Editing Poitiers (section)

==Education==
The city of Poitiers has a very old tradition as being a prestigious town where many good universities agglomerate, starting as far back as the Middle Ages. The [[University of Poitiers]] was established in 1431 and has welcomed many famous philosophers and scientists throughout the ages (notably [[François Rabelais]]; [[René Descartes]]; [[Francis Bacon]]; [[Samir Amin]]).

Today Poitiers has more students per inhabitant than any other large town or city in France. All around, there are over 27,000 university students in Poitiers, nearly 4,000 of which are foreigners, hailing from 117 countries.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} The University covers all major fields from [[science]]s to [[geography]], [[history]], [[language]]s [[economics]] and [[law]].

The [[law degree]] at the [[University of Poitiers]] is considered to be one of the best in France. The program was ranked second by [[:fr:L'Étudiant (groupe média)|''L'Étudiant magazine'']] in 2005.{{citation needed|reason=find link to article if possible|date=October 2008}}

In addition to the University, Poitiers also hosts two engineering schools and two business schools:
* the [[École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique]] (ENSMA)
* the [[École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Poitiers]] (ENSIP)
* the [[École supérieure de commerce et management|France Business School]] (FBS)
* the [[IAE Poitiers|Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Poitiers]] (IAE).

Since 2001, the city of Poitiers has hosted the first cycle of "The South America, Spain and Portugal" program from the [[Paris Institute of Political Studies]], also known as Sciences Po.