Philippe Augé re-elected President of the University of Montpellier
The Board of Directors of the University of Montpellier, which has become an experimental public institution, met on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Philippe Augé, Professor of Public Law, was re-elected President of the University of Montpellier for a four-year term.
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The only candidate for the presidency, Philippe Augé received 31 votes out of the 36 members of the Board of Directors. Last November, the lists supporting him won 11 of the 14 seats in the Professors, Teachers, and Researchers colleges.
Philippe Augé, 54, is a professor of public law specializing in tax law and public finance. Elected president of the University of Montpellier in 2015 and re-elected in 2019, he had previously been president of Montpellier 1 University since 2009.
After spearheading the merger of two universities in 2015 to create the University of Montpellier, he worked to ensure that the University of Montpellier obtained I-SITE certification with the "Montpellier University of Excellence" project, involving 15 partners across the region. Recently, it was certified as a University Innovation Hub and won the call for projects for the "ExcellenceS" Future Investment Program.
At the same meeting, Bruno Fabre, Professor of Management Sciences, was re-elected Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (31 votes out of 36), a position he has held during the two previous terms since the merger in 2015. The other Vice-Presidents will be elected, on the recommendation of the President, during the first half of January 2022.
About the University of Montpellier
Withits16 faculties, schools, and institutes, and 72 research facilities, theUniversity of Montpellier brings together a vast community of knowledge: science, technology, physical education and sports, medicine, pharmacy, law, political science, economics, and management. With more than 50,000 students and 5,100 staff, the University of Montpellier is now one of the largest universities in France.
The UM is internationally recognized for the excellence of its teaching, research, and innovation in a wide range of scientific fields related to major societal challenges, foremost among which are food security, environmental protection, and human health. It occupies a leading position in international rankings, placing on the global podium in ecology in the Shanghai thematic ranking, in the top 200 of the Shanghai general ranking, and asthe most innovative French university in the Reuters ranking.
As a responsible university, UM is particularly committed to issues of gender equality and the fight against all forms of discrimination, environmental issues, scientific integrity, and science-society relations.
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