Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is a French and English -speaking university established on 7 October 2006 in Abu Dhabi , the capital city of the United Arab Emirates .
84-669: The university is affiliated with the French Sorbonne University (former Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV) in the United Arab Emirates. An international agreement between the French Sorbonne University (former Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris IV), and the government of Abu Dhabi was signed on 19 February 2006. The aim was to bring the best international standard higher education in Abu Dhabi. Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (formerly Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi)
168-774: A Preparatory Course for the Teaching Profession (PPPE) specialized in Plastic Arts. Located in the heart of the 15th arrondissement, at 47 rue des Bergers, in a building of more than 7000 square meters entirely dedicated to it - the Saint Charles Centre - the EAS welcomes nearly 3000 students. It has a university library specifically dedicated to art and creation, an amphitheater, a contemporary art gallery, classrooms for theoretical courses, workshops for artistic practices (sculpture, painting, ceramics, silk-screen printing, engraving,
252-473: A car park, an amphitheater and 4 floors of offices, is connected to the historic buildings by a monumental staircase which was later decorated by the students of the Sorbonne Fine Arts Department ( UFR d'Arts Plastiques ). The main courtyard and the facades of the original building were listed as Historic Monuments in 1926. The Panthéon Centre is home to the prestigious Sorbonne Law School and
336-484: A free faculty in 1905), and the École supérieure de pharmacie . It was inaugurated on 19 November 1896 by its president, Félix Faure . The universities of Paris-Sorbonne and Pierre-et-Marie-Curie were created as a result of the university reform prepared by Edgar Faure in 1968. At that time, the University of Paris , divided into five faculties, was split into several interdisciplinary universities. Some, including
420-822: A new international institution. The most famous projects are : Since 2014, the Sorbonne College for bachelor's degrees ("Collège des Licences de la Sorbonne") has been coordinating the academic projects of Sorbonne University with Panthéon-Assas University , the law school of the Sorbonne University Group which has not merged into the Sorbonne University and remained independent. It also offers cross-institutional academic courses in many fields, allowing students to graduate from both institutions. For example, some cross-institutional bachelor's degrees ("double licences") are proposed to students in : As it
504-419: A new university education center at the corner of rue de Tolbiac and rue de Baudricourt in the 13th arrondissement. In January 1971, the architects Michel Andraut and Pierre Parat were entrusted with the construction of the new building. The model of the project was presented by the architects on November 16, 1971. After two years of construction, the new university center opened its doors in the fall of 1973 under
588-411: A silver and digital photography laboratory, a Fab Lab... ), an office for the loan of audiovisual material, computer rooms, editing rooms, etc. . Panthéon-Sorbonne united in 2009 all legal studies in the university and gave that new department the name of École de droit de la Sorbonne (" Sorbonne Law School "). The Panthéon-Sorbonne University School of Law holds since 1993 with Cornell University,
672-560: A strict selection process at the entrance to faculties and creating university technical institutes ( IUT ) in the Paris suburbs. As this reform had not been negotiated with all the interested parties, it was rejected by students in an unfavourable political and social climate, and provoked a veritable insurrection in faculties in Paris and the other regions. During the French May and following months of conflict between students and authorities at
756-547: Is Jussieu Campus , officially named "Pierre and Marie Curie Campus". It houses the Sorbonne University Faculty of Science and Engineering and its Sorbonne Polytechnic School , Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence, Sorbonne Institute for Environmental Transition, the Institute of Health Engineering (IUIS) and the Institute of Computing and Data Sciences (ISCD). The first buildings are from 1957. The main part of
840-587: Is France's 2nd largest university in the Arts and Humanities and 19th in the world, ahead of King's College London and the University of Pennsylvania , but behind Sorbonne University . Panthéon-Sorbonne's headquarters is located on the Place du Panthéon in the Latin Quarter , an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. The university also occupies part of the historical Sorbonne campus. The current name of
924-675: Is a public research university located in Paris , France . The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the University of Paris , one of the first universities in Europe . Its current iteration was formed in 2018 by the merger of Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI). Sorbonne University
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#17330855143541008-953: Is also home to the AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group . Two other campuses are the Clignancourt and Malesherbes centers of the Sorbonne University Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Undergraduate students in their first and second years of study in Philosophy, History, Geography , Musicology , English and Spanish take their classes at the Clignancourt center. The Clignancourt Library contains 78,000 works, 210 French and international periodicals and 800 educational DVDs. Undergraduate students in their first and second years of study in French literature , French language, Latin , and Ancient Greek take their classes at
1092-586: Is also used by Panthéon-Assas University ). ( 13th arrondissement of Paris ) It houses courses for 1st and 2nd year students of: ( 5th arrondissement of Paris ) Centre shared with Panthéon-Assas University . It houses the University Head Office, the Presidency, the Sorbonne Artgallery and third-year undergraduate (L3) and master's-level courses of: ( 13th arrondissement of Paris ) This centre
1176-570: Is an additional resource. The Sorbonne School of Arts ( École des arts de la Sorbonne, EAS ) is the Plastic Arts and Art Sciences Departement (UFR 04) of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, teaches art through its most contemporary issues, through practice, but also the analysis of works and their mediation. The school offers a variety of courses ranging from Visual Arts, Cinema and Audiovisual, to Cinema/Management, as well as Aesthetics and Art Sciences, Design, Arts and Media, Arts and Culture and
1260-602: Is connected to the neighboring Oceanographic Institute by a double arch to form the Curie campus. The occupation of the Institute of Geography results from a decree of 1 December 1980, concerning joint ownership between the three universities Paris 1, Paris 4 (today Sorbonne University ), Paris 7 (today Paris Cité University ) and the Sorbonne Library . Today, the building houses students of Geography department from 3rd year of bachelor's degree. The Institute of Art and Archeology
1344-674: Is home to the majority of first (L1) and second-year undergraduates (L2). It is the obligatory step for many students before accessing third-year (L3) and masters courses. 1st and 2nd year students of: ( 5th arrondissement of Paris ) Campus shared with Sorbonne University and the Chancellery . It houses the Sorbonne Library and courses. Reserved for third-year undergraduates (L3), masters and doctoral students (PhD) of: ( 5th arrondissement of Paris ) Reserved for third-year undergraduates (L3), masters students of: ( 6th arrondissement of Paris ) Centre shared with Sorbonne University It houses
1428-673: Is in the historic central Sorbonne building, located at 47 rue des Écoles, in the historic Latin Quarter university campus. The building is the undivided property of the 13 successor universities of the University of Paris, managed by the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris . Besides the monuments of the Cour d'Honneur, the Sorbonne Chapel and the Grand Amphithéâtre , the building houses
1512-568: Is jointly governed by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and by SUAD's board of trustees, with six members, three of whom are appointed by the home Sorbonne University and the other three appointed by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. The president of SUAD is the president of Sorbonne University in Paris, currently Prof Nathalie Drach-Temam. Academic programmes are offered at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in
1596-575: Is offered for one or two year(s) to students who do not meet the French language requirement for registration. The establishment of the university demonstrates the keenness of Abu Dhabi to create an international hub in culture and education, having also signed a contract with the Louvre in 2007 to create the Louvre Abu Dhabi , and with New York University in 2007 to create New York University Abu Dhabi . SUAD
1680-509: Is one of the most sought after universities by students and researchers from France , Europe , and the French speaking countries . Most notably, Marie Skłodowska-Curie , who came from Poland in 1891 and joined the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris , was also the first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne. Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie are considered the founders of
1764-582: Is one of the oldest military sites in Paris. Matured since 2011, the project to create a new law campus was entrusted in 2014 to the Public Establishment for University Development of the Ile de France region (EPAURIF) with a contracting authority mandate. The architectural challenge of the project was to preserve this heritage, testimony of the urban history of this district by touching it as little as possible, while developing it in an optimal way. In addition to
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#17330855143541848-430: Is quite unusual in terms of university architecture. The architects imagined a high-rise building (IGH) composed of three towers of unequal heights built around a central reinforced concrete core: tower A is nine stories high, tower B sixteen, and tower C of twenty-two. Andrault and Parat worked on the building in a quest for functionality and formal expressiveness which involves deconstructing the volumes, vigorously linking
1932-475: Is ranked first university in France, and 44th in the world. UPMC is a member of Sorbonne University Association . Sorbonne students can study abroad for a semester or a year at partner institutions such as McGill University , University of Toronto , King's College London , and University of Warwick . Members have worked on several projects in order to strengthen the relations between them and potentially create
2016-583: Is ranked in range 39 globally and 3rd in France. In the Times Higher Education European Teaching Rankings 2024, Sorbonne University was ranked in fourth place in France. In the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2019, Sorbonne University was ranked in range 51–60 globally and 2nd in France. The 2021 QS World University Rankings ranked Sorbonne University 83rd overall in
2100-488: Is shared with the Assas Law School of Paris-Panthéon-Assas University . The Panthéon Centre houses the head office of the university. The Sorbonne Centre houses multiple departments of Panthéon-Sorbonne University, including department of Management (École de Management de la Sorbonne), History (École d’histoire de la Sorbonne), Philosophy (UFR de Philosophie), Political Science (UFR de Science Politique) and part of
2184-527: Is the case in the Anglo-American university system, Sorbonne University proposes a major-minor system, that is currently being deployed at the university. Sorbonne University, in partnership with INSEAD, also offers all of its alumni and PhD students a professionalizing course in business management to complete their curriculum. Since 2010, every PhD student is being delivered an honorary diploma labeled Sorbonne University. This diploma highlights and gathers
2268-421: Is the first higher education institution in Paris region to win such an endowment. The university was established by a decree issued 21 April 2017, taking effect 1 January 2018. Sorbonne University has three faculties: Arts and Humanities, Science and Engineering, and Medicine. The Sorbonne University Faculty of Arts and Humanities provides studies in arts, languages, letters, and human and social sciences, and
2352-419: Is the largest in France. Fields such as history, geography, languages, linguistics, musicology, philosophy, classical and modern literature, foreign literature and civilisations, and the history of art and archaeology are part of this faculty. The Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering is a major research institution in France. It can be considered the successor in direct line to the Faculty of Science of
2436-489: The ARWU . Robert de Sorbon (1201–1274), chaplain to King Louis IX (Saint Louis), observed the difficulties experienced by poor "schoolchildren" in achieving the rank of doctor. In February 1257, he had a house ( domus ) officially established which he intended for a certain number of secular clergy who, living in common and without concern for their material existence, would be entirely occupied with study and teaching. This house
2520-683: The Institut d'Études Hispaniques ' collection of 25,000 works on Iberian and Latin-American culture. Catalan studies take place at the Centre d'Études Catalanes in the Marais . The Sorbonne University also includes the Saint-Antoine Campus for the study of medicine ; the Cordeliers Convent , Curie and Raspail campuses for sciences studies. An exclusive international agreement between Sorbonne and
2604-597: The Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel (Quantum Physics, shared with PSL University ). The Sorbonne University Faculty of Health Sciences, in association with the Greater Paris University Hospitals (AP-HP), manages the AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group ( Hôpital Charles-Foix , Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital , Hôpital Fondation Rothschild , Hôpital Saint-Antoine , Hôpital Tenon , Hôpital Armand-Trousseau , Hôpital de La Roche-Guyon ) and
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2688-511: The Michelet Library . Reserved for third-year undergraduates (L3), masters students of: ( 13th arrondissement of Paris ) It houses master's-level courses of: ( 15th arrondissement of Paris ) It houses all undergraduates (L1 to L3), masters and doctoral students courses of: ( 5th arrondissement of Paris ) It houses all undergraduates (L1 to L3), masters and doctoral students courses of: The Panthéon Centre, which should not be confused with
2772-680: The Panthéon itself, was the building of the Faculty of Law of the former University of Paris and is located opposite the Pantheon. It was designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot in 1760 as part of a new architectural ensemble for the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève . The Faculty of Law building was completed in 1744. At the end of the 19th century, when the Sorbonne was undergoing major reforms, an extension
2856-598: The Panthéon-Sorbonne University , Sorbonne Nouvelle University , Sorbonne University, Paris Cité University , under the administration of Panthéon-Sorbonne . It is open exclusively to undergraduate students in their third year and graduate students. With the former archives of the now-defunct University of Paris, 2,500,000 books, 400,000 of them ancient, 2,500 historical manuscripts, 18,000 doctoral dissertation papers, 17,750 past and current French and international periodicals and 7,100 historical printing plates,
2940-663: The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and University Center (CHU), founded in 1657 in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. All undergraduate and graduate medical students study on this campus. Postgraduate courses are held at the Cordeliers Convent on the Latin Quarter campus. The hospital campus also houses the Sorbonne Health Simulation Department, the Paris Brain Institute and the Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (IHU-ICAN). The campus
3024-507: The Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital , promoting multidisciplinary research, and training doctors and other health professionals. There is no law school as such in Sorbonne University. In 1971, most of the law professors from the Faculty of Law and Economics of the University of Paris decided to restructure it as a university, called Panthéon-Assas University Paris (after the two main campuses of
3108-617: The Serpente Library that has 55,000 works and 292 past and current French and international periodicals. All doctoral dissertations since 1 January 1986 have been stored at the Serpente Library. Both the Institut d'Urbanisme et d'Aménagement and the Institut d'Études Hispaniques in the Latin Quarter campus host third year and graduate students of Geography and Iberian and Latin American studies. The Marcel Bataillon Library houses
3192-513: The Sorbonne ), is a public research university in Paris , France. It was created in 1971 from two faculties of the historic University of Paris – colloquially referred to as the Sorbonne – after the May 1968 protests, which resulted in the division of one of the world's oldest universities. Most of the economics professors (35 out of 41) of the Faculty of Law and Economics of Paris decided to found
3276-406: The University of Paris (nicknamed "the Sorbonne"), which ceased to exist . At the instigation of professors François Luchaire (public law), Henri Bartoli (economics) and Hélène Ahrweiler (humanities), the three official co-founders of the university, the Paris 1 "Panthéon-Sorbonne" University was created in 1971 from the merger of part of the Faculty of Law and Economics ( Panthéon ) and part of
3360-720: The University of Paris with the Paris-Saclay Faculty of Sciences . It has 79 laboratories in the Paris region, most in association with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). Some of the most notable institutes and laboratories include the Institut Henri Poincaré (Mathematics), Institut d'astrophysique de Paris (Astrophysics), LIP6 (Informatics / Computer Science), Institut des systèmes intelligents et de robotique (Robotics), Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu – Paris Rive Gauche (foundations of Mathematics, shared with University Paris Cité ) and
3444-445: The University of Paris at Nanterre , the administration shut down that university on 2 May 1968. Students of the University of Paris protested the closure and the threatened expulsion of several students at Nanterre on 3 May 1968. In Paris, where the university had become very difficult to manage due to the sheer number of professors and students, the law of 12 November 1968 led to the creation in 1969 of thirteen universities to succeed
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3528-687: The University of Paris-Sorbonne , retained the name " Sorbonne " and premises in the historic centre of the University of Paris, which had until then been mainly devoted to the Faculties of Arts and Sciences. The University of Paris-VI is created from the majority of the teaching and research units of the Faculty of Sciences of Paris (the others joining the universities of Paris-VII Denis Diderot (now Université Paris Cité ), Paris-Saclay University in Orsay, Paris-XII and Paris-XIII in Villetaneuse) and part of
3612-541: The " Cornell Law School -Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Summer Institute of Comparative and International Law". Since 7 March 2022, Chantal Arens, First President of the Court of Cassation signed a partnership agreement between the Court of Cassation and the Panthéon-Sorbonne University. This partnership will result in the organization of colloquiums, the development of research projects involving judges of
3696-452: The Economics and Law departments. It is one of the main campuses of the university. It is shared with Sorbonne University . The Institute of Geography was built between 1914 and 1926 by Henri-Paul Nénot. The institute was designed to bring together in a single building the collections, teaching and research in geography, hitherto divided between the faculties of arts and sciences. The building
3780-440: The Faculty of Arts and Humanities ( Sorbonne ). While Paris-Sorbonne University (now Sorbonne University ) and Sorbonne Nouvelle succeeded the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Paris, Panthéon-Assas University the Faculty of Law , and Pierre and Marie Curie University (now Sorbonne University ) and Paris Descartes University (now Paris Cité University ) the Faculty of Sciences, Panthéon-Sorbonne University
3864-515: The Institute of Art and Archeology is assigned, by ministerial decree of 30 June 1983, in endowment to the two universities Paris 1 and Paris IV and registered in this form in the registers of the State. It has been classified as a Historic Monument since 9 September 1996. The brand new Port-Royal Campus is spread over two neighboring sites: the René-Cassin building located at 17 rue Saint-Hippolyte and, on
3948-560: The Malesherbes center. All undergraduate students in these academic disciplines study in the central Sorbonne building in their third year. Undergraduate and graduate students in German studies , Slavic studies , Italic studies and Romanian studies , regardless of level, take all of their classes at the Malesherbes center. The Malesherbes center also hosts three research centers in Italian culture ,
4032-574: The Paris Law Faculty: place du Panthéon and rue d’Assas campuses). Panthéon-Assas now provides legal studies for Sorbonne University as an independent university. Another law school, the Panthéon-Sorbonne University School of Law (also a spin-off of the Faculty of Law and Economics of the University of Paris ) also exists in Paris, but has no connection with Sorbonne University. Sorbonne University' s historical campus
4116-585: The Sorbonne Library is the largest university library in Paris and was entirely refurbished in 2013. The Sorbonne University Library 's Arts and Humanities Department (French: Pôle Lettres de la Bibliothèque de Sorbonne Université ), part of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, offers its students and teaching staff access to 18 libraries and thematic collections. The catalog includes 600,000 books, 350,000 e-books, 60,000 issues of online periodicals and 165 databases. The largest of Sorbonne University's campuses
4200-593: The Sorbonne University Faculty of Arts and Humanities take their classes at the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie , located at the main entrance of the Jardin du Luxembourg . Constructed by architect Paul Bigot between 1925 and 1930, the Mesopotamian-style building was classified as a national historic building in 1996. It hosts the Michelet Library that contains 100,000 volumes of work on art history and archeology with 100 French and international periodicals. Only 10,000 of
4284-541: The Sorbonne University Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Paris Rectorat, the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris , and part of the universities Panthéon-Sorbonne , Sorbonne Nouvelle , Paris Cité and the École Nationale des Chartes as well as the École Pratique des Hautes Études that are constituent schools of PSL University . Before the 19th century, the Sorbonne occupied several buildings. The chapel
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#17330855143544368-560: The art history and archeology works are open to students, the others requiring special authorization of usage. Graduate Art History and Archeology students take their courses at the Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art in the Galerie Colbert, a partnered national institution of the university. The Maison de la Recherche campus is the central building for doctoral studies that hosts the history and geography departments. It houses
4452-409: The campus, the " Grill d'Albert ", was built in 1964, and was completely refurbished from 1996 to 2016. Within the Sorbonne University Library , it houses 6 university libraries, including an important research library in mathematics and computer science . The Pitié-Salpêtrière Campus is home to Sorbonne University Faculty of Health Sciences and its Department of Medical Studies. It is located at
4536-399: The chapel into the whole was also Nénot's work with the construction of a cour d'honneur . The Sorbonne building is generally reserved for undergraduate students in their third year and graduate students in certain academic disciplines. Only students in Semitic studies, regardless of level, take all their classes at the Sorbonne campus. The Sorbonne Library is an inter-university library of
4620-412: The cultures and literature of central Europe and the Balkans and the Germanic, Nordic and Dutch centers. The Malesherbes Library contains 200,000 works specializing in the study of foreign languages and cultures and 1,200 past and current French and international periodicals. More than 50,000 doctoral dissertations are available for public viewing. Undergraduate Art History and Archeology students of
4704-403: The faculty of humanities and few professors of the faculty of law and economics. The name of the university show this interdisciplinarity: the Sorbonne building is the traditional seat of the Humanities studies in Paris (hence it is also used by Sorbonne Nouvelle and Sorbonne University ), and the Panthéon Centre is, with the Assas Centre, the traditional seat of the law studies (hence it
4788-442: The framework of the 1% artistic by Bernard Alleaume and Yvette Vincent-Alleaume at the base of the building to enliven the spaces overlooking rue de Tolbiac. The Pierre-Mendès-France Campus currently welcomes around 6,000 first and second year undergraduate students in human sciences, economics and management. There are other campuses of Paris 1 in the Parisian areas: Teaching and research are spread over several sites in Paris: on
4872-451: The function of the building. Inside, the entrance vestibule, the amphitheater and the large reading room of the library, which occupies the heart of the building, have retained their volumes, but, on the floors, the galleries which housed the collections The heritage structures constituted in the Sorbonne and Paul Bigot's plan of Rome were abolished in the 1970s in favor of a partitioning of spaces into classrooms and teachers' offices, following
4956-457: The government of Abu Dhabi was signed on 19 February 2006, starting plans to bring Sorbonne University to Abu Dhabi. Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (SUAD) was established on 30 May 2008 on Reem Island by a decree of the ruler of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates . All programs are taught in the French language except for the Bachelor of Physics and most of the masters programmes, that are taught in English . An intensive French language programme
5040-510: The left bank, in the Latin Quarter (Sorbonne, Panthéon, Centre rue du Four) and in the Pierre Mendès France Centre (Tolbiac); on the right bank ( Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art , Centre rue Malher, and the Condorcet Campus on the La Plaine, Aubervilliers site, and in 2024 on the La Chapelle, Paris site). The School has 17 specialized libraries, among the richest in the world in their scientific fields, for books and document collections and for access to digital holdings. The Sorbonne Library
5124-422: The lift towers ensuring vertical circulation in the building, "urban modules" which are these “suspended” cubic volumes sheltering the offices and the classrooms, and the amphitheatres which unfold in a corolla at the base of the building. This sculptural work is extended by a brutalist aesthetic based on the association of rough concrete, smoked glass, bricks, pebbles or even by the moving "landscape" imagined within
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#17330855143545208-403: The massification of higher education. Initially designed for 200 students and 3 professors, the building now houses, equally, the Sorbonne School of Art History and Archeology of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Art History and Archeology Department of Sorbonne University (formerly Paris 4), several thousand students and nearly 150 tenured teacher-researchers. Property of the French Government,
5292-459: The modern-day Faculty of Science and Engineering of Sorbonne University . As of 2021, its alumni and professors have won 33 Nobel Prizes , six Fields Medals , and one Turing Award . According to the ARWU and THE university rankings, its three main French rivals are PSL University , Saclay University and Paris Cité University . The university ranks 11th in the world in mathematics, 13th in earth sciences and 8th in oceanography according to
5376-509: The multidisciplinary Paris 1 University with professors of the faculty of humanities of Paris and a few professors of law. Panthéon-Sorbonne has three main areas of specialization: Economics and Management, Human Sciences, and Legal and Political Sciences. It comprises several subjects such as: Economics , Law , Philosophy , Sociology , History , Geography , Cinema , Plastic arts , Art history , Political science , Development Studies , Mathematics and Management . Panthéon-Sorbonne
5460-452: The name of "Multidisciplinary Center of Tolbiac". Renamed in 1983 in honor of the French politician Pierre Mendès France, the Center Pierre-Mendès-France was built in the context of post-68 university programs and the urban renewal of the Italy XIII sector undertaken since 1964. The site – a cramped triangular plot of 7,500 m hitherto occupied by a deposit of cobblestones – led to the original and ambitious choice of vertical development, which
5544-507: The other side of the street, the former Lourcine barracks, which covers the entire block between boulevard de Port-Royal and rue de la Glacière, Broca and Saint-Hippolyte. The René-Cassin site is made up of two buildings: a 19th-century building acquired by the Ministry of National Education in 1957 and restructured in 1987, but above all a new building built between 1987 and 1990 by the architects Jacques Ripault and Denise Duhart. The former Lourcine barracks, located at 37 boulevard Port-Royal,
5628-449: The promulgation of laws on 28 April 1893, giving civil personality to the bodies formed by the union of several faculties of an academy, and 10 July 1896, giving the name of university to the bodies of faculties, the new University of Paris was created in 1896 through the merger of the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Letters, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Protestant Theology (created in 1877 and transformed into
5712-422: The resources to monitor and supervise them properly. The decentralisation of university campuses and centres in and around the capital was mainly the work of the Fifth French Republic in the early years of its existence. This policy achieved its objectives, in particular by responding to the problems posed by student numbers. The government also believed it could control student access to university, by organising
5796-484: The same time, the Sorbonne Universities Association was renamed the Sorbonne University alliance; it includes the following institutions for academic cooperation: As part of the reforms of French Higher Education, on 19 March 2018, the international jury called by the French Government for the " Initiative d'excellence " (IDEX) confirmed the definite win of Sorbonne University. Consequently, Sorbonne University won an endowment of 900 Million euros with no limit of time. This
5880-673: The skills of the doctors and researchers from the institutions that form Sorbonne University. The Sorbonne Doctoral College , created in 2013, coordinates the activities of the 26 doctoral schools. Since 2014, it has developed cross-disciplinary Ph.Ds between the different members of the Sorbonne University Association . Panth%C3%A9on-Sorbonne University This is an accepted version of this page Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University ( French : Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ), also known as Paris 1 (or Paris I ) and Panthéon-Sorbonne University (or, together with Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University , simply as
5964-416: The social sciences, humanities, law and sciences. Sorbonne University is consistently ranked in the top universities in Europe and the world. The first recognition of its existence as an integrated university came in 2018, when it appeared on the CWUR World University Rankings 2018–2019 in 29th place globally and 1st place in France. In the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020, Sorbonne University
6048-654: The three buildings on the Lourcine block, the current René-Cassin center has been attached to the new site to give birth to the Port-Royal Campus from the start of the 2019 academic year. This new center of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne allows, between others, the grouping of sites dedicated to legal disciplines. It welcomes students, teachers, researchers and staff in exceptional working conditions. More than 2,400 people now occupy this new campus. In November 1970, Olivier Guichard, then Minister of National Education, decided to build
6132-513: The units of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris (the others joining the universities of Paris-V René Descartes (now Université Paris Cité ), Paris-VII Denis Diderot and Paris-XIII ). In 2010, some of the direct successors of the faculties of the University of Paris created the Sorbonne Universities Association . The following universities, members of the university system , decided to merge into Sorbonne University in 2018: At
