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{{short description|Public university in Paris, France}}
{{about|the university established in 2018|other uses|Sorbonne (disambiguation)}}
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 | free                   = 35 ([[ARWU]])
 | academic_affiliations  = [[Chancellerie des Universités de Paris|Chancellery of the Universities of Paris]] <br /> [[Udice French Research Universities|Udice Group]]<br /> [[European University Association|EUA]] <br /> [[4EU+ Alliance]]<br /> [[LERU]] <br /> [[Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe|UNICA]] <br> [[Transatlantic Policy Consortium|TPC]]
 | endowment              = €900&nbsp;million
 | budget                 = €1&nbsp;billion (2021)
 | president              = [[:de:Nathalie Drach-Temam|Nathalie Drach-Temam]]
 | administrative_staff   = 3,600<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2018 |title=Sorbonne University &#124; Arts and Humanities, Medicine, Science and Engineering |url=http://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/ranking-and-key-figures/key-figures |access-date=2022-01-15 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917082220/http://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/ranking-and-key-figures/key-figures |archive-date=17 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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[[File:P1300734 Paris V place de la Sorbonne rwk.jpg|thumb|Chapel of the main Sorbonne building]]
'''Sorbonne University''' ({{langx|fr|Sorbonne Université}}) is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the [[Middle Ages]] in 1257 when the [[College of Sorbonne]] was established by [[Robert de Sorbon]] as a [[Collegiate university|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 is one of the most sought after universities by students and researchers from France, Europe, and the [[Francophonie|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 the modern-day [[Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering|Faculty of Science and Engineering of Sorbonne University]]. As of 2021, its alumni and professors have won 33 Nobel Prizes, six [[Fields Medal]]s, and one [[Turing Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards and recognition |url=http://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/research/our-talent/awards-and-recognition |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709110452/http://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/research/our-talent/awards-and-recognition |archive-date=9 July 2019 |access-date=9 July 2019 |website=Sorbonne Universite |language=en}}</ref> 

==History==

=== College of Sorbonne ===
{{Main article|College of Sorbonne}}
[[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 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)|Sorbonne]] building, shared between Sorbonne University and [[Panthéon-Sorbonne University]].

=== Faculty of Humanities of Paris, "the Sorbonne" ===
{{Main article|University of Paris Faculty of Humanities}}
Based at the [[Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne]], the University of Paris Faculty of Humanities (commonly known as the ''Sorbonne'' because of its location) was created by the decree of 17 March 1808 on the organisation of the [[University of France|Imperial University of France]].<ref>George Weisz, ''The emergence of modern universities in France, 1863–1914'' (Princeton University Press, 2014).</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Sorbonne in the 19th century – La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris |url=https://www.sorbonne.fr/en/the-sorbonne/history-of-the-sorbonne/la-sorbonne-au-xixe-siecle-le-temps-des-grands-travaux-sous-la-troisieme-republique/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris}}</ref> 

Under the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]], the faculty welcomed an average of 1,000 to 1,500 students a year, rising to 2,000 under the [[July Monarchy]]. But the number of teaching staff remained limited: between 1809 and 1878, only 51 professors taught at the Faculty of Humanities.<ref name=":0" />

Following 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 [[University of Paris Faculty of Humanities|Faculty of Humanities]], the [[University of Paris Faculty of Law|Faculty of Law]], the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Protestant Theology (created in 1877 and transformed into a free faculty in 1905), and the ''École supérieure de pharmacie''. It was inaugurated on 19 November 1896 by its president, [[Félix Faure]].

=== Faculty of Sciences of Paris ===
The Faculty of Sciences in Paris was opened in 1811 following the creation of the [[University of France|Imperial University of France]], and was housed in the ''Collège du Plessis'', in the [[Latin Quarter, Paris|Latin Quarter]] of Paris.<ref name=":0" /> 

In 1826, the faculty moved to the [[Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne]]. It remained there until 1962, when it moved to the [[Jussieu Campus]]. The Jussieu campus is now the main site of the [[Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering|Sorbonne University Faculty of Science and Engineering]].<ref>Sabine Delanes, « Le campus de Jussieu », dans Christian Hottin (dir.), ''Universités et grandes écoles à Paris : les palais de la science'', Paris 1999 {{ISBN|2-913246-03-6}}.</ref> At the same time, in 1927 it opened a [[satellite campus]] at [[Paris-Saclay Faculty of Sciences|Orsay]], in the south of Paris, which would later become the current [[Paris-Saclay University]], as well as a satellite campus at [[University of Orléans|Orléans]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=22 August 2024 |author=Journal officiel de la République française (JORF) |date=14 April 1966 |format=pdf |language=fr |title=Décret n°66–235 du 14 avril 1966 constituant une université à Orléans |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000695425 |url-access=limited |website=legifrance.gouv.fr}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

