The University of Aix-en-Provence, founded on December 9, 1409 as a studium generale by Count of Provence Louis II of Anjou, is recognized by Papal Bull in 1413.

The decision to establish the university was, in part, a response to the already-thriving University of Paris.

Thus, the letters patent for the university had ben granted, and the government of the university had been created.

The Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence is appointed as the first chancellor of the university for the rest of his life.