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Aix-Marseille University
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Aix-Marseille University
Aix-Marseille University
(
AMU
;
French
:
Aix-Marseille Université
) is a
public
research university
located in
Provence
,
southern France
. It was founded in 1409 when
Louis II of Anjou
,
Count of Provence
, petitioned the
Pisan
Antipope Alexander V
to create the
University of Provence
. The university as it is today was formed by the merger of the University of Provence, the
University of the Mediterranean
and
Paul Cézanne University
. The merger became effective on 1 January 2012, resulting in the creation of the largest university in the
French-speaking world
, with about 70,000 students. AMU has the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the
Francophone world
, standing at €722 million.
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