Universities

Current universities

History since the dissolution of the University of Paris (1970)

The ''universités'' in Paris are the direct or indirect successors of the

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, divided in 1970.

Collegiate universities

There are four

collegiate universities A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the ...

('' Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel expérimental'', or EPSCPE) in the

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Groups and alliances of universities and higher education institutions

There are five groups of universities and higher education institutions in the

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University of Technology of Compiègne The University of Technology of Compiègne (french: link=no, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UTC) is a public research university located in Compiègne, France. The university has both the status of public university and grande école. ...

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Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance (Alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité) is a university alliance since 2019 and a former association of universities and higher education institutions (ComUE) for institutions of higher education and research in the city of ...

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École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort The National veterinary school of Alfort ( or ''ENVA'') is a French public institution of scientific research and higher education in veterinary medicine, located in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne, close to Paris. It is operