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{{short description|French university}}
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 |budget            = €247 M (2022)
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The '''University of Caen Normandy''' (French: ''Université de Caen Normandie''), also known as '''Unicaen''', is a [[public university]] in [[Caen]], France.

==History==
[[File:John, Duke of Bedford - British Library Add MS 18850 f256v - detail.jpg|thumb|[[John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford]], founder of the University, from the [[Bedford Hours]] in the [[British Library]]]]
The institution was founded in 1432<ref>[http://www.unicaen.fr/universite/historique.php Unicaen.fr]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Fondée en 1432 par le roi d'Angleterre Henri VI.</ref> by [[John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford]], the first rector being a Cornishman, [[Michael Tregury]], afterwards [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Dublin]].<ref name="cathen">{{cite encyclopedia | author=C.A. Dubray |title =University of Caen | encyclopedia =The Catholic Encyclopedia | volume =III | publisher =Robert Appleton Company | year =1908 | url =http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03132a.htm | access-date =2008-02-07}}</ref> It originally consisted of a faculty of [[Canon Law]] and a faculty of [[Roman Law|Law]]. By 1438, it already had five faculties. The foundation was confirmed by the King of France [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII the Victorious]] in 1452.

On 7 July 1944 the university was completely destroyed by aerial bombing during [[Operation Charnwood]], an action of the [[Battle of Caen]]. Between 1944 and 1954, the university was based in the buildings of the regional teachers’ college. A new campus was designed by [[Henry Bernard (architect)|Henry Bernard]] and constructed between 1948 and 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culture.unicaen.fr/patrimoine/histoire-et-patrimoine-551225.kjsp|title=Portail de la culture - Université de Caen Normandie - Histoire et patrimoine|last=UNICAEN|website=culture.unicaen.fr|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> The new university was inaugurated on 1 and 2 June 1957. Its logo, the mythical [[Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix]], symbolises this revival.<ref>[http://www.unicaen.fr/universite/historique.php Unicaen.fr]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} l'entrée du campus I, le Phénix, que la légende fait mourir dans les flammes et renaître de ses cendres, symbolise ce renouveau de l'université.</ref>
==Rankings==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Global Rankings
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! Ranking !! Rank
|-
| [[College and university rankings|CWUR]] World || 808 (2020-21)<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Caen Normandy Ranking 2020-21 - Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)|url=https://cwur.org/2020-21/University-of-Caen-Normandy.php|access-date=2020-09-17|website=cwur.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[QS World University Rankings|QS]] World || 1201+ (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-16|title=Université de Caen Basse-Normandie|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universite-de-caen-basse-normandie|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Top Universities|language=en}}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|Shanghai Ranking]] 2022
|-
! Subject !! Rank
|-
| Oceanography || 151
|-
| Medical technology || 201
|-
| Mathematics || 301
|-
| Chemistry || 401
|-
| Clinical medicine || 401
|}
==Notable people==

===Notable alumni===
{{See also category|University of Caen Normandy alumni}}
<gallery class="center">
File:Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (1745-1827) - Guérin.jpg|[[Pierre-Simon de Laplace]]
File:Barbey.jpg|[[Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly]]
File:Caspar Barlaeus.jpg|[[Caspar Barlaeus]]
File:Urbain Le Verrier.jpg|[[Urbain Le Verrier]]
File:Guillaume-François Rouelle.jpg|[[Guillaume-François Rouelle]]
File:IKBrunelChains.jpg|[[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]
File:Dumont d'Urville.jpg|[[Jules Dumont d'Urville]]
File:Charles de Marquetel de Saint-Evremond by Jacques Parmentier.jpg|[[Charles de Saint-Évremond]]
File:Dangeard, P. A. Cl. CIPA0413.jpg|[[Pierre Augustin Dangeard]]
File:Henri Poincaré-2.jpg|[[Henri Poincaré]]
File:Dean Blake Van Leer.jpg|[[Blake Ragsdale Van Leer]]
[[Thomas Campion]]
</gallery>

===Notable faculty===
* [[Gaston Mialaret]] (1918 - 2016), French pedagogist and university professor
* [[Doris Bensimon]] (1924–2009), Austrian-born French sociologist and academic
* [[Albert Gabriel]] (1883–1972), French associate professor of Art history (1923–1925)

==Miscellaneous==
* The mathematician [[Pierre Varignon]], whose work would influence the young [[Leonhard Euler]], earned his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from Caen in 1682.
* [[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (1749–1827) was introduced to mathematics in Caen by Christophe Gadbled and Pierre Le Canu. 
* [[Henri Poincaré]] (1854–1912) taught there between 1879 and 1881.
* The university aligned with [[École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen]] and [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]] to form the {{illm|Information, Image, Automatic and Instrumentation Research Group of Caen|fr|Groupe de recherche en informatique, image, automatique et instrumentation de Caen}}, which is known for the [[G'MIC]] open source image processing framework.
* The university contains a famous scale model of [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicaen.fr/rome/|title=Index|website=www.unicaen.fr|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref>
* Those intending to become [[Advocate#Advocates in the Channel Islands|advocates]] or [[solicitor]]s in [[Guernsey]] (or, until recently, [[Jersey]]) must complete three months' study of Norman law at Caen University (''Certificat d'Études Juridiques Françaises et Normandes'') prior to being called to the Guernsey or Jersey Bar, respectively.
* The Carré international is located here. The center is a hub for exchange students from around the world who wish to attend university in France. They take students from A1 (no French experience) to C2 (Native language).
* The university takes part in the [https://www.eur-xl-chem.com/school-of-chemistry/ XL-Chem Graduate School of Research]<ref>{{Cite web |title=XL-Chem Graduate School of Research |url=https://www.eur-xl-chem.com/school-of-chemistry/}}</ref> project, funded by the State via the National Research Agency.
* [[Thomas Campion]] physician, poet, and composer of lute songs received his medical degree in 1605.

== See also ==
* [[List of medieval universities]]
* [[List of universities and colleges in France]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://welcome.unicaen.fr/ Official English web site], welcome.unicaen.fr

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