Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3

The Sorbonne-Nouvelle University (French: Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, also known as Paris-III) is a public university in Paris, France. It is one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris,[1] which was completely overhauled and restructured in 1970. Paris III offers courses in a wide range of Arts and Humanities subjects, areas in which – according to the 2018 QS World University Rankings – the university is the 71st best worldwide.[2]

Sorbonne-Nouvelle University
Université de la Sorbonne-Nouvelle
MottoL'université des cultures (French)
Motto in English
The university of cultures
TypePublic
Established1971 (1971) (following the division of the University of Paris)
ChancellorFrançois Weil
Chancellor of the Universities of Paris
PresidentJamil Dakhlia
Students19,360
Undergraduates7,572
Postgraduates7,904
3,252
Location
Paris
,
France

48°50′42″N 2°23′49″E
Websiteuniv-paris3.fr
Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 is located in Paris
Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3
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History
Main article: University of Paris

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was reorganised in 1970 as 13 autonomous universities after the student protests of the French May. Sorbonne Nouvelle, or "Paris III", is one of the inheritors of University of Paris faculty of humanities ("arts et lettres").[1]

University sites

The Sorbonne-Nouvelle has sites at various locations in Paris. The main university centres are:

Central Sorbonne Building

Central Sorbonne Building — central administration offices, Literature

Entrance of the main building of the Sorbonne-Nouvelle university, built in by Christian de Portzamparc, Campus Nation, Paris.

Nation – the main teaching site, named after the arrondissement (since 2022)

Bièvre — houses teaching and research facilities for language study and the main staff and student refectories

Rue Saint-Jacques — French as a Foreign Language

Rue des Bernardins — Linguistics and Phonetics

Rue de l'École-de-Médecine — English Studies

Entrance of one of the buildings of University Sorbonne-Nouvelle - Paris III, 5 rue de l'École-de-Médecine, Paris. Formerly buildings for the royal school of drawing under Louis XV

Rue Saint-Guillaume — Latin American Studies

Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny — Houses the E.S.I.T (School of Interpreting and Translation)

Asnières – located outside of Paris, where the German Studies department, now closed, was housed.[3]

In 2022, the Censier Campus, located on rue Censier, was abandoned.

University libraries

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central and five specialised libraries (Foreign language and culture and French literature). It is also connected to the Library of Saint Genevieve, the Central Sorbonne Library, the Inter-University Library for Oriental Languages and the Library of Saint Barbara.

University press

The Presses Sorbonne-Nouvelle publishes research carried out by the university.[4]

Accommodation and refectories

The CROUS de Paris (Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires) is the organisation responsible for both student accommodation and refectories in Paris. It runs various student halls of residence and student restaurants both in central Paris and in its outskirts.

Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance

Sorbonne-Nouvelle University tried to become a member of Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance, which groups together several Parisian universities. Due to opposition from students and professors, the project did not succeed.

Notable alumni

Professors and former professors

See also

References
  1. Herpin, Fanny. "Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 - Les origines de la Sorbonne Nouvelle". www.univ-paris3.fr.
  2. "Top Universities: Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III". Top Universities.
  3. (in French) Asnières c'est fini : le département d'Etudes Germaniques s'installe au Centre Universitaire Censier
  4. "Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle (PSN)" (in French). Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
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