Pantheon-Sorbonne University

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Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Université Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Motto Omnibus Sapientia, Unicuique Excellentia (Latin)
Motto in English
 Knowledge for everyone, Excellence for each one
Type Public
Established 1971
Chancellor Philippe Boutry
Students 40,483
Location
Paris
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France
Colours      Blue
     White
     Gold
Affiliations University of Paris, Europaeum
Website www.univ-paris1.fr
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Pantheon-Sorbonne University[2] (French: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), also known as "La Sorbonne" and "Paris I", is a public research university in Paris, France. It focuses on the areas of law, humanities, political science, social sciences, economics, logic and finance.[3][4] It is the main inheritor of the world's second oldest academic institution, the University of Paris, shortly before the latter officially ceased to exist on December 31, 1970, as a consequence of the French cultural revolution of 1968, often referred to as "the French May".

A major pole of research and learning, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne is one of the most prestigious universities in France and the best institution in its main domains (it is first in France in Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Law, Politics, History, Philosophy). It was rated by the 2014 QS World University Ranking 13th in History and Archaeology (1st in France), 22nd in Philosophy (1st in France), 27th in Law (1st in France), 43rd in Geography and Area Studies (1st in France), 44th in Economics and Econometrics (1st in France), 51-100th in Accounting and Finance (1st in France), 51-100th in Politics and International Studies (2nd in France), 51-100th in Modern Languages (2nd in France), and 151-200th in Statistics and Operational Research (4th in France).[5] In Economics, it is a member of the world-renowned Paris School of Economics. The international approach and the quality of its teachers is recognized worldwide, with the university having the overall highest reputation of all academic institutions in France, according to Times Higher Education,[6] it was also rated by the 2015/16 Times Higher Education Subject Rankings as the 33rd (1st in France) best university in Arts and Humanities.[7]

Pantheon-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 Sorbonne and other renowned French university buildings.[8] Some forty thousand students (including internationals) are enrolled in fourteen teaching and research departments (Unités de Formation et de Recherche), as well as five institutes offering top level degree courses in law, political science, economics, management and humanities.

The University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne supports a modern approach of humanities, political, social and economic sciences on the basis of research, fieldwork, participant observation and ethnography. The dual master's degree (such as "Economics and Psychology" or "Economics and Quantitative Economics", among others) in partnership with other important French academic institutions such as Paris Descartes University or the Sciences Po, among others, emphasizes opportunities offered as far as research is concerned.

History

The Sorbonne in the 17th century

After the ideological, cultural and social fever which took hold of France in May and June 1968, a new university emerged; the law of 12 November 1968 instituted autonomous, multidisciplinary universities.

Paris I University was founded on the basis of a profound wish for change to produce an original academic project bringing together humanities, law and economics. Instead of having separate faculties, the university was divided into much more specialized departments (UFR). For instance the UFR of international law has the same relationship with the UFR of geography as with the UFR or commercial law. This was a revolutionary change, as those subjects had previously been taught in highly distinct and hierarchical faculties. To the traditional degree courses in France in history, geography, philosophy, art history, archaeology, economics, law and political science, new disciplines were gradually added, including visual arts, mathematics applied to social sciences, business management, tourism, culture and communications.

The name of the university embodies this triple tradition: the Sorbonne is the traditional seat of the Humanities studies in Paris (hence it is also used by Paris III and University Paris-Sorbonne, and the Place du Panthéon building is the seat of the law school (hence it is also used by Panthéon-Assas). Business studies had no traditional seat, as they were taught by law faculties.

Campus

The University of Paris I shares with the others inheritors of the University of Paris some of the most prestigious university buildings in France. Since the sixties, the university has expanded at an unprecedented rate and has built on or acquired nearly twenty new sites in the capital and immediate suburbs.

