Institut catholique d'études supérieures

Institut catholique d’études supérieures
Type Private
Established 1990
Director Éric de Labarre
Students 900
Location La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Affiliations ICUSTA
Website http://www.ices.fr

The Institut catholique d’études supérieures (in English, Catholic Institute of Higher Studies), also called “Catholic University of the Vendée”, founded in 1989, is a small private university located in Vendée department of western France. ICES has uitilized the concept in higher education, introduced by its first Director, Hervé Grollier, of the “University School”:[1] a blend of the French Grandes écoles and the traditional state university.

In 1990, under the authority of the Catholic University of the West, the Catholic University of the Vendée (ICES) was opened in Roche-sur-Yon.[2] After three years of collaboration, the Superior Council of the Catholic University of the West awarded the Catholic University of the Vendée (ICES) its academic independence in 1993. François Garnier, Bishop of Luçon, became the institutional head of the establishment with the responsibility of maintaining its ecclesiastical membership.[3]

ICES has a main building, designed by the French architect Denis Laming, that was built between 1990 and 1994. The University Library was completed in 1997. [4] A student residence was established in the abandoned convent of the Sisters of the Christian Schools of Mercy in 2000.

In France, diplomas in broad subject areas such as Biology, Law, History, Languages, etc. are mostly proposed in state-run universities. ICES proposes state diplomas in broad study areas with pedagogical and educational standards that resemble those of elite Grandes écoles. ICES’ 900 students follow classes, conferences and symposia given by nationally and internationally renowned professors from France and abroad.


References

  1. ↑ "L'Ecole Universitaire". Institut national de la propriété industrielle. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ↑ (Duret, Lenne & Vrignaud 1999, pp. 411–412)
  3. ↑ (Duret, Lenne & Vrignaud 1999, pp. 411–412)
  4. ↑ (Guintard 1997, p. 280)


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