Paul Sabatier University

Paul Sabatier University, officially the Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and commonly known as Toulouse III or UT3, is a public university in Toulouse, in the Occitanie region of south-western France.保罗·萨巴捷大学，正式名称为图卢兹第三大学（法語 Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier），通称 Toulouse III 或 UT3，是法国西南部奥克西塔尼大区图卢兹的一所公立大学

It is the largest of the three successor universities carved out of the University of Toulouse in 1969, alongside Toulouse 1 Capitole and Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès, and it was officially created on 1 January 1969 by the merger of the faculties of medicine, pharmacy and science.它是 1969 年从图卢兹大学拆分出来的三所继承大学中最大的一所，其余两所为图卢兹第一大学与图卢兹第二大学；该校于 1969 年 1 月 1 日由医学院、药学院与理学院合并正式成立

It was named after the Toulouse chemist Paul Sabatier, who won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and with more than 37,000 students and 68 research facilities it concentrates on science, health, sport, technology and engineering.该校以图卢兹化学家、1912 年诺贝尔化学奖得主保罗·萨巴捷命名，拥有 37000 多名学生与 68 个科研设施，重心在科学、健康、体育、技术与工程

History

• The University of Toulouse was founded in 1229, making it one of the oldest universities in Europe and the second oldest in France after the University of Paris.图卢兹大学创办于 1229 年，是欧洲历史最悠久的大学之一，也是法国仅次于巴黎大学的第二古老大学

• In the Middle Ages the University of Toulouse was known for theology, canon law and medicine and was one of the principal centres of learning in southern France, with jurists and theologians who shaped the teaching of canon law in medieval Europe.中世纪的图卢兹大学以神学、教会法与医学著称，是法国南部主要的学术中心之一，其学者中既有法学家也有神学家，他们的研究塑造了中世纪欧洲教会法的教学

• In 1793, during the French Revolution, the universities of France were suppressed by the Convention and the University of Toulouse was closed along with them.1793 年法国大革命期间，国民公会取缔了法国的大学，图卢兹大学也随之关闭

• In 1808 the Napoleonic Imperial University re-established higher education in Toulouse through separate faculties of science, letters, law, medicine and pharmacy, a system of faculties that persisted until the universities were reconstituted in 1896.1808 年，拿破仑的帝国大学体系通过理学院、文学院、法学院、医学院与药学院等独立学院，在图卢兹重建了高等教育，这一学院体系一直延续到 1896 年大学重建为止

• In 1896 a new French law regrouped the provincial faculties into universities, and the University of Toulouse was formally re-established as a single institution, restoring its standing as a full university.1896 年，法国一项新法律将各省学院重新整合为大学，图卢兹大学由此正式重建为一所统一机构，恢复了其完整大学的地位

• Paul Sabatier, born in Carcassonne in 1854, became a professor and later dean of the Faculty of Sciences at Toulouse.保罗·萨巴捷 1854 年出生于卡尔卡松，后来成为图卢兹理学院的教授，继而担任院长

• Sabatier won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the catalytic hydrogenation of organic compounds in the presence of finely divided metals.萨巴捷因研究细小金属存在下有机化合物的催化加氢反应，获得 1912 年诺贝尔化学奖

• After the student and social upheavals of May 1968 and the ensuing loi Faure, the University of Toulouse was reorganised and split into three separate universities.1968 年五月学生与社会动荡及随后颁布的《富尔法》之后，图卢兹大学被重组并拆分为三所独立的大学

• On 1 January 1969 Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier was officially founded by the merger of the faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy and Science, the first of the successor universities to be named.1969 年 1 月 1 日，图卢兹第三大学由医学院、药学院与理学院合并正式成立，是各继承大学中最早定名的一所

• The new university was named after Paul Sabatier, the Toulouse chemist and 1912 Nobel laureate, in recognition of its origin in the science faculty.这所新大学以图卢兹化学家、1912 年诺贝尔奖得主保罗·萨巴捷命名，以体现其源自理学院的历史

• The university's main science campus was established at Rangueil, south of the city centre, where most of its laboratories and lecture halls are still located.该校主理科校区位于市中心以南的朗格伊（Rangueil），其多数实验室与教学楼至今仍设于此

