A WORD FROM THE DEAN
Welcome to the Faculty of Arts, Letters, Languages and Human Sciences,
Aix-Marseille Université's Faculty of Arts, Letters, Languages and Human Sciences (ALLSH) welcomes over 15,000 students every year to its three sites (Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Arles). Our Faculty's policy is to develop a working and learning environment that encourages the transmission and production of knowledge.
It offers a rich and diversified range of courses in a wide variety of disciplines, including : modern literature, French and comparative literature, linguistics, the world of books, visual arts, cinema, cultural mediation, music, theater, general linguistics and phonetics, French as a foreign language, studies of Anglophone, Germanic, Asian, Slavic, Middle Eastern, Italian, Hispanic, Portuguese, Brazilian and Latin American cultural areas, Romance languages and Romanian, applied foreign languages, cognitive, developmental, differential, clinical and social psychology, educational sciences, history, art history and archaeology, ancient sciences, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, ergology, European studies, human geography, physics, theory and quantity.
It also offers several professional licenses, a DEUST, preparation for competitive examinations and agrégations, institutional diplomas and the teaching of 30 languages.
The Faculty's scientific activities cover an extremely wide range of disciplines, from psychology and the arts to literature, languages, linguistics, geography, philosophy and educational science. With 4,500m² dedicated to research, the Maison de la Recherche is home to 10 of the Faculty's 16 units, an institute, scientific platforms and an administrative, financial and development department to support the research units. The Turbulence building in Marseille, dedicated to the arts, offers visibility to artistic and cultural productions, as well as to the theoretical work of students and teacher-researchers, and also enables us to work in collaboration with the world of the arts and culture.
The ALLSH faculty is made up of more than 850 teaching, research, administrative and technical staff who will be at your side to help you realize your projects and build your future.
16 000
students
712
teachers
138
administrative and technical staff
26
departments
3
geographical locations
SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE FACULTY
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A multidisciplinary training offer
The ALLSH faculty offers a wide range of courses: 16 general bachelor's degrees, 72 master's degree courses grouped into 22 fields of study, including : modern literature, French and comparative literature, linguistics, the world of books, visual arts, cinema, cultural mediation, music, theater, general linguistics and phonetics, French as a foreign language, studies of Anglophone, Germanic, Asian, Slavic, Middle Eastern, Italian, Hispanic, Portuguese, Brazilian and Latin American cultural areas, Romance languages and Romanian, applied foreign languages, cognitive, developmental, differential, clinical and social psychology, educational sciences, history, art history and archaeology, ancient sciences, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, ergology, European studies, human geography, physics, theory and quantity.
It also offers 4 professional bachelor's degrees, a DEUST, preparatory courses for competitive examinations and agrégations, institutional diplomas and 30 languages taught.
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Recognized training
- 16 top-level athletes 18 top-level artists registered in 2022-2023
- SMBG ranking: Master of International Negotiation (MASNI) -2nd in 2021 and3rd in 2022
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Intensive research
ALLSH research is supported by 16 laboratories, including 9 research units and 7 joint research units, 1 joint service unit (UMS MAP), 1 service and research unit (USR OpenEdition) and 2 federations (CRISIS and PĂ´le 3C).
It also includes the Institut Convergences ILCB (Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain) and active participation in the instituts d'établissement. ALLSH is the parent UFR for the CRISIS (Cultures, Representations, Identities, Health and Social Interactions) research federation, and also includes the 3C (Brain, Cognition and Behavior) federation co-sponsored by our faculty and the UFR Sciences. It is also home to two AMU-certified technology platforms (Homme-Humanités-Corpus-Comportement and the Centre d'Expérimentation sur la parole).
The scientific activity of our faculty covers an extremely wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to the arts, including literature, languages, linguistics, geography, psychology, philosophy and educational sciences.
The faculty enrols doctoral students from 3 Doctoral Schools: ED Langues, Lettres et Arts, ED Cognition, Langage, Education, and ED Espaces, Cultures, Sociétés, located on the MMSH site.
With 4,500 m² dedicated to research, the Maison de la Recherche Schuman (MdR) is home to 11 of the Faculty's 16 research units, an administrative, financial and development service to support the research units, and a service to help plan and finance scientific events.
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Establishment institutes
- Institut créativité et innovation InCIAM (supported by the ALLSH faculty)
- Institut d'archéologie méditerranéenne ARKAIA (in collaboration with MMSH OSU PYTHEAS and SANTE)
- Institut méditerranéen pour la transition environnementale (ITEM) (in collaboration with MMSH OSU-PYTHEAS IMPGT SCIENCES et SANTE)
- Institut sociétés en mutation en Méditerranée SoMuM (with MMSH and FDSP)
- For training, participation in the Institut des sciences de la fusion et de l'instrumentation en environnement nucléaire (ISFIN) (supported by AMU and CEA)
