Former French university existing from 1971 to 2018
This article is about the successor of the faculty of humanities of the
University of Paris, active from 1971 to 2017. For its successor, see
Sorbonne University.
Paris-Sorbonne University was one of the inheritors of the Faculty of Humanities (
French: Faculté des lettres) of the
University of Paris[1] (also known as the Sorbonne), which ceased to exist following student protests in
May 1968. The Faculty of Humanities was the main focus of the University of Paris, and subsequently Paris-Sorbonne University was one of its main successors.[2] It was a member of the
Sorbonne University Group.
Paris-Sorbonne University enrolled about 24,000 students in 20 departments specialising in
arts,
humanities and
languages, divided in 12
campuses throughout
Paris. Seven of the campuses were situated in the historic
Latin Quarter, including the historic
Sorbonne university building, and three in the Marais, Malesherbes and Clignancourt respectively. In addition, the university also maintained one campus in
Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates, called
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. Paris-Sorbonne University also comprised France's prestigious communication and journalism school,
CELSA, located in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Paris-Sorbonne University maintained about 400 international agreements.
As a successor of the faculty of humanities of the University of Paris, it was a founding member the
Sorbonne University group, an alliance with the successor of the faculty of
law and
economics and of the faculty of
science of the University of Paris (respectively,
Panthéon-Assas University and
Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University).[3] This group allowed Paris-Sorbonne University students to pursue several
dual degrees. Two graduate certificates in law from Panthéon-Assas University (Sorbonne Law School) were accessible for all the student members of the Sorbonne University group.[4]