6216-524: The university refers to these two symbolic buildings: the Sorbonne and the Panthéon (Saint-Jacques part). Overall, its campus includes over 25 buildings in Paris, such as the Centre Pierre Mendès France ("Tolbiac"), the Maison des Sciences Économiques, among others. The historic University of Paris ( French : Université de Paris ) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but
6300-666: The world and 3rd in France. Individual faculties at Sorbonne University also featured in the rankings. Before the merger of Paris-Sorbonne University and Pierre and Marie Curie University , both had their own rankings in the world. Its founding predecessor Paris-Sorbonne University was ranked 222 in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2015. By faculty , it was ranked 9 in modern languages, 36 in arts and humanities (1st in France), and 127 in social sciences and management (5th in France). By academic reputation, it
6384-502: Was built in 1622 by the then-Provisor of the University of Paris, Cardinal Richelieu , during the reign of Louis XIII . In 1881, politician Jules Ferry decided to convert the Sorbonne into one single building. Under the supervision of Pierre Greard, Chief Officer of the Education Authority of Paris, Henri-Paul Nénot constructed the current building from 1883 to 1901 that reflects a basic architectural uniformity. The integration of
6468-466: Was built on the site of the former Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences by the architect Paul Bigot (1870-1942). The building offers in particular to the gaze of walkers, at the base of the large arcades, a frieze formed of terracotta bas-reliefs reproducing famous works of world art (Parthenon, Ara Pacis Augustae, etc.). The syncretism desired by Paul Bigot gives the Institute of Art and Archeology an educational virtue that resonates with
6552-510: Was established on 30 May 2006 by a decree of the ruler of United Arab Emirates. The University opened on 7 October 2006 in a temporary building. On 6 December 2009, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (formerly Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi) moved into its permanent campus on Al Reem Island . 24°29′20″N 54°24′44″E / 24.48889°N 54.41222°E / 24.48889; 54.41222 Sorbonne University Sorbonne University ( French : Sorbonne Université )
6636-491: Was founded as an interdisciplinary university. The majority of the law professors from the faculty of law and economics at the University of Paris desired to restructure their faculty into a university. However, most of the faculty's economists and political scientists, whose disciplines were secondary in the Faculty of Law of Paris , wanted to join a multidisciplinary university they hurried ahead of their colleagues and established Paris I and were joined by professors of
6720-436: Was named the college of Sorbonne . The old slogan of the establishment, " Sorbonne University, creators of futures since 1257 ", refers to this date. The college of Sorbonne was closed along with all the other colleges of the former University of Paris in 1793. The college of Sorbonne was located on the site of the current Sorbonne building, shared between Sorbonne University and Panthéon-Sorbonne University . Following
6804-582: Was often ranked as the best university in France. In 2014 UPMC was ranked 35th in the world, 6th in Europe and 1st in France by the Academic Ranking of World Universities . It was ranked 4th in the world in the field of mathematics by the same study. The 2013 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 112th overall in the world and 3rd in France. In 2013, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) , Université Pierre et Marie Curie
6888-514: Was planned for the Panthéon Centre , designed by Louis-Ernest Lheureux. The extension took place in two phases, 1876-1878 and 1891–1899, and gave rise to the construction of a large new building connected to the 18th century facade. Together, they now occupied the entire city block. The construction of the Cujas wing, an 8-storey building on rue Cujas designed by the architect Jacques Becmeur, comprising
6972-558: Was ranked 80 (2nd in France), according to the QS World University Rankings, and 2nd in overall highest international reputation of all academic institutions in France, according to the Times Higher Education 2015. In 2014 Paris-Sorbonne ranked 227 in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings , 115 for Social Sciences and Management, 33 for Arts and Humanities. Pierre and Marie Curie University
7056-460: Was reorganised in 1970 as 13 autonomous universities after the student protests of the French May . In 1945 , at the end of the World War II , the University of Paris was faced with its own problems, which had been exacerbated by the war and foreign occupation. Students were crammed into overcrowded classrooms and lecture theatres, and the teaching staff, who were too few in number, did not have
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