Welcome to Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès

Key elements

Published on June 21, 2024 – Updated on August 29, 2024

The Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, a humanities and social sciences university, has built its reputation on its determination to pass on its century-old know-how to its students. Discover the richness of the University at a glance, through these key elements!

Our students

UT2J has  31 156 STUDENTS enrolled, in 2022 - 2023.

including 5 191 students from abroad from 145 different nationalities.


+ More than 3000 professors-researchers and staff to teach and welcome our students.

Composition of UT2J

7 campuses in the Occitanie region and 1 international campus: discover our campuses map!

5 UFR (Training and Research Units) 

  • UFR History, Arts and Archaeology
  • UFR Foreign Languages, Literatures and Civilizations
  • UFR Letters, Philosophy, Music, Performing Arts and Communication
  • UFR Psychology
  • UFR Sciences, Spaces, Societies


7 Institutes (including 2 IUT) and 2 internal schools:

  • Multidisciplinary Institute for Studies on the Americas in Toulouse (IPEAT, Institut pluridisciplinaire pour les études sur les Amériques à Toulouse)
  • Regional Institute for Work in Occitania (IRT, Institut régional du travail d’Occitanie)
  • Training institute for school musicians (IFMI, Institut de formation des musiciens intervenant à l’école)
  • Higher Institute of Tourism, Hospitality and Food (ISTHIA, Institut supérieur du tourisme de l’hôtellerie et de l’alimentation)
  • Higher Institute of Colour, Image and Design (ISCID, Institut supérieur couleur, image, design)
  • National Higher Institute for Teaching and Education (INSPE, Institut national supérieur du professorat et de l’éducation)
  • National Higher School of Audiovisual (ENSAV, École nationale supérieure d’audiovisuel)
  • IUT Blagnac
  • IUT Figeac

History of Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès

1229: Creation of the University of Toulouse.

16th century: The University of Toulouse gains renown by welcoming renowned humanists such as Michel Servet, Étienne Dolet, Michel de l'Hospital, Rabelais and probably Montaigne.

1808: Creation of the Imperial University, bringing together the Faculties of Catholic and Protestant Theology, Literature, Law, Science and Medicine.

1968 – 1971: The University of Arts leaves the city centre and moves to the Mirail district. It becomes the Université Toulouse 2 – Le Mirail.

2007 – 2016: Reconstruction of the buildings on the Mirail campus.

Thursday 24 November 2016: Inauguration and name change to Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès.