University of Paris (2019)

The University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) is a public university created by decree[2] on 20 March 2019 and resulting from the merger of Paris Descartes (Paris V) and Paris Diderot (Paris VII) universities established following the division of the University of Paris (c. 1150–1793, 1896–1970), and the integration of Institut de physique du globe de Paris as a component institution. As of January 1, 2020, the universities of Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot have fully relinquished their rights and bonds at University of Paris.

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[3]65 (2020)
CWUR World[4]43 (2020-2021)
QS World[5]275 (2021)
THE World[6]130 (2020)
This article is about the university established in 2019. For the medieval university established c. 1150, see University of Paris. For other uses, see List of universities and institutions in the Paris region.

University of Paris
Université de Paris


Latin: Universitas Parisiensis
Former name
University of Paris V Descartes & University of Paris VII Diderot
TypePublic
Established19 March 2019 (2019-03-19)
1970 – Paris V & Paris VII
c. 1150 – University of Paris
AffiliationSorbonne Paris Cité, Udice French Research Universities
PresidentChristine Clerici
Academic staff
4,500[1]
Administrative staff
3,000[1]
Students64,100[1]
Location
Paris
,
France
CampusUrban
Colours 
Websiteu-paris.fr

History
Further information: University of Paris

1970 : Division of the University of Paris

Following the disruption, de Gaulle appointed Edgar Faure as minister of education; Faure was assigned to draft reforms about the French university system, with the help of academics.[3] Their proposal was adopted on 12 November 1968;[7] in accordance with the new law, the faculties of the University of Paris were to reorganize themselves.[8]

Some of the new universities took over the old faculties and the majority of their professors: social sciences by Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne University;[9] law by Paris-II Panthéon-Assas University;[10] humanities by Paris-III Sorbonne Nouvelle[11][12] and Paris-IV Sorbonne University; science by Paris-V Descartes University,[13][12] Paris-VI Pierre and Marie Curie University and Paris-XII Orsay University.[14]

The thirteen successor universities to the University of Paris are now split over the three academies of the Île-de-France region.

2000 : University of Paris reunification projects

The Universities of Paris III, Paris V, and Paris VII have been moving closer together since the mid-2000s as part of the establishment of research and higher education clusters (PRES) and the Campus Plan. An initial understanding bringing them together took place in January 2006 with the creation of the association Paris Centre Universities, which then brought together the university with those of Paris 1, Paris 5, and Paris 13, whereas the other Parisian universities had united around the Paris Universitas project the previous year. The projects put forward by these initial meetings of institutions were not retained in the first phase of the campus plan of April 2008, and new links are being formed.

Univerisity of Paris VII subsequently became part of the Sorbonne Paris Cité project, which also brings together the universities of Paris III, Paris V and Paris 13, as well as other higher education institutions such as Sciences Po, and the PRES was officially created on 13 February 2010.

2019 : Merger of the Universities of Paris V and Paris VII

In 2017, Paris III Sorbonne-Nouvelle University and Sciences Po withdrew from the merger project but the universities of Paris V and Paris VII decided on a merger scheduled for 1 January 2019. University of Paris is created as a university grouping on 20 March 2019.

The Universities of Paris V and Paris VII were dissolved on 1 January 2020 while the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, as a "component-institution", retains its legal personality.

On 21 June 2019, Christine Clerici was elected President of University of Paris. On proposals, she appointed the following Faculty Councils: Alain Zider, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Xavier Jeunemaitre, Dean of the Faculty of Health, and Sylvain Moutier, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Academic Senate of University of Paris, meeting on 8 October 2019, elected Edouard Kaminski, Vice-President for Research, Philippe Roussel-Galle, Vice-President for Training.

Organization and administration

University of Paris is a scientific, cultural and professional experimental public institution.[15] It is multidisciplinary and comprises four main areas of training: legal, economic and management disciplines; humanities and social sciences; science and technology; and health disciplines.

Campus

The University of Paris is located at 12 rue de l'École de Médecine (6th arrondissement of Paris).

It has two campuses:

Condorcet building, headquarters of the Department of Physics

The University of Paris has 21 facilities in Paris on both campuses. Its headquarters are centered on the "Faculté de Médecine" or "Collège de Chirurgie", which was built in place of the "Collège de Bourgogne", in the Quartier Latin, on the rue de l'École-de-Médecine. The teaching facilities and the research laboratories are housed in the Saints-Pères university center, as far as the medical school and the social sciences school are concerned, and in the Xavier-Bichat and Lariboisière Saint-Louis university centers.