  • Sorbonne : Paris I occupies part of the historical seat of the University of Paris, rebuilt at the end of the 19th century. It houses also the University of Paris: University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris-Sorbonne University and Paris Descartes University, and the Chancellerie des Universités. The great lecture hall is the scene of lectures and traditional university ceremonies and is also the venue of important international conferences. The Senate and Vice-Chancellor’s Office are located in the former Paris Faculty of Law building which dates back to the end of the 18th century.
    • Albert Châtelet Center : commonly called Calvin, it is a secondary building of the Sorbonne.
    • Rue d'Ulm Center : like Calvin, a secondary building of the Sorbonne.
Centre Panthéon of the Sorbonne University and the Sorbonne Law School
  • Place du Panthéon Building (commonly called Panthéon, not to be confused with the actual Panthéon : Paris I occupies part of the historical seat of the Law Faculty of the University of Paris. It is shared with Panthéon-Assas.
  • Institute of Geography : located in the Rue Saint-Jacques, it houses one of the oldest and richest collections of maps in France.
  • Institute of Philosophy of Sciences and Techniques (IHPST) : located in the Rue du Four.
  • Mahler Center : located in the 4th arrondissement, it houses an historical and legal studies institute.
  • Saint-Charles Center : located in the 15th arrondissement. Founded in 1973, it houses the Art School and the School of Cinema.
  • Pierre Mendès-France Center : commonly called Tolbiac, it is located in the 13th arrondissement. Founded in 1973, it is the main center of the University. Freshmen and Sophomores in Humanities are educated at Tolbiac.
    • Tolbiac Center : a secondary building of the Mendès-France Center (which confusingly is also called Tolbiac).
  • René Cassin Center : located in the 13th arrondissement. Founded in 1990, it houses the main part of Law School.
  • Economical Studies Building : located in the 13th arrondissement. It houses the Economics Graduate School.
  • Broca Center : Located in the 5th arrondissement. It houses the Business School.
  • International Building : located in the Boulevard Arago, commonly called Arago. It houses the International Relations Institute.
  • Michelet Center : an exotic Mesopotamian-style building in the 5th arrondissement, it houses the Art History and Archeology School.
  • Fontenay Center : located in the suburban town of Fontenay-aux-Roses, in the old buildings of the École Normale Supérieure. It houses the School of Work Social Sciences.
    • Sceaux Center : in the suburban town of Sceaux, it is a secondary building of the Fontenay Center.
    • Bourg-la-Reine Center : located in Bourg-la-Reine, it is a secondary building of the Fontenay Center.
    • Nogent Center : located in Nogent-sur-Marne, it is a secondary building of the Fontenay Center.

Recent constructions and acquisitions

The main buildings are the Centre Pierre Mendès France, the Centre René Cassin, the Centre Saint-Charles, the Centre Arago which houses the new International Relations Building; the research centers have been relocated, in particular in the Rue Malher and the Boulevard de l’Hôpital, where the Economics Building is currently located.

Academic programs

The Pantheon-Sorbonne University is organized in several departments : faculties (unités de formation et de recherche), schools (grouping of faculties) and autonomous institutes

Sorbonne Law School

Founded in 2009, the Sorbonne Law School is the most recent department of the university. The school unites all legal studies in the university.

  • Faculty 01 : Public Law, Public Administration and Public Affairs.
  • Faculty 05 : Business Law.
  • Faculty 07 : International and European Studies.
  • Faculty 26 : General Law Studies
  • Jean Domat Institute : preparation to Bar exam and Judge exam.
  • Paris Insurance Institute : vocational studies in the field of insurance law.

Faculties

  • Faculty 02 : Economics.
  • Faculty 03 : Art History and Archaeology.
  • Faculty 04 : Art.
  • Faculty 06 : Sorbonne Management School.
  • Faculty 08 : Geography.
  • Faculty 09 : History.
  • Faculty 10 : Philosophy.
  • Faculty 11 : Political Science
  • Faculty 27 : Mathematics and Information Technology.

Institutes

  • Sorbonne Graduate Business School
  • Institute for the Study of Economic and Social Development (IEDES)
  • Paris Demography Institute (IDUP)
  • Institute for Research and Advanced Studies in Tourism (IREST)
  • Institute of Labour Studies (ISST)
  • Institute of Philosophy of Sciences and Techniques (IHPST).

Research at the University

La Sorbonne today

The following sampling of statistics demonstrate the importance of research at Paris I:

The eleven hundred members of faculty, 200 researchers who are attached to major research institutions, mainly the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research), and 150 technical and administrative staff are grouped in 68 research groups recognised by the CNRS and the Ministry of Education and Research.

Every year around 400 PhD theses are defended and 1,700 pre-PhD post-graduate degrees are awarded in 74 subjects divided between 15 graduate schools.

The scope of research is vast, as can be seen by the number and variety of high quality conferences and colloquia organized by the different research centers. The themes provide a meeting point between science and culture and cover different aspects of the relationships between the individual and society.