=== Splitting of the University of Paris ===
In 1971, the University of Paris, including its humanities and science faculties, split into several interdisciplinary universities. Some, including the [[Paris-Sorbonne University|University of Paris-Sorbonne]], retained the name "[[Sorbonne (disambiguation)|Sorbonne]]" and premises in the historic centre of the University of Paris, which had until then been mainly devoted to the faculties of Humanities and Sciences.

The [[Pierre and Marie Curie University|University of Paris-VI]], later renamed as "UPMC", 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|Paris-XII]] and [[Université Sorbonne Paris Nord|Paris-XIII]] in Villetaneuse) and part of the units of the [[University of Paris|Faculty of Medicine of Paris]] (the others joining the universities of Paris-V René Descartes (now [[Université Paris Cité]]), Paris-VII Denis Diderot and [[Université Sorbonne Paris Nord|Paris-XIII]]).

=== Reunification of the University of Paris-Sorbonne and UPMC ===
In 2010, some of the direct successors of the faculties of the University of Paris created the [[Sorbonne University Association|Sorbonne Universities Association]]. The following universities, members of the [[university system]], decided to merge into Sorbonne University in 2018:

*[[Paris-Sorbonne University]] (Paris IV) (1971–2017), formerly a constituent part of the faculty of humanities of the University of Paris.
*[[Université Pierre et Marie Curie]] (UPMC or Paris VI) (1971–2017), formerly a constituent part of the faculty of sciences and of the school of medicine of the University of Paris.

At the same time, the Sorbonne Universities Association was renamed the Sorbonne University alliance; it includes the following institutions for academic cooperation:<ref>{{cite web|title=Association Sorbonne-Universités|url=http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/a-propos-de/les-membres-de-lassociation-sorbonne-universite.html|website=Association Sorbonne-Universités|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410122350/http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/a-propos-de/les-membres-de-lassociation-sorbonne-universite.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[University of Technology of Compiègne]] (1972–&nbsp;)
* [[INSEAD]]
* [[National Museum of Natural History (France)|National Museum of Natural History]]
* ''Centre international d’études pédagogiques'' (International Centre for Pedagogical Studies)
* ''Pôle supérieur d’enseignement artistique Paris Boulogne-Billancourt''
* Four research institutes

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 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000034455357&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |title=Décret n° 2017-596 du 21 avril 2017 portant création de l'université Sorbonne-Université |work=[[Journal officiel de la République française]] |date=23 April 2017 |access-date=5 August 2017 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001231834/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000034455357&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Faculties ==
Sorbonne University has three faculties: Arts and Humanities, Science and Engineering, and Health Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculties |url=https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties |website=Sorbonne université |access-date=13 February 2023 |location=Paris |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094943/https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Arts and humanities ===
The Sorbonne University Faculty of Arts and Humanities provides studies in arts, languages, letters, and human and social sciences, and 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Arts and Humanities |url=https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties/faculty-arts-and-humanities |website=Sorbonne université |access-date=13 February 2023 |location=Paris |date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094944/https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties/faculty-arts-and-humanities |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Science and engineering ===
{{Main article|Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering}}
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 the [[University of Paris]] with the [[Paris-Saclay Faculty of Sciences]].<ref name="fse">{{cite web |title=Faculty of Science and Engineering |url=https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties/faculty-science-and-engineering |website=Sorbonne université |access-date=13 February 2023 |location=Paris |date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094943/https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties/faculty-science-and-engineering |url-status=live }}</ref>

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), [[Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6|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 of Paris (2019)|University Paris Cité]]) and the [[Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel]] (Quantum Physics, shared with [[Paris Sciences et Lettres University|PSL University]]).<ref name=fse/>

=== Health sciences ===
{{Main article|AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group}}

