Grenoble Alpes University
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The Université Grenoble Alpes is a grand établissement in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers.
Founder Humbert II of Viennois
University Palace, now IUT Grenoble 1
Part of the ex-UPMF facilities
Domaine Universitaire
Humbert II of Viennois
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Humbert II de la Tour-du-Pin was the Dauphin de Viennois, from 1333 to 1349. His feudal domains, known as the Dauphiné, belonged to the Kingdom of Burgundy, under the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empi
Grenoble Alpes University
…1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers. Established as the University of Grenoble by Humbert II of Viennois, it split in 1970 following the widespread civil unrest of May 1968. Three of the University of Grenoble's successors—Joseph Fourier University, Pierre…
Humbert II's great seal
Humbert's tomb at Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques