Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci, the first provincial university in France, was founded in 1995 by the Council of the Hauts-de-Seine, and is located in the new district of La Défense in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located in the new district of La Défense, a suburb of Paris, and has three advanced colleges, including the Da Vinci School of Management, the Da Vinci Institute of Engineers, and the Da Vinci Institute of Multimedia International, as well as an adult education center and an apprenticeship center.