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]], [[Rothschild Hospital, Paris|Hôpital Fondation Rothschild]], [[Hôpital Saint-Antoine]], [[Hôpital Tenon]], [[Hôpital Armand-Trousseau]], [[:fr:Hôpital de La Roche-Guyon|Hôpital de La Roche-Guyon]]) and the [[Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital]], promoting multidisciplinary research, and training doctors and other health professionals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Medicine |url=https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties/faculty-medicine |website=Sorbonne université |access-date=13 February 2023 |location=Paris |date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213094946/https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/university/governance-and-organization/faculties/faculty-medicine |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Law (external tuition) ==
There is no law school as such in Sorbonne University. In 1971, most of the law professors from the [[Paris Law Faculty|Faculty of Law and Economics of the University of Paris]] decided to restructure it as a university, called [[Paris-Panthéon-Assas University|Panthéon-Assas University Paris]] (after the two main campuses of the Paris Law Faculty: ''place du Panthéon'' and ''rue d’Assas'' campuses).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cne-evaluation.fr/WCNE_pdf/Paris2.pdf|title=French National Agency of Evaluation of Higher education institutions, p.65|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234913/https://www.cne-evaluation.fr/WCNE_pdf/Paris2.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Paris Law Faculty|Faculty of Law and Economics of the University of Paris]]) also exists in Paris, but has no connection with Sorbonne University.

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File:P1300734 Paris V place de la Sorbonne rwk.jpg|The [[Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne]], the university's historic main campus. It is home to the university's [[The arts|arts]] and [[humanities]] departments
File:Paris 75005 Grande Galerie de l'Evolution 20070804.jpg|A view of the [[Jardin des plantes]], the campus of Sorbonne University's [[Natural History Museum, Paris|Natural History Museum]]
File:Sorbona Amphi Richelieu.jpeg|The "''Amphithéâtre Richelieu''", a lecture hall of Sorbonne University
File:Tour Zamanski Lune.jpg|The Zamansky Tower, located at the heart of the [[Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering]] campus
File:Hôpital de la Salpêtrière.jpg|Entrance to the [[Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital|Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital]] campus
File:Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie, Paris 14 January 2018.jpg|Entrance to the [[Institute of Art and Archaeology|Sorbonne Institute of Art and Archaeology]]
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=== Main campuses ===

==== Sorbonne ====
{{Further|Sorbonne (building)|Chancellerie des Universités de Paris}}

'''Sorbonne University''''s historical campus is in the historic central '''Sorbonne''' building, located at 47 rue des Écoles, in the historic [[Latin Quarter, Paris|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]]''.<ref name="legifrance.gouv.fr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/|title=Légifrance|website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr|access-date=5 August 2017|archive-date=24 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224151622/http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/|url-status=live}}</ref> Besides the monuments of the Cour d'Honneur, the [[Sorbonne Chapel]] and the [[Sorbonne Grand amphitheatre|''Grand Amphithéâtre'']],<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00088485|Sorbonne (La)}}</ref> the building houses the Sorbonne University Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Paris Rectorat, the ''Chancellerie des Universités de Paris'', and part of the universities [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|Panthéon-Sorbonne]], [[University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3|Sorbonne Nouvelle]], [[University of Paris (2019)|Paris Cité]] and the ''[[École Nationale des Chartes]]'' as well as the [[École pratique des hautes études|''École Pratique des Hautes Études'']] that are constituent schools of [[PSL University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sorbonne.fr/en/the-sorbonne/history-of-the-sorbonne/la-sorbonne-aujourdhui-et-ses-affectataires/|title=The Sorbonne today – La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris|website=La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504140336/http://www.sorbonne.fr/en/the-sorbonne/history-of-the-sorbonne/la-sorbonne-aujourdhui-et-ses-affectataires/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before the 19th century, the Sorbonne occupied several buildings. The chapel 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 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.
[[File:Bibliothèque Sorbonne 1.jpg|thumb|239x239px|The [[Sorbonne Library]]]]
The [[Sorbonne Library]] is an inter-university library of the [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|Panthéon-Sorbonne University]], [[University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3|Sorbonne Nouvelle University]], Sorbonne University, [[Paris Cité University]], under the administration of [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne|Panthéon-Sorbonne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bis-sorbonne.fr/biu/ |title=Convention de la BIS |website=bibliotheque.sorbonne.fr |language=fr |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304092815/https://www.bis-sorbonne.fr/biu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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, 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.

