Organisation of research

• Mixed teams working with the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research )in geography, history, archaeological sciences, Basque studies, syntax and semantics ;
• teams integrating doctoral students, licensed by the ministry of higher education in geography, history, information and communication,  languages, literature, philosophy, arts ;
• a department devoted to research, knowledge exploitation and the doctoral schools ;
• an Archaeology centre ;
• the "Archéopôle", a centre for the presentation of archaeological research, open to the public.

2 special partners :
Maison des Sciences de l’Homme d’Aquitaine, (Aquitaine Centre for Human Sciences)
Maison des Suds (Centre for Southern Studies)