Editing Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (section)

==== University ====
{{Main|University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour}}
The city of Pau has a long academic tradition, as a university was established in Pau in 1722. Pau now has the second largest student population in Aquitaine. The city has 17,000 students and 3,900 researchers. It has a multidisciplinary university (law, economics, sciences, social sciences and humanities), an {{Interlanguage link|Institut universitaire de technologie des Pays de l'Adour|fr|3=Institut universitaire de technologie des Pays de l'Adour|lt=IUT}}, an {{Interlanguage link|Institut d'administration des entreprises des Pays de l'Adour|fr|3=Institut d'administration des entreprises des Pays de l'Adour|lt=IAE}}, several engineering schools, business schools and art schools.

The [[University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour]] (UPPA) had 11,200 students, in May 2012, spread across five sites: Pau, [[Anglet]], [[Bayonne]], [[Mont-de-Marsan]] ([[Landes (department)|Landes]]) and [[Tarbes]] ([[Hautes-Pyrénées]]). Its location exceeds the strict framework of the Academy of Bordeaux and overlaps somewhat with that of the Academy of Toulouse. The University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour had 25 laboratories and 650 researchers in 2007.

The university group and Pyrénées Oceanes Research Campus unites the [[École supérieure de commerce de Pau|Groupe ESC Pau]], five schools of engineers ([[École nationale d'ingénieurs de Tarbes|ENIT]] Tarbes, [[École nationale supérieure en génie des technologies industrielles|ENSGTI]], [[CY Tech]], [[ESTIA Institute of Technology|ESTIA]] Bidart-Bayonne, ISA BTP), the {{Interlanguage link|Institut d'administration des entreprises des Pays de l'Adour|fr|3=Institut d'administration des entreprises des Pays de l'Adour|lt=Institute of Business Administration}} (IAE) and the [[University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour]] (UPPA), with 15,000 students. The Pyrénées Oceanes Campus takes a European dimension and will soon join the University of [[Aragon]], the University of [[Pamplona]] and several Spanish business and engineering schools. Philippe Lafontaine, Director of the ESC Pau is the University President.