==== Pierre and Marie Curie (formerly Jussieu) ====
{{Further|Jussieu Campus|Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering}}

The largest of Sorbonne University's campuses is [[Jussieu Campus]], officially named "Pierre and Marie Curie Campus". It houses the [[Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering|Sorbonne University Faculty of Science and Engineering]] and its [[École polytechnique universitaire de Sorbonne Université|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 the campus, the "''Grill d'Albert''", was built in 1964, and was completely refurbished from 1996 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2016 |title=Le campus rénové de l'UPMC, ou l'autre visage de l'université &#124; Focus Campus |url=http://focuscampus.blog.lemonde.fr/2016/09/29/le-campus-renove-de-lupmc-ou-lautre-visage-de-luniversite/ |access-date=2022-01-15 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930035602/http://focuscampus.blog.lemonde.fr/2016/09/29/le-campus-renove-de-lupmc-ou-lautre-visage-de-luniversite/ |archive-date=30 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Within the [[Sorbonne University Library]], it houses 6 university libraries, including an important research library in mathematics and [[computer science]].
[[File:Entrée hôpital de la Salpêtrière.JPG|thumb|232x232px|Entrance of the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris.]]

==== Pitié-Salpêtrière ====
{{Main|Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital|AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group}}
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Campus is home to Sorbonne University Faculty of Health Sciences and its Department of Medical Studies. It is located at the [[Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital|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, Paris|Cordeliers Convent]] on the [[Latin Quarter, Paris|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 is also home to the [[AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group]].

=== Secondary campuses ===

==== Clignancourt and Malesherbes ====
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 [[Sorbonne University Library|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 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]], [[Italian language|Italic studies]] and [[Romanian language|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]], the cultures and literature of central Europe and the Balkans and the Germanic, Nordic and Dutch centers. The [[Sorbonne University Library|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.

==== Michelet ====
{{Main|Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie}}
Undergraduate [[Art History]] and [[Archeology]] students of 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 [[Sorbonne University Library|Michelet Library]] that contains 100,000 volumes of work on art history and archeology with 100 French and international periodicals. Only 10,000 of 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.

==== ''Maison de la Recherche'' ====
The ''Maison de la Recherche'' campus is the central building for doctoral studies that hosts the history and geography departments. It houses the [[Sorbonne University Library|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.

=== Other campuses in Paris ===
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Both the ''Institut d'Urbanisme et d'Aménagement'' and the ''Institut d'Études Hispaniques'' in the [[Latin Quarter, Paris|Latin Quarter]] campus host third year and graduate students of Geography and Iberian and Latin American studies. The [[Sorbonne University Library|Marcel Bataillon Library]] houses the ''Institut d'Études Hispaniques''<nowiki/>' collection of 25,000 works on Iberian and Latin-American culture. Catalan studies take place at the ''Centre d'Études Catalanes'' in the [[The Marais|Marais]].

The Sorbonne University also includes the Saint-Antoine Campus for the study of medicine ; the [[Cordeliers Convent, Paris|Cordeliers Convent]], Curie and Raspail campuses for sciences studies.

=== Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi ===
{{main|Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi}}
An exclusive international agreement between Sorbonne and 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 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 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 the social sciences, humanities, law and sciences.

== Academics and rankings ==

=== Rankings and reputation ===
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sorbonne University Ranking &#124; CWUR World University Rankings 2018–2019|url=https://cwur.org/2018-19/Sorbonne-University.php|website=cwur.org|access-date=7 December 2019|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612022958/https://cwur.org/2018-19/Sorbonne-University.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

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In the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] 2020, Sorbonne University is ranked in range 39 globally and 3rd in France.<ref name="auto" />

