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The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne is a French university, in the Academy of Reims. It was officially established in 1967, as the successor of Rheims University, one of the most important European universities of the Middle Ages, which was established in 1548 and closed in 1793.HistoryFirst universityThe University of Reims was created in 1548, thanks to the Cardinal of Lorraine, who intervened with the Pope Paul III. The 'Collège des Bons-Enfants' catholic school thus became a university, starting teaching the arts, theology, law and medicine. Closed in 1793 during the French Revolution, the university experienced an almost total eclipse period for a century and a half, and only reappeared in the sixties.Modern universityThe Faculty of Science, the Literary University College, the University College of Law and Economics, Reims University Technology Institute, the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, the National School of Dental Surgery are the successive elements from which the University of Reims was formed in 1971. The creation of an IUT in Troyes, an Institute of Higher Technical Education and an IUT department in Charleville-Mezieres, the development of a delocalized office of the Faculties of Law, Economics and Humanities of Reims and the opening of an IUT department in Châlons-en-Champagne now show the regional roots of a university that has become, in 1982, ' University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne.History Presidents Michel Devèze (historian), from 1971 to 1976 Jean Le Men (pharmacist), from 1976 to 1977 Lucien Bernard (physicist), from 1977 to 1982 André Laberrigue (physicist), from 1982 to 1987 Jean Raymond (anglicist), from 1987 to 1992 Claude Severin (physician and dentist) from 1992 to 1997 Jacques Meyer (mathematician), from 1997 to 2002 Mary Gerard (physicist), 2002 to 2007 Richard Vistelle (chemist), 2007 to 2012 Gilles Baillat (director of the IUFMs), 2012 to 2016 Guillaume Gellé, since 2016