• In 2007 a research and higher education cluster, the PRES Université de Toulouse, was formed with Toulouse III as one of its founding members, pooling the research strategies of the city's universities and Grandes Écoles.2007 年，一个名为「图卢兹大学」的研究与高等教育集群成立，图卢兹第三大学是其创始成员之一，该集群整合了图卢兹各大学与大学校的科研战略

• In 2019 the university marked the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation in 1969, by which time it had become one of France's largest scientific universities, enrolling tens of thousands of students.2019 年，该校迎来建校五十周年，此时它已成为法国规模最大的科研型大学之一，招生数以万计

• On 1 January 2023 the Toulouse cluster was renamed the University of Toulouse, preparing the way for a single integrated institution.2023 年 1 月 1 日，图卢兹集群更名为图卢兹大学，为组建单一整合型机构铺路

• On 1 January 2025 Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier adopted the name Université de Toulouse, absorbing and incorporating the former Toulouse University System and becoming the central component of a single integrated University of Toulouse in Occitanie.2025 年 1 月 1 日，图卢兹第三大学采用「图卢兹大学」这一名称，吸收并整合了原图卢兹大学系统，成为奥克西塔尼地区单一整合型图卢兹大学的核心组成部分

• In the same 2025 reorganisation the Purpan Engineering School became a graduate school of the enlarged University of Toulouse.在同一次 2025 年重组中，皮尔潘工程学院成为扩大后的图卢兹大学的一个研究生院

• Bertrand Monthubert, a mathematician, served as president of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier from 2012 to 2015.数学家贝特朗·蒙蒂贝尔于 2012 至 2015 年间担任图卢兹第三大学校长

• Odile Rauzy, a university professor and hospital practitioner, became president of the institution in January 2024.大学与医院双聘教授奥迪尔·罗齐于 2024 年 1 月出任该校校长

• The university traces a continuous line from the medieval studium of 1229 through the revolutionary closure of 1793 to its modern recreation in 1969.该校的历史脉络从 1229 年的中世纪学馆，经 1793 年大革命时期的关闭，一直延续到 1969 年的现代重建

• Because it grew out of the science, medicine and pharmacy faculties of the old University of Toulouse, the institution has remained a predominantly scientific and medical university.由于该校脱胎于旧图卢兹大学的理科、医学与药学诸学院，它始终是一所以科学与医学为主的大学

Academics

• The university offers licence, master's and doctoral degrees across a wide range of disciplines in science, engineering, health sciences and sports.该校在科学、工程、健康科学与体育等广泛学科领域授予学士、硕士与博士学位

• Its teaching and research are concentrated in the fields of science, health, engineering, technology and sport, rather than in law or the humanities.其教学与研究集中于科学、健康、工程、技术与体育领域，而非法律或人文学科

• More than 37,000 students are enrolled across the university's nine sites in Toulouse, Castres, Tarbes, Auch, Castanet-Tolosan and other towns of Occitanie, with large cohorts in medicine, pharmacy, science and sports science.该校在图卢兹、卡斯特尔、塔布、奥什、卡斯泰内托洛桑等奥克西塔尼多地共九个校点，注册学生超过 37000 人，其中医学、药学、理科与体育科学等专业规模可观

• The university is home to 68 research facilities and, together with its partners, to 74 research laboratories and federative research structures spanning mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geoscience and engineering.该校拥有 68 个科研设施，并与伙伴机构共建 74 个研究实验室与联合研究机构，涵盖数学、物理、化学、生物、地球科学与工程等领域

• Research units include the LAPLACE laboratory for plasma and energy conversion and the Toulouse Institute for Computer Science Research (IRIT).其研究单位包括等离子体与能量转换的 LAPLACE 实验室，以及图卢兹计算机科学研究所（IRIT）

• Other notable laboratories are the Centre for Materials Elaboration and Structural Studies (CEMES) and the Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology.其他重要实验室还有材料制备与结构研究中心（CEMES）与药理学与结构生物学研究所

• The university operates within the aeronautics and space cluster of Toulouse, with the Toulouse Space Center and links to the ISAE SUPAERO and ENAC engineering schools, and the regional cluster Aerospace Valley connects its laboratories with the aerospace industry.该校立足图卢兹航空航天产业集群，与图卢兹航天中心以及 ISAE SUPAERO、ENAC 两所工程师学校保持联系，区域集群「航空航天谷」还把其实验室与航空航天产业联系起来