In the Times Higher Education European Teaching Rankings 2024, Sorbonne University was ranked in fourth place in France.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 October 2023 |title=Times Higher Education Supplement, Top 10 Universities in France 2024 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-france |url-access=subscription |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=Times Higher Education}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings]] 2019, Sorbonne University was ranked in range 51–60 globally and 2nd in France.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 May 2018|title=World Reputation Rankings|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/reputation-ranking|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=19 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919185922/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/reputation-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2021 [[QS World University Rankings]]<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2021|access-date=7 June 2018|work=Top Universities|archive-date=17 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917171555/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2021|url-status=live}}</ref> ranked Sorbonne University 83rd overall in 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 (division)|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).<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings Arts & Humanities 2013 Results|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/node/4485/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2014|access-date=13 November 2016|publisher=Yopuniversities.com|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233442/http://www.topuniversities.com/node/4485/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2014|url-status=live}}</ref> By academic reputation, it 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 March 2015|title=Cinq universités françaises parmi les plus réputées au monde|url=http://www.capital.fr/carriere-management/actualites/cinq-universites-francaises-parmi-les-plus-reputees-au-monde-1019062|access-date=13 November 2016|website=Capital.fr|archive-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120063517/http://www.capital.fr/carriere-management/actualites/cinq-universites-francaises-parmi-les-plus-reputees-au-monde-1019062|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="QS ranking by subject 2013">{{cite web|title=Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) Rankings|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/node/4485/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2014|access-date=13 November 2016|publisher=Top Universities|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233442/http://www.topuniversities.com/node/4485/ranking-details/world-university-rankings/2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="QS ranking by subject 2013" />

[[Pierre and Marie Curie University]] was often ranked as the best university in France.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best global universities|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/pierre-and-marie-curie-university-503435|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012050801/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/pierre-and-marie-curie-university-503435|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 UPMC was [[College and university rankings|ranked]] 35th in the world, 6th in Europe and 1st in France by the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World University Rankings – 2013 – France Universities in Top 500 universities – Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2013 – Shanghai Ranking – 2013|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings-2013/France.html|access-date=15 July 2015|archive-date=25 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525230919/http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings-2013/France.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was ranked 4th in the world in the field of mathematics by the same study. The 2013 [[QS World University Rankings]]<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings 2013|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2013|access-date=15 July 2015|work=Top Universities|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021124625/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2013|url-status=live}}</ref> ranked the university 112th overall in the world and 3rd in France. In 2013, according to [[College and university rankings#University Ranking By Academic Performance|University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP)]],<ref>{{cite web|title=URAP – University Ranking by Academic Performance|url=https://www.urapcenter.org/2013|website=www.urapcenter.org|access-date=7 December 2019|archive-date=7 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207120509/https://www.urapcenter.org/2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Université Pierre et Marie Curie]] is ranked first university in France, and 44th in the world.  UPMC is a member of [[Sorbonne University (alliance)|Sorbonne University Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=UniversityRankings.ch|url=https://www.universityrankings.ch/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=UniversityRankings.ch|language=en|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108101343/https://www.universityrankings.ch/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== International partnerships ===
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]].

==Organization==
Members have worked on several projects to strengthen the relations between them and potentially create a new international institution. The most famous projects are :

* the "Sorbonne College" (Collège des Licences de la Sorbonne) for bachelor's degrees, 
* the "Sorbonne Faculty of Arts and Humanities", "Sorbonne Faculty of Health" and the "Sorbonne Faculty of Sciences" for graduate students,
* and the "Sorbonne Doctoral College" (Collège doctoral de la Sorbonne) for PhD students.

===The Sorbonne College===
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 [[University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas|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 :
*Science and History (Sorbonne)
*Science and Musicology (Sorbonne)
*Science and Philosophy (Sorbonne)
*Science and Chinese (Sorbonne)
*Science and German (Sorbonne)
*Law and History (Panthéon-Assas / Sorbonne)
*Law and Art History (Panthéon-Assas / Sorbonne)
*Law and Science (Panthéon-Assas / Sorbonne)
*History and Media (Sorbonne / Panthéon-Assas)<ref>{{cite web|website=Éléad|title=Les cursus sélectifs des grandes universités parisiennes, les doubles licences|date=3 January 2021|url=http://elead.fr/cursus-selectifs-grandes-universites-parisiennes/|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=25 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125083655/http://elead.fr/cursus-selectifs-grandes-universites-parisiennes/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As it is the case in the Anglo-American university system, Sorbonne University proposes a major-minor system, that is currently being deployed at the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://orientation.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/05/21/la-sorbonne-universite-delite-et-de-masse-entretien-avec-barthelemy-jobert-president-de-luniversite-paris-sorbonne/|title=" La Sorbonne, université d'élite et de masse: entretien avec Barthélémy Jobert, président de l'université Paris Sorbonne ", Le Monde.fr|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702160748/http://orientation.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/05/21/la-sorbonne-universite-delite-et-de-masse-entretien-avec-barthelemy-jobert-president-de-luniversite-paris-sorbonne/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.

