute
* 2 Notable alumni and academics
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Organisation

The university is organised into the following institutions.[3]

* Ecole Normale Supérieure (the oldest institute of the university[4])
* Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences
* Higher School of Technological Sciences
* Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
* Preparatory Engineering Institute
* Higher Institute of Literary Studies and Humanities
* Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts
* Higher Institute for Youth-Club Activities and Culture
* Higher Institute of Fine Arts
* Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities
* Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities of Zaghouan
* Higher Institute of Management
* Higher Institute of Music
* Higher Institute of Crafts Heritage
* Tunis Business School
* National Heritage Institute (Co-Supervision with the Ministry of Culture and the Safeguard of the Heritage)

### Preparatory Engineering Institute

The Tunis Preparatory Engineering Institute (Arabic: المعهد التّحضيري للدّراسات الهندسيّة بتونس) was created according to the law N°95-40 on 24 April 1995.[5]

## Notable alumni and academics

* Hédi Annabi (4 September 1943[6] – 12 January 2010[7]), a Tunisian diplomat and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General
* Noureddine Bhiri (born 10 July 1958), Tunisian politician
* Mohamed Brahmi (15 May 1955 – 25 July 2013), Tunisian politician
* Fatma Chamakh-Haddad (10 March 1936 – 2 May 2013), professor, philosopher, feminist and activist
* Fadela Echebbi (born 23 January 1946), Tunisian author and poet
* Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), French historian, philosopher, and literary critic
* Mohamed Ghannouchi (born 18 August 1941), the former Prime Minister of Tunisia and self-proclaimed acting president of the country for a few hours starting 14 January 2011
* Mohamed Ghozzi (born 24 February 1949 in Kairouan), Tunisian poet and critic
* Hamadi Jebali (born 12 January 1949), Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013
* Jeanne-Claude, (13 June 1943, Casablanca – 18 November 2009, New York City), environmental artist
* Thouraya Jeribi Khémiri (born 21 August 1960), Minister of Justice.[8]
* Souhayr Belhassen (born 1943), human rights activist and journalist.
* Sadok Chaabane (born 23 February 1950), University Professor.
* Abdelfattah Mourou (born 1 June 1948), Politician and Lawyer.

## References

1. ↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. The new Tunisian universities chancellors
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Key Figures". Tunis University. http://www.utunis.rnu.tn/index.php?id=79&L=2.
3. ↑ "Higher education and research institutions". Tunis University. http://www.utunis.rnu.tn/index.php?id=77&L=2.
4. ↑ History of Ecole Normale Supérieure
5. ↑ ""Presentation de l'IPEIT"" (in fr). http://www.ipeit.rnu.tn/fr/content/presentation-de-lipeit.
6. ↑ ANNABI, Hédi – Operation Spaix.net
7. ↑ Delva, J. G. (2010): Reuters: U.N. mission chief in Haiti killed in quake Retrieved on 17 January 2010.
8. ↑ Biographie de Thouraya Jeribi.

## External links

* Tunis University Website Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
* UNIMED
* AUF

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Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED)

Africa

Algeria|

* Abou Bekr Belkaïd
* Algiers
* Annaba
* Béjaia
* Blida
* Constantine
* ENP Oran
* ENSSP
* EPAU
* Mostaganem
* Oran
* Tizi Ouzou

Egypt|

* AAST
* Alexandria
* Cairo

Libya|

* Al-Arab Medical
* Al Fateh
* Libya

Morocco|

* Cadi Ayyad
* University of Hassan II Casablanca
* Ibnou Zohr
* Mohammed V

Tunisia|

* Carthage
* Gafsa
* Jendouba
* Kairouan
* Monastir
* Sfax
* Sousse
* Tunis
* Tunis El Manar

Europe

Albania|

* Tirana

Cyprus|

* CUT
* University of Cyprus

Finland|

* Tampere

France|

* Montpellier 2
* Paris 8
* Paul Cézanne

Greece|

* Athens
* Panteion

Italy|

* Bari
* Bologna
* Camerino
* Catania
* Messina
* Modena
* Molise
* Naples 2nd
* Naples Federico II
* Padua
* Palermo
* Perugia
* Perugia Foreigners
* Reggio Calabria
* Rome III
* Rome la Sapienza
* Rome S. Pio V
* Salento
* Sassari
* Teramo
* Turin
* Urbino

Malta|

* University of Malta

Montenegro|

* University of Montenegro

Portugal|

* Aveiro
* Évora

Slovenia|

* Primorska

Spain|

* Barcelona
* University of Córdoba (Spain)
* Granada
* UCM
* Valencia

Western Asia

Israel|

* Ben-Gurion
* Jerusalem
* Tel Aviv

Jordan|

* Al al-Bayt
* Hashemite
* JUST
* University of Jordan

Lebanon|

* Lebanese University
* Saint-Esprit de Kaslik

Palestinian territories|

* Al-Azhar
* An-Najah
* Bethlehem
* Birzeit

Syria|

* Al-Baath
* Aleppo
* Damascus
* Tishreen

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