The University of Picardy Jules Verne (French: Université de Picardie Jules Verne; UPJV) is a public university located in the former Picardy region of France (now part of Hauts-de-France). It consists of several campuses located in the towns of Amiens, Beauvais, Cuffies, Saint-Quentin, Creil, and Laon. The university is part of the University of Lille Nord de France group. History The University of Picardy Jules Verne was established in 1970 as a successor to the former University of Amiens. It was initially simply called the University of Picardy during its first two decades, until 1991 when writer Jules Verne's named was added. Verne spent much of his life in Amiens. What started as a small university now has over 30,000 students across all campuses. The university celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019-2020. Organisation The university is organised into five main faculties or groupings each with a number of schools or institutes: Arts, Lettres, Langues UFR des Arts UFR de Langues et Cultures Étrangères UFR des Lettres Droit, Économie, Gestion UFR de Droit et de Science Politique UFR d'Économie et de Gestion De tout et n'importe quoi ! Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) Institut de Préparation à l'Administration Générale (IPAG) ESPE, Antenne et IUT Antenne Universitaire de Beauvais (AUB) École Supérieure du Professorat et de l'Éducation (ESPE) Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Amiens Institut Universitaire de Technologie de l'Aisne Institut Universitaire de Technologie de l'Oise Sciences Humaines et Sociales UFR d'Histoire et de Géographie UFR Sciences Humaines, Sociales et Philosophie Sciences, Technologie, Santé UFR de Médecine Institut d'Ingénierie de la Santé - 2IS UFR de Pharmacie UFR des Sciences UFR des Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - STAPS Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques - INSSET Notable faculty Jacqueline Lévi-Valensi (1932-2004) - specialist in the work of Albert Camus Andrée Ehresmann (born 1935) - mathematician specialising in category theory Nadine-Josette Chaline (born 1938) - specialist in religious history Jean-Michel Macron (born 1950) - neurologist; father of Emmanuel Macron Jean-Marie Tarascon (born 1953) - chemist Brigitte Fouré (born 1955) - university lecturer and former government minister Laurence Bertrand Dorléac (born 1957) - art historian Enzo Traverso (born 1957) - Italian scholar of European intellectual history Nikolay Nenovsky (born 1963) - Bulgarian economist, working in the fields of monetary theory and policy, monetary history and history of economic thought Pablo Martín Asuero (born 1967) - Spanish scholar from the Basque Country.