• Research in astrophysics and planetology is carried out with the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, which hosts astronomers and doctoral students.天体物理与行星科学研究与比利牛斯天文台合作开展，该台驻有天文学家与博士生

• The university awards some 300 doctoral degrees a year on average and runs nine doctoral schools, with research output concentrated in the sciences and health.该校每年平均授予约 300 个博士学位，并设有九个博士生院，其科研产出集中在科学与健康领域

• Its scientific heritage includes collections and instruments that are used in teaching and public outreach, alongside its modern laboratories.除现代化实验室外，其科学遗产还包括用于教学与公众科普的藏品与仪器

• The university describes itself as one of the world's leading scientific universities for over 50 years, on the strength of its laboratories and training courses.凭借其实验室与培养课程，该校自称 50 多年来一直位居世界领先的科研型大学之列

• Programmes in sport and physical education, together with the health faculties, give the university a distinctive profile in French higher education.体育与体育教育类项目连同各健康学院，使该校在法国高等教育中具有鲜明的办学特色

• The university maintains partnerships with national research bodies such as the CNRS and with the member institutions of the University of Toulouse.该校与法国国家科研中心等国家级研究机构，以及图卢兹大学的成员机构保持合作关系

• Teaching is delivered mainly in French, with a number of courses and doctoral programmes offered in English for international students.其教学主要用法语进行，同时为国际学生开设若干英语授课课程与博士项目

• The health faculties, including medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, train doctors, pharmacists and surgeons for the Occitanie region.包括医学、药学与牙医学在内的各健康学院，为奥克西塔尼大区培养医生、药师与外科医师

• The university's engineering and technology programmes are closely linked to the aerospace, energy and digital industries of the Toulouse region.该校的工程与技术类项目与图卢兹地区的航空航天、能源与数字产业紧密相连

Campus

• Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier is spread across nine sites, the largest being the science campus at Rangueil in the south of Toulouse.图卢兹第三大学分布在九个校点，其中最大的是位于图卢兹南部朗格伊的理科校区

• The Rangueil campus lies along the Garonne and is close to the Toulouse University Hospital, and several science and engineering faculties, together with large lecture halls, are concentrated on the Rangueil and adjacent Paul Sabatier sites.朗格伊校区沿加龙河而建，毗邻图卢兹大学附属医院；多个理科与工科学院连同大型阶梯教室，集中分布于朗格伊及邻近的保罗·萨巴捷校址

• Other sites in Occitanie include Castres, Tarbes, Auch, Castanet-Tolosan, Bagnères de Luchon, Lannemezan, Bagnères de Bigorre and Moulis.其余位于奥克西塔尼的校点包括卡斯特尔、塔布、奥什、卡斯泰内托洛桑、巴涅尔-德吕雄、拉讷默藏、巴涅尔-德比戈尔与穆利

• The Moulis site in the Ariège hosts an ecological research station used for field studies in the Pyrenees.位于阿列日的穆利校点设有生态研究站，用于比利牛斯山区的野外研究

• The Tarbes University Institute of Technology offers practice-oriented bachelor's programmes in fields such as environmental sciences and mathematics.塔布技术学院开设面向实践的本科学位项目，涵盖环境科学、数学等领域

• The university's laboratories are grouped mainly on the Rangueil and nearby sites, giving the institution a compact science district within Toulouse.该校实验室主要集中在朗格伊及邻近校点，在图卢兹市内形成一片紧凑的科学区

• Toulouse itself is a major European aerospace and research city, and the campus stands close to the Cité de l'espace and the city's engineering schools.图卢兹本身是欧洲重要的航空航天与科研城市，校区距太空城及市内多所工程师学校都不远

• The campus is connected to the city centre by metro and bus routes, and the Paul Sabatier metro station serves the main science site.校区通过地铁与公交线路与市中心相连，保罗·萨巴捷地铁站服务于主理科校区

• The dispersed sites mean the university operates both as a large urban campus in Toulouse and as a network of smaller centres across Occitanie, where degrees are tailored to regional economies in technology and the environmental sciences.分散的校点使该校既在图卢兹拥有一座大型城市校区，又在奥克西塔尼各地构成一张小型教学中心网络，其学位更贴近当地技术与环境科学经济