The odontology school is located in the Garancière university center. The headquarters of the Department of Physics is in the Condorcet building, in Paris-Rive-Gauche university campus. This campus also contains Life Sciences, Mathematics, Geography, History and Social sciences and Letters, Art and Cinema departments.

The refurbished Henri-Piéron center contains the school of psychology, whereas the Law school is located in Malakoff. The dentistry school is located in Montrouge.

Admission

The undergraduate program of University of Paris is selective, with an acceptance rate of 11% (for Descartes campuses only). Admission to the second year of the university's master programs is selective as well, some of these programs admitting only 1.7% of applicants which can represent 25 students by programs.

International conventions

The University of Paris has signed over 150 conventions with foreign universities across five continents, including Manchester, Warwick, Copenhagen, Rome, Madrid, Rotterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm or Ghent.[16]

Governance

On 21 June 2019, Christine Clerici was elected President of University of Paris. On proposals, she appointed the following Faculty Councils: Alain Zider, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Xavier Jeunemaitre, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Sylvain Moutier, Dean of the Faculty of Societies and Humanities.[17]

The Academic Senate of Université de Paris, meeting on 8 October 2019, elected Edouard Kaminski, Vice-President for Research, Philippe Roussel-Galle, Vice-President for Training and Emylie Lentzner, Student Vice-President.[18]

On 11 October 2019, the Board of Directors elected Clarisse Berthezène as Vice-President.

The governance of University of Paris is ensured by a President, an Executive Board, and an Academic Senate that deliberate, by academic and technical bodies that give opinions and orientations.

The President is elected by the Executive Board for a four-year term, renewable once, from among teacher-researchers, researchers, professors or lecturers, associates or guests. The President is assisted by a Vice-President of the Executive Board, a Vice-President of Research, a Vice-President of Education and a Vice-President of Student Affairs.

The Executive Board comprises twenty-eight members: sixteen representatives elected by and from among the staff and students of  Université de Paris and the IPGP, four ex officio members (Chairman of the Board of Directors of the IPGP, Chairman of the CNRS, Chairman of Inserm, Director General of Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris), and eight qualified personalities.

Notable people

Nobel and Fields laureates

Teachers and former teachers
Nobel Laureate George Fitzgerald Smoot, professor of the university

Alumni

References
  1. "L'Université de Paris officialise sa fusion". www.letudiant.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. Décret n° 2019-209 du 20 mars 2019 portant création de l'université de Paris et approbation de ses statuts, 20 March 2019, retrieved 15 November 2019
  3. "ARWU World University Rankings 2020 | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 | Shanghai Ranking - 2020". www.shanghairanking.com.
  4. "Center for World University Rankings 2020-2021". cwur.org.
  5. "QS World University Rankings 2021". www.topuniversities.com.
  6. "World University Rankings 2020". www.timeshighereducation.com/.
  7. Berstein, p. 229; loi no 68-978 du 12 novembre 1968.
  8. Conac, p. 177.
  9. Lagadic, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – Marc-Olivier. "Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: Présentation". www.univ-paris1.fr.
  10. "Une histoire et un patrimoine qui traversent les siècles – Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas". www.u-paris2.fr.
  11. "Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 – L'Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3". www.univ-paris3.fr.
  12. "Sorbonne: Histoire De La Sorbonne". Sorbonne (in French).
  13. "Histoire de l'Université". www.parisdescartes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  14. UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie -. "De la faculté des sciences de l'université de Paris à l'UPMC".
  15. Ordonnance n° 2018-1131 du 12 décembre 2018 relative à l'expérimentation de nouvelles formes de rapprochement, de regroupement ou de fusion des établissements d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche (in French), retrieved 15 November 2019
  16. "Nos universités partenaires / Étudiants partants/Outgoing students / INTERNATIONAL / Droit - Faculte de Droit - Universite Paris Descartes".
  17. "Christine Clerici nomme les doyens des facultés". Université de Paris (in French). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  18. "Élection des vice-président·e·s statutaires d'Université de Paris". Université de Paris (in French). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  19. Jaak Aaviksoo's CV
  20. Claude Allègre's resume Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine(in French)
  21. Jean-Luc Bennahmia's resume(in French)
  22. Agence universitaire de la Francophonie(in French)
  23. International Federation of Film Critics Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
  24. Vincent Courtillot CV Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine(in French)
  25. Nobel Prize in Medicine 1980
  26. Luc Ferry's CV(in French)
  27. Julia Kristeva CV(in French)
  28. Élisabeth Roudinesco's CV
  29. Jean-Michel Savéant CV Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine(in French)
  31. Press release Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine of the University Paris-Diderot (in French)
  32. Article in French newspaper Le Monde by University president (in French)
  33. Nobel Prize in Physics 2006

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