2019/20 HANDBOOK OF DEGREE PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY OF TOULON (UTLN) Service des Relations Internationales Campus La Garde, Bât. Le Béal 2 Phone: +33494142044 • E-Mail: [email protected] THE UNIVERSITY OF TOULON 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF TOULON 3 History 3 Facts & figures 3 Organization 5 La Garde campus 5 Toulon - city center 6 Draguignan campus 6 LIVING IN TOULON 7 Toulon 7 Around Toulon 7 DEGREE PROGRAMS 8 Faculty of Languages and Humanities 8 Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Studies 8 Faculty of Sciences and Technology 8 School of Higher Education and Teaching Certification 9 Faculty of Law 9 Faculty of Economics and Management 9 Ingémédia Faculty of Information and Communication 10 Institute of Business Administration 10 University Institute of Technology 10 CLASSES TAUGHT IN ENGLISH 12 FALL SEMESTER 12 SPRING SEMESTER 13 MAP OF LA GARDE CAMPUS 15 THE UNIVERSITY OF TOULON 3 HISTORY Created in 1968, the University of Toulon offers Staff & Students more than a hundred courses of study within multiple disciplinary fields. In a warmly-supportive • Near 10,000 students environment, it welcomes near 10,000 students per • 1,500 international students of 90 different na- year and focuses on students’ support and success. tionalities • 280 Ph.D. students FACTS & FIGURES • More than 1000 staff & personnel, including: • 60 invited professors per year Location • 500 teachers & teacher-researchers • Close to Saint Tropez • 460 administrative staff & technicians • Right in between Nice and Marseille Research • Only three hours away from Italy With 15 research laboratories, and 2 doctoral Studies schools, in which 21 patents have been issued and • 9 Schools & Colleges 30 Ph.D. theses are defended each year, research at • 15 research laboratories the University of Toulon is organized around 3 main areas: • 4 educational areas that cover all disciplines: • Sea, Environment, and Sustainable Development Law, Economics, Management; Arts, Literature and Languages; Social and Human Sciences; • Information Science, Technology, Health. • Comparative Euro-Mediterranean Civilizations • Over 100 University majors and Societies THE UNIVERSITY OF TOULON 4 FRANCE TOULON DRAGUIGNAN CAMPUS NICE > VAR (83) SAINT RAPHAËL FRÉJUS BRIGNOLES SAINT TROPEZ < MARSEILLE TOULON CAMPUS LA GARDE CAMPUS TOULON HYÈRES MEDITERRANEAN SEA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOULON 5 ORGANIZATION The University of Toulon boasts 9 Colleges, 3 Schools, and 1 Institute of Technology. The strength of the University of Toulon is its wide range of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including professional degrees. It has more than 100 degree program options, offering courses on three campuses, in teaching and learning facilities across Toulon, La Garde, Draguignan, and abroad. With so many options, the choice of where to study is yours. LA GARDE CAMPUS Just 3 miles from Toulon’s city center, the University is located on a beautiful 85-acre tree-filled campus close to the shopping and business district of La Garde. Century-old trees, a trout pond and shaded areas make it a pleasant place to stroll, meet friends, meditate or study. If you are in need of some real retail therapy, the campus is located only a few Faculties and departments: minutes’ away from the Avenue83, a brand new • Faculty of Literature and Humanities outdoor shopping center where you will find a unique • Faculty of Sciences and Technology mix of men’s and women’s clothing, home-furnishing • Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Studies retailers and a distinct collection of restaurants (STAPS) and bars from casual outdoor dining to date night. • The Institute of Technology (IUT) Avenue 83’s movie theatre “Pathé!” boasts the latest • SeaTech School of Engineering and greatest in digital cinema technology featuring • Continuing Education Department (FTLV) 3D and high-frame rate technologies, premium • Doctoral School 548 “Sea and Sciences” large format and immersive cinema, and various accessibility technologies. Strengths: • 2 libraries (BU) on the La Garde campus: The La Garde campus is the University’s headquarters main library and the SeaTech School of Enginee- (Buildings V and V1). You will find the Office of the ring library President of UTLN and, the principal administrative departments including: the registrar office, the • The CRL (Language Resource Center) located in office of International Relations (SRI), the housing & the main library, offers language study materials residence life building, the student activities center in a variety of media, including books, audio re- (SUAPS) and the medical center (SUMPPS). cordings and video recordings. Foreign students can also find conversation partner to improve