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Paul Sabatier University is placed 565th in the world, among the larger French science universities in the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，保罗·萨巴捷大学位列世界第 565 名，在全球榜单中位居法国规模较大的理科大学之列

• In the US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 the institution is placed 331st in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列世界第 331 名

• The university was not entered in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名

• It was not entered in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities either, although the university notes a long-standing place among the top 300 in earlier Shanghai rankings of scientific performance.该校亦未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名，不过校方指出其科研表现榜在更早年份长期位居世界前 300 名

• In the 2026 QS ranking the university stood in the 551-560 band, and its position has risen steadily as it expanded research and international partnerships in the 2020s.在 2026 年 QS 排名中，该校位于 551 至 560 区间；随着其在 2020 年代扩展科研与国际合作，位次稳步上升

• In the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities the university was placed in the 201-300 band overall.在 2022 年软科世界大学学术排名中，该校总体位于 201 至 300 区间

• In the same 2022 Shanghai subject rankings it stood 7th in the world for remote sensing and 17th for oceanography.在同一份 2022 年软科分学科排名中，该校的遥感位列世界第 7 名、海洋学位列第 17 名

• Its earth sciences were ranked 28th and its ecology 37th in the world in the 2022 Shanghai subject tables, while mathematics, atmospheric science, water resources and mining engineering appeared in the 51-75 band.在 2022 年软科分学科榜中，其地球科学位列世界第 28 名、生态学位列第 37 名，而数学、大气科学、水资源与矿业工程则进入 51 至 75 区间

• OpenAlex attributes to the university a large body of scholarly output, reflecting the productivity of its many research laboratories.OpenAlex 把大量学术成果归于该校，反映出其众多研究实验室的产出能力

• The university presents itself as one of France's leading universities in science, health, sport, technology and engineering, with a reputation built over more than 50 years.该校自视为法国在科学、健康、体育、技术与工程领域的领先大学之一，其声誉已积累 50 余年

Student life

• Paul Sabatier University has no widely adopted formal motto, its identity resting on the 1229 heritage of Toulouse and its science and health mission.保罗·萨巴捷大学没有广为采用的正式校训，其身份认同依托于图卢兹 1229 年的学术传统以及科学与健康使命

• Students are enrolled through a system of faculties, institutes and doctoral schools that together cover science, health, engineering and sport.学生通过一套由学院、研究所与博士生院构成的体系注册就读，共同覆盖科学、健康、工程与体育

• The university's location in Toulouse gives students access to one of Europe's largest student cities and to its aerospace industry, with more than 100,000 students across the city's universities and Grandes Écoles.学校所在的图卢兹是欧洲规模最大的学生城市之一，学生可接触到其航空航天产业；全市各大学与大学校共有超过 10 万名学生

• Sport is a distinctive part of student life, with the university offering programmes in physical education and sports sciences that train PE teachers and sports scientists as well as supporting competitive athletics.体育是学生生活的鲜明组成部分，该校开设体育教育与体育科学类项目，既培养体育教师与体育科学人才，也支持竞技体育

• Associations and student societies operate at faculty level, supporting cultural, scientific and sporting activities across the sites.各类协会与学生社团按学院层面运作，在各校点支持文化、科学与体育活动

• Doctoral students take part in nine doctoral schools covering science, health, engineering and the environment, and many candidates are funded by national or European grants.博士生依托覆盖科学、健康、工程与环境的九个博士生院学习，许多博士生由国家级或欧盟资助项目资助

• The proximity of the Toulouse University Hospital allows medical and health students to combine clinical training with their studies.图卢兹大学附属医院近在咫尺，使医学与健康类学生得以将临床训练与学业结合

• Students on the smaller Occitanie sites, such as Tarbes and Castres, study in a more compact setting closer to the Pyrenees.在塔布、卡斯特尔等较小校点就读的学生，则处于更紧凑、更靠近比利牛斯山的环境中学习

• Toulouse's cinemas, museums and riverside spaces, along with the university's scientific heritage, shape student cultural life outside the classroom.图卢兹的影院、博物馆与河畔空间，连同该校的科学遗产，共同塑造了课堂之外的学生文化生活