Research programs exist in economics, management and applied mathematics; in law and politics; in philosophy and the arts; in history, art history and archaeology; in geography, demography and sociology, to name but some.

Documentary resource centers

Pantheon-Sorbonne University manages one of the largest documentary resource centers in France, the Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne. The Sorbonne library has a collection of almost three million books, 100,000 of which are more than 200 years old, and 17,500 periodicals covering all the humanities. The library and map collection of the Geography Institute are the oldest such collection in France. In addition, the 400,000 volumes in the specialist libraries offer users one of the largest collections in France and Europe.

The Cujas Library, co-administered with Panthéon-Assas, with its computerized documentation service, provides access to over 500 data banks and is the largest law and economics library in France.

The new economics building houses another resource center, and the library at the Centre Pierre Mendès France offers students free access to its large collection.

International

The University Paris 1 has signed over 150 conventions with foreign universities across five continents. These exchanges revolve around international networks such as Europaeum which bring together some of Europe's best universities in Oxford, London, Bologna, Bonn, Geneva, Helsinki, Leiden and Prague. The University of Paris I also heads a number of consortia which bring together French universities and professional organisations. The consortia are responsible for major international projects in Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Istanbul (Galatasaray), and Moscow.

Six thousand international students, mainly from Europe, come to study as part of the SOCRATES or TEMPUS programmes. African students are joined by increasing numbers from Asia and America, and take part in specific programs organised in conjunction with universities across the world.

Staff mobility is another priority and every year some 130 academics from foreign universities come to teach and do research at the University of Paris I.

Finally, international research at the University of Paris I is paramount. Many researchers and members of faculty take part in major international research programs abroad; the University also hosts many annual international conferences.

Dual and double degree programs

Alternatively, students can apply for admission into one of the school's dual degree or double degree programs designed in conjunction with partner universities in France and abroad. Double degree programs confer two degrees to students, whereas dual degrees confer only a degree from the host university.

Rankings

A human competitiveness index & analysis by the Human Resources & Labor Review, and published in Chasecareer Network, ranked the University of Paris system 33rd internationally in 2010.[9] In the global 2011 QS World University Rankings, the University is ranked 213th overall, ranking 34th for Arts and Humanities and 42nd for Social Sciences.[10] In the Times Higher Education Ranking 2010 Pantheon-Sorbonne University was rated 32nd for Arts and Humanities[11] and 37th for Social Science[12].

Moreover, in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2011 Pantheon-Sorbonne was rated 37th for "Politics and international studies"[13] (2nd in France), 41st for "History"[14] (1st in France), 47th for "Philosophy"[15] (2nd in France) and it was ranked among the Top 100 Universities for "Modern Languages",[16] "Accounting and Finance"[17] and "Economics".[18]

In the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2012 Sorbonne Paris 1 University was rated 81st in "Politics and international studies" (2nd in France), 87th in "Finance" (2nd in France), 85th in "Economics" (1st in France), 26th in History (1st in France), 31st in Philosophy (2nd in France)and 89th in "Modern languages" (2nd in France).[19]

In the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2013 Sorbonne Paris 1 University is rated 44th in "Politics and international studies" (2nd in France), 47th in "Economics" (1st in France), 19th in "History" (1st in France), 26th in "Philosophy" (1st in France), 18th in "Law" (1st in France).[20]

In the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2014, it ranked as the world's 22nd university in Philosophy (1st in France), 27th in Law (1st in France), and 13th in History.

In the 2015 2016 Times Higher Education World Universities ranking by subject,[7] it has been been ranked 33rd in the world in arts and humanities.

