Université de Poitiers, founded in 143 1, is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in France and even Europe. As the second university in the history of French education after Paris University, Poitiers University is also a member of Coimbra University Group, which is composed of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe. University of Poitiers is one of the best public universities in France (ranked first in 2007). The university campus and the future observer training area located in the city center play an important role in the whole Powatu Xia Lang region, and branches have been set up in Ang Gulaim, Chamois Niortais Fc and Chatterlot. The school is a French national university with 24,600 students and 3,000 foreign students from 1 10 different countries. There are 1430 teachers and researchers and 820 administrative and technical assistants. All disciplines in the university are distributed in 14 constituent units, including 7 teaching and research units (UFR), 6 colleges and 1 engineering college. The school carries out high-level scientific research in many professional fields and has 54 recognized laboratories and research institutions. Poitiers University has a far-reaching influence in history, and Madame Curie also studied here.