their French skills. • A gym and a synthetic grass football pitch THE UNIVERSITY OF TOULON 6 COUDONCOUDON FARON BAOU FA+7 CO+7 BA+7 FA+6 CO+6 BA+6 CO+5 FA+5 BA+5 CO+4 FA+4 BA+4 CO+3 FA+3 BA+3 CO+2 FA+2 BA+2 CO+1 AMPHI FA.110 FA+1 BA+1 EVE AMPHI FA.001 Entrance CO-RDC AMPHI FA.010 FA-RDC BA-RDC Main Entrance Hyères/Nice Highway Avenue Roger Devoucoux Porte d’Italie TOULON CITY-CENTER Shopping center Mayol The downtown campus is the University’s second Faculties: largest campus with nearly 3,000 students. Our downtown campus is modern and well equipped with • The Faculty of Law a wide range of facilities catering to a range of student • The Faculty of Economics and Management needs. Our modern brand-new campus (called the • The Ingémédia Faculty of Information and Com- Toulon-Porte d’Italie or Toulon City-Center campus) munication was inaugurated in 2014. It is located downtown, in • The Institute of Business Administration (IAE) “Mayol” district (near the “Mayol” shopping mall). • Doctoral School 509 “Comparative Euro-Medi- The Toulon’s harbor (which in one of the most terranean Civilizations and Societies” beautiful harbors in Europe and which is also the second military port in France) is only 10 minutes Strengths: away on foot. The “Mayol stadium” and its rugby • “Télomedia” multi-media studios team, the “Racing Club de Toulon” are only a few • 2 libraries (BU): One library at the Faculty of Law yards away. Close by, students can enjoy the Opera of and a new library specializing in Economics, Ma- Toulon Toulon and the old town or, they can enjoy the nagement, and Information and Communication Mediterranean Bay and the Mourillon beach with its (located in the “Baou” building) bars and restaurants. DRAGUIGNAN CAMPUS This is our smallest campus. It is a satellite campus of the Faculty of Law and the IUT’s Department of Business Administration (GEA). LIVING IN TOULON 7 TOULON Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department. With a population of 170,000, Toulon is the fifteenth-largest city in France, the fourth-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille, Nice, and Montpellier. Each year the town welcomes some 15,000 students through various schools: UTLN, engineering schools and an art school. AROUND TOULON Toulon is an important center for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of Toulon is a dynamic, sports-loving town with top aeronautical and electronic equipment. The military of the league basketball, rugby (RCT Team) and port of Toulon is the major naval center on France’s women’s handball teams. The town is well-equipped Mediterranean coast, home of the French Navy for culture and leisure activities with an opera house, aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle and her battle a concert hall, a theatre and an exhibition hall. group. The French Mediterranean Fleet is based in Numerous and various cultural activities are offered Toulon. in the greater Toulon area: museums, theatres According to government data, Toulon has more (“Théâtre Liberté de Toulon”), concert halls (Zenith sunshine per year than any other city in France: an Omega Toulon, place of Chateauvallon) and many average of 2,856 hours per year. This is largely due to movie theatres such as the art house “Le Royal”. the wall of mountains (Maritime Alps) that protects (Read Cultural Life) Toulon from weather coming from the north. Just Famous beaches such as Le Mourillon, Cabasson 50 km to the east of Toulon are the beautiful French (Fort Brégançon), Estagnol, as well as numerous Riviera cities of Saint Tropez and Saint Raphaël. « Calanques » and the Porquerolles islands are Marseille and Nice are both less than one hour by particularly appreciated. train. DEGREE PROGRAMS 8 FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS STUDIES BACHELOR’S DEGREES BACHELOR’S DEGREES Applied Foreign Languages fEnglish/German Sport Sciences and Physical Education (STAPS) fEnglish/Spanish fAdapted Physical Education Activity and Health fEnglish/Italian fEducation and Motor Ability Languages, Literature, and Foreign and Regional fSports Training Cultures MASTER’S DEGREE fEnglish Speaking World fSpanish Speaking World Sport Sciences and Physical Education (STAPS) French literature and language fAdapted Physical Activity and Health fAthletic Performance Training and Optimizing fEducation fLanguage and Society SEATECH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR’S DEGREES Management of cultural and artistic projects and Engineering Diploma structures fMarine Engineering f Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Careers in tourism and leisure Imaging fGeopolitics, tourism, sustainable innovations f Mechanical Innovation for Sustainable Systems Social Intervention : Supporting Specific Groups Track fMaterials, Durability, and