Tours University

French university located in Tours, France. Founded in 1971.
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Tours University

Summary

Tours University is a university in France[1]. It draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (university_in_france category, ranking #19 of 62).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tours University was a member of European University Association[3].
  • Tours University was a member of Couperin Consortium[4].
  • Tours University was a member of Renater[5].
  • Tours University was a member of ORCID, Inc.[6].
  • Tours University was a member of Agence universitaire de la Francophonie[7].
  • Tours University was a member of Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[8].
  • Tours University is in the country of France[9].
  • Tours University's image is recorded as Battanneurs.JPG[10].
  • Tours University's instance of is recorded as university in France[11].
  • Tours University's headquarters location is recorded as Tours[12].
  • Tours University's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121826141[13].
  • Tours University's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132491264[14].
  • Tours University's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 214683590[15].
  • Tours University's GND ID is recorded as 1025302-6[16].
  • Tours University's GND ID is recorded as 16273452-9[17].
  • Tours University's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80073645[18].
  • Tours University's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11865804q[19].
  • Tours University's IdRef ID is recorded as 026404478[20].
  • Tours University's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA04486797[21].
  • Tours University's child organization or unit is recorded as Infectiologie Animale et Sante Publique[22].
  • Tours University's child organization or unit is recorded as Imaging and Brain[23].
  • Tours University's child organization or unit is recorded as Centre for Advanced Renaissance Studies[24].
  • Tours University's child organization or unit is recorded as Équipe Monde Arabe Méditerranée[25].
  • Tours University's child organization or unit is recorded as Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements[26].
  • Tours University's child organization or unit is recorded as Institut de Linguistique Française[27].

Body

Founding

+1971-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tours University[28].

Identity

Tours University's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'UNIVERSITE DE TOURS'}[29].

Leadership

Tours University's chairperson is recorded as Philippe Roingeard[30].

Operations

Tours University's headquarters location is recorded as Tours[12]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as COMUE Centre-Val de Loire[31]. Subsidiaries include Infectiologie Animale et Sante Publique[22], a facility[32], in France[33], founded in 1991[34]; Imaging and Brain[23], a facility[35], in France[36], founded in 2012[37]; Centre for Advanced Renaissance Studies[24], an academic institution[38], in France[39], founded in 1956[40]; Équipe Monde Arabe Méditerranée[25], a research group[41], in France[42]; Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements[26], a French UMR[43], in France[44], founded in 2012[45]; and Institut de Linguistique Française[27], a facility[46], in France[47], founded in 2001[48].

Industry

Industries include higher education[49].

Why It Matters

Tours University draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (university_in_france category, ranking #19 of 62).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. data.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [49] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . eua.eu. Retrieved . eua.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [4] . couperin.org. couperin.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [5] . discovery.renater.fr. Retrieved . discovery.renater.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [6] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [7] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [8] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . aefinfo.fr. aefinfo.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . legifrance.gouv.fr. legifrance.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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