===The Doctoral College===
[[File:Docteurs-SorbonneUniversités-15.jpg|thumb|Sorbonne University's graduation ceremony, May 2011]]
Since 2010, every PhD student is being delivered an honorary diploma labeled Sorbonne University. This diploma highlights and gathers 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 PhDs between the different members of the [[Sorbonne University Association]].

{| class="wikitable alternance center" style="font-size:95%;width:75%;margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" 
|+Sorbonne University's doctoral schools
|-
! scope="col" style="color:#fff; background:#005096;"| Doctoral school
! scope="col" style="color:#fff; background:#005096;"| Fields
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| rowspan="6"| '''Énergie, matière, univers''' || style="text-align:center;"| Chimie physique & chimie analytique de Paris centre
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Physique et chimie des matériaux
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Chimie moléculaire de Paris centre
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Astronomie et astrophysique
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Sciences de la Terre et physique de l'univers
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Physique en Ile-de-France
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| rowspan="3"| '''Modélisation et ingénierie''' || style="text-align:center;"| Informatique, télécommunications & électronique
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Sciences mathématiques de Paris centre
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Sciences mécaniques, acoustique, électronique et robotique
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| rowspan="3"| '''Terre vivante et environnement''' || style="text-align:center;"| Sciences de l’environnement
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Géosciences, ressources naturelles et environnement
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Sciences de la nature et de l'homme : écologie et évolution
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| rowspan="4"| '''Vie et santé''' || style="text-align:center;"| Cerveau, cognition, comportement
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Santé publique & sciences de l’information biomédicale
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Physiologie, physiopathologie et thérapeutique
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Complexité du vivant
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| rowspan="4"| '''Histoire-Géographie''' || style="text-align:center;"| École doctorale de géographie de Paris
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Histoire de l’art et archéologie Paris-Sorbonne
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Histoire moderne et contemporaine
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Mondes anciens et médiévaux
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| rowspan="3"| '''Langues, lettres et civilisations''' || style="text-align:center;"| Littératures françaises et comparée
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Civilisations, cultures et sociétés
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Concepts et Language
|}

Since 2011, Sorbonne University celebrates its graduates in a formal ceremony where every PhD graduate wears a scholar uniform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/sorbonne-universites-celebre-ses-docteurs-a-l-americaine.html|title=Sorbonne Universités célèbre ses docteurs... à l'américaine|website=www.letudiant.fr|date=17 May 2011 |access-date=7 December 2019|archive-date=7 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207120507/https://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/sorbonne-universites-celebre-ses-docteurs-a-l-americaine.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Research===
To strengthen the influence of its research infrastructures at the international level, '''Sorbonne University''' has developed several research programs aiming at reinforcing or exploring new fields of study. This innovative cross-disciplinary approach was embodied with the creation of four new academic positions gathering several establishments of the group:<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/actions/recherche/chaires-thematiques/|title=Presentation of Sorbonne-Université's new academic positions|website=Sorbonne University|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=30 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130130710/http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/actions/recherche/chaires-thematiques/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*A Department of Digital Humanities, exploring the use of digital technologies in the social science
*A Department of Polychromatic Studies of Societies, associating architecture, anthropology, chemical physics, literature and art history
*A Department of Digital Health, exploring biomedical tools
*A Department of 3D Craniofacial Reconstruction

'''Sorbonne University''' has formed several partnerships enabling bilateral research programswith academic institutions such as the [[China Scholarship Council]] or the Brazilian foundation FAPERJ.

'''Sorbonne University''' is a member of the [[League of European Research Universities]], which gathers 23 European universities such as [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]] and [[Oxford University|Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leru.org/|title=Home page|website=LERU|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401193843/https://www.leru.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Collections==
===Scientific collections===
The Sorbonne University houses eight notable scientific collections that are open to researchers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrimoine scientifique|url=http://www.upmc.fr/fr/culture/patrimoine/patrimoine_scientifique.html|publisher=UPMC|access-date=5 July 2016|language=fr|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227191532/http://www.upmc.fr/fr/culture/patrimoine/patrimoine_scientifique.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Some collections are open to the public as noted.

