Tunis University (, ) 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.
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Ecole Normale Supérieure (the oldest institute of the university)
[ History of Ecole Normale Supérieure ]
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Higher School of Economic and Commercial Sciences
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Higher School of Technological Sciences
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Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
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Preparatory Engineering Institute
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Higher Institute of Literary Studies and Humanities
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Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts
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Higher Institute for Youth-Club Activities and Culture
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Higher Institute of Fine Arts
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Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities
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Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Humanities of Zaghouan
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Higher Institute of Management
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Higher Institute of Music
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Higher Institute of Crafts Heritage
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Tunis Business School
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National Heritage Institute (Co-Supervision with the Ministry of Culture and the Safeguard of the Heritage)
Preparatory Engineering Institute
The
Tunis Preparatory Engineering Institute () was created according to the law N°95-40 on 24 April 1995.
Notable alumni and academics
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Hédi Annabi (4 September 1943
[ ANNABI, Hédi – Operation Spaix.net ] – 12 January 2010[Delva, J. G. (2010): Reuters: U.N. mission chief in Haiti killed in quake Retrieved on 17 January 2010.]), a Tunisian diplomat and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General
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Noureddine Bhiri (born 10 July 1958), Tunisian politician
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Mohamed Brahmi (15 May 1955 – 25 July 2013), Tunisian politician
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Fatma Chamakh-Haddad (10 March 1936 – 2 May 2013), professor, philosopher, feminist and activist
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Fadela Echebbi (born 23 January 1946), Tunisian author and poet
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Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), French historian, philosopher, and literary critic
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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
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Mohamed Ghozzi (born 24 February 1949 in Kairouan), Tunisian poet and critic
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Hamadi Jebali (born 12 January 1949), Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013
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Jeanne-Claude, (13 June 1943, Casablanca – 18 November 2009, New York City), environmental artist
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Thouraya Jeribi Khémiri (born 21 August 1960), Minister of Justice.
[ Biographie de Thouraya Jeribi.]
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Souhayr Belhassen (born 1943), human rights activist and journalist.
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Sadok Chaabane (born 23 February 1950), University Professor.
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Abdelfattah Mourou (born 1 June 1948), Politician and Lawyer.
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Chahrazed Helal (born 1976), Singer & Musicologist.
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