Tunis University Explained

Tunis University
Native Name:	جامعة تونس Université de Tunis
Former Names:	Institute of High Studies of Tunis
Established:	1960
Administrative Staff:	1,861^[1]
Rector:	Pr H'maied Ben Aziza^[2]
Students:	28,000
City:	Tunis
Country:	Tunisia
Affiliations:	UNIMED, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie

Tunis University (Arabic: جامعة تونس, French: link=no|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.

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.

External links

• Tunis University Website
• UNIMED
• AUF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Key Figures. Tunis University . 6 January 2017.
2. The new Tunisian universities chancellors
3. Web site: Higher education and research institutions. Tunis University . 6 January 2017.
4. http://www.ens.rnu.tn/eng/historique.htm History of Ecole Normale Supérieure
5. Web site: "Presentation de l'IPEIT". www.ipeit.rnu.tn. fr.
6. http://www.operationspaix.net/ANNABI-Hedi 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. https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2020/08/25/biographie-de-thouraya-jeribi/ Biographie de Thouraya Jeribi.