* Minerals – over 1500 minerals on display in 24 cases, open to the public
* Physics experiments models – models built by professors from the Sorbonne and UPMC to demonstrate different principles of physics
* Zoology – teaching collection of stuffed specimens, skeletal mounts, fluid parts, anatomical casts and insect boxes
* Paleontology – research collection of fossil invertebrates
* G. Lippmann collection – Research collection of 46 photographic plates created by [[Gabriel Lippmann]] in his studies of photography and the physics of light
* [[Sorbonne University Library|Charcot Library]] – Research collection of the personal library of neurologist [[Jean-Martin Charcot]]
* Paleobotany – Research collection of [[Paleobotany|Fossil plants]] 
* [[Musée Dupuytren]] – moved from [[Cordeliers Convent, Paris|Cordeliers]], will be open to the public occasionally, features wax anatomical items and preserved specimens illustrating diseases and malformations.

== Recent Nobel, Fields and Turing laureates ==
* [[Anne L'Huillier]] – PhD – Nobel in Physics – 2023
* [[Emmanuelle Charpentier]] – BA, Master and PhD – Nobel in Chemistry – 2020
* [[Gérard Mourou]] – PhD – Nobel in Physics – 2018
* [[Serge Haroche]] – PhD and Professor – Nobel in Physics – 2012
* [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]] – Professor – Nobel in Physics – 1997
* [[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]] – Grad Attendee – Nobel in Physiology or Medicine – 2008
* [[Cédric Villani]] – Grad Attendee (DEA) and former director of the [[Institut Henri Poincaré]] – Fields Medal – 2010
* [[Ngô Bảo Châu]] – BA – Fields Medal – 2010
* [[Wendelin Werner]] – PhD – Fields Medal – 2006
* [[Pierre-Louis Lions]] – PhD – Fields Medal – 1994
* [[Alain Connes]] – PhD and Professor – Fields Medal – 1982
* [[Yann LeCun]] – PhD – Turing Award – 2018

== Notable alumni ==
* [[Raphael Armattoe]], Ghanaian medical doctor, author, poet and politician.
* [[Marie Curie]], Professor at the Sorbonne, first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
* [[Simone de Beauvoir]], French philosopher and notable feminist.
* [[Maura Delpero]], Italian Oscar-nominated Director
* [[Elaine Greene]], British literary agent
* [[Taha Hussein]], was one of the most influential 20th-century Middle-Eastern writers and intellectuals, he was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature fourteen times. Minister of education in 1950.
* [[Ľubica Karvašová]], Slovak politician.
* [[Mona Khazinder]], Saudi art curator and historian
* [[Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo]],  Malian women's rights  activist, pro-democracy activist and participant in the endogenous development of Africa
* [[Ján Lajčiak]], Sloval Lutheran pastor and orientalist
* [[Yann LeCun]], Professor at [[New York University]] and Head of AI at Facebook, "founding father of convolutional nets"
* [[Søren Gosvig Olesen]], Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
* [[Yvonne Rokseth]], composer and musicologist
* [[Hossein Towfigh]], pioneer of Iranian press freedom & Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Towfigh|Towfigh Magazine]]'', the most popular satirical weekly magazine in Iran.
* [[Charlotte and Laura Tremble]], French synchronized swimmers
* [[Iza Zielińska]], Polish anarchist and feminist activist.

==See also==
*[[Pierre and Marie Curie University]]
*[[Latin Quarter]]
*[[Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6]]
*[[Sorbonne University Library]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/frances-most-iconic-university-sorbonne-reborn THE – France’s most iconic university, the Sorbonne, is reborn]
* [http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20160414193020643 University World News, Merger of elite Paris universities gets the go-ahead]
* [http://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/le-retour-de-la-grande-universite-de-paris_4fd4f28c-e3d6-11e6-89bc-1146aeb0c0af/ Le Figaro, Le retour de la grande université de Paris]
* [https://www.studyinternational.com/news/consolidation-of-two-elite-paris-universities-confirmed-for-2018/#ueqSveXzd4FU54uu.97 Study International, Consolidation of two elite Paris universities confirmed for 2018]
* [https://thepienews.com/news/mega-university-planned-for-pariss-left-bank/ The Pie News, Mega university planned for Paris’s Left Bank]

==External links==
* [https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/ Official website] of the university. 
* [http://www.lanouvelleuniversite.fr/ Official website] of the project.
* [http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105004953/http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/ |date=5 November 2015 }} of the Sorbonne University Association.
* [https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000034455357&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id Decree] officially creating the university.
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