The University of Toulouse Le Mirail was created early 13 century and aside from its long established tradition of high calibre education, the university is also famous because it accommodates prestigious humanists such as Michel Servert, Étienne Dolet, Michel de l?Hopital, Rabelais and probably Montaigne. In 1808, it become an imperial University and consisted of the faculties of Catholic and Protestant Theology, letters, law, Sciences and a medical school. In the twentieth century, the university reached its full development and moved to the new district of Mirail and the university was named after the district. While maintaining its long heritage, the University of Toulouse offers new contents and develops new courses in order to move with the changing nature of the international education system. The university currently provides vocational training for adults and developed a partnership with many institutions around the world. Presently, the university takes part in the great reform organized the State and is un the process of adopting new structures of operations that includes to further add more courses to their curriculum, to offer students a more clear and coherent formation and to increase the use of technology across the campuses. Faithful to its humanistic tradition, the...