• Because the university is embedded in the aerospace city of Toulouse, many students find placements and internships in the regional high-technology sector.由于该校植根于航空航天名城图卢兹，许多学生得以在区域高科技产业中获得实习与见习机会

• The student population is international in composition, and the university supports exchange and doctoral mobility through its European partnerships.该校学生群体构成国际化，并通过欧洲合作伙伴关系支持交流与博士流动

• Annual scientific and cultural events organised by the faculties and doctoral schools complement the academic calendar of the university.各学院与博士生院组织的年度科学与文化活动，为该校的学术日历增添内容

Notable people

• Paul Sabatier, the 1912 Nobel laureate in chemistry and dean of the Toulouse Faculty of Sciences, gave the university its name.1912 年诺贝尔化学奖得主、图卢兹理学院院长保罗·萨巴捷为该校留下了校名

• Bertrand Monthubert, a mathematician and specialist in mathematical biology, served as president of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier from 2012 to 2015 and later took part in public debate on the reform of French universities.数学家、数学生物学专家贝特朗·蒙蒂贝尔于 2012 至 2015 年间担任图卢兹第三大学校长，后来参与了关于法国大学改革的公共讨论

• Odile Rauzy, a professor and hospital practitioner, has been president of the institution since January 2024.教授兼医院医师奥迪尔·罗齐自 2024 年 1 月起担任该校校长

• Philippe Douste-Blazy, a cardiologist and French politician, studied medicine at the university and was mayor of Lourdes and then Toulouse before holding the ministries of culture, health and foreign affairs and serving as a United Nations adviser.心脏病学家、法国政治家菲利普·杜斯特-布拉齐在该校学习医学，曾任卢尔德市长、后任图卢兹市长，并先后出任文化、卫生与外交部长，还担任过联合国顾问

• Pierre Cohen, mayor of Toulouse from 2008 to 2014, held a doctorate in computer science from the university and worked as a research engineer at IRIT.2008 至 2014 年间任图卢兹市长的皮埃尔·科昂在该校获得计算机科学博士学位，并曾在 IRIT 担任研究工程师

• Albert Jacquard, the French geneticist and essayist, earned his doctorates in genetics and human biology at the university and later became a well-known populariser of science and a campaigner on social and ethical questions.法国遗传学家与随笔作家阿尔贝·雅卡尔在该校获得遗传学与人类生物学博士学位，后来成为知名科普作家，并就社会与伦理问题积极发声

• Anny Cazenave, a French oceanographer and emeritus engineer at the space agency CNES, is a graduate and a member of the French Academy of Sciences, known for satellite measurements of sea level and the global water cycle.法国海洋学家、国家空间研究中心（CNES）荣休工程师安妮·卡泽纳夫是该校毕业生，并为法国科学院院士，以海平面与全球水循环的卫星观测研究著称

• Jean-Claude Laprie, a researcher in computer dependability, took his doctorates at the university and led the LAAS laboratory until 2002.计算机容错研究学者让-克洛德·拉普里在该校获得博士学位，并领导 LAAS 实验室直至 2002 年

• Merieme Chadid, a Franco-Moroccan astronomer, earned a doctorate in astronomy and space studies at the university in 1996.法籍摩洛哥天文学家梅里耶姆·沙迪德于 1996 年在该校获得天文学与空间研究博士学位

• Yannick Mellier, an astrophysicist, took his doctorate in astrophysics at the university in 1987 and has worked on large cosmic surveys.天体物理学家雅尼克·梅利耶于 1987 年在该校获得天体物理学博士学位，长期从事大型宇宙巡天研究

• Corinne Charbonnel, an astrophysicist at the Geneva Observatory and research director at the CNRS, earned her doctorate at the university in 1992.日内瓦天文台天体物理学家、法国国家科研中心研究主任科琳·沙博内尔于 1992 年在该校获得博士学位

• Among other graduates are the biologist Hélène Bergès, director of the national plant genomics centre, and the paediatrician and politician Pierre Izard.其他毕业生还包括国家植物基因组中心主任、生物学家埃莱娜·贝尔热，以及儿科医生兼政治家皮埃尔·伊扎尔