Notable alumni

  • Jean Claude Gandur, former Chairman and CEO of Addax Petroleum[21]
  • Abdullah Ensour: Current Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Giorgos Kaminis: Mayor of the capital of Greece (Athens) and Greek Ombudsman from April 2003 until September 2010.
  • Michèle Alliot-Marie: State doctorate in political science, former director of the Faculty of Political Science, former Minister (Defense, Interior, Justice and Foreign Affairs) and former UMP MP in the National Assembly.
  • Yves-Marie Adeline: PhD in Arts and art writer.
  • Samir Assaf: DEA Money Finance Bank, CEO of HSBC Global Banking & Markets
  • Maurice Benayoun: "Agrégation" and PhD in Arts and Art Sciences, media artist, Professor at City University of Hong Kong.
  • Ali Bongo Ondimba: President of Gabon, the son of former President Omar Bongo and the Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2009.
  • Jean-Louis Borloo: former minister, LLB
  • Rosi Braidotti, contemporary philosopher and feminist theoretician, distinguished Professor in the Humanities at University of Utrecht[22]
  • Jorge Castañeda: Professor at New York University and former Foreign Minister of Mexico.
  • Luc Chatel: Master of Science in Management, Master of Marketing, Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs and Tourism to the Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment and spokesman for the UMP, former Minister of National Education
  • Alpha Condé: politician and current President of the Republic of Guinea.
  • Christian de Boissieu: doctor in economics, professor and director of the Council of Economic Analysis
  • Régis Debray: ENS, Doctor of Philosophy
  • Thierry Derez: CEO Covéa
  • Harlem Désir: degree in philosophy, now MEP
  • Daba Diawara: PhD in public law, currently Malian politician and former Secretary General of the Government of Mali
  • Mamadou Diouf: Senegalese historian, currently director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University
  • Taieb Fassi Fihri: Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
  • Sylvie Faucheux, president of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
  • Laurence Ferrari: Master of political and social communication, journalist
  • Hervé Gaymard: LLB, former MP and Minister of Economy and Finance
  • René Gutman: Ph.D., a former philosophy student, Rabbi of Strasbourg
  • Théodore Holo: President of the High Court of Justice of Benin and former Minister
  • Chantal Jouanno: Minister of Youth and Sports, control of economic and social administration
  • Franck Julien, president of the TFN
  • Jean-Marc Lofficier: Writer, editor, publisher, translator
  • Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki: PhD in public law, politician, former Prime Minister of Niger
  • André Mba Obame: former interior minister in Gabon, losing the presidential election in 2009
  • Arnaud Montebourg: LLB, French Minister of Industrial Renewal
  • Daniel Ona Ondo Ph.D. in Economics, academic and politician Gabon
  • Vincent Peillon: Bachelor, CAPES, aggregation and doctorate in philosophy. Former MEP, former member of the Somme and the current Minister of National Education.
  • Nicos Poulantzas: State theorist
  • Yazid Sabeg: CS executive and communication systems, and Commissioner for Diversity and Equal Opportunities since 17 December 2008
  • Dominique Senequier: DEA Money Finance Bank, CEO of Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity)
  • Manuel Valls: Degree in History. Mayor of Évry, Essonne and current Prime minister
  • Laurent Wauquiez: Masters in History, former Minister of Higher Education and Research
  • Nasser Yeganeh: PhD in public law, former President of the Supreme Court of Iran
  • Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia

Points of interest

Gallery

  • The historic Sorbonne building, now the headquarters of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University
  • Great Amphitheatre of The Sorbonne

See also

References

  1. ↑ Paris University — Budget in 2009
  2. ↑ as the university refers to itself in English in its website http://www.univ-paris1.fr/international/pantheon-sorbonne-university/
  3. ↑ [1], Academic ranking of world universities, France.
  4. ↑ [2], Le Nouvel Observateur Etudiants Number 6, Spécial « Pépites de la fac ».
  5. ↑ QS World University Rankings 2014 – Subject Rankings. Top Universities (1 March 2014). Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/subject-ranking/arts-and-humanities#!/page/0/length/25
  8. ↑ Pantheon-Sorbonne presentation. Topuniversities (13 may 2013). Retrieved 2012-05-21.
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  11. ↑ Classement ''Arts and Humanities'' du THES. Topuniversities.com (19 November 2012).
  12. ↑ Classement ''Social Sciences'' du THES. Topuniversities.com (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  13. ↑ QS World University Rankings – International Studies. Topuniversities (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  14. ↑ QS World University Rankings – History. Topuniversities (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  15. ↑ QS World University Rankings – Philosophy. Topuniversities (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  16. ↑ QS World University Rankings – Modern Languages. Topuniversities (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  17. ↑ QS World University Rankings – Accounting Finance. Topuniversities (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  18. ↑ QS World University Rankings – Economics. Topuniversities (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  19. ↑ QS World University Rankings – subject rankings. Topuniversities (19 November 2012). Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  20. ↑ QS World University Rankings – subject rankings. Topuniversities (13 may 2013). Retrieved 2012-05-21.
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  22. ↑ Rosi Braidotti. Let.uu.nl. Retrieved 2012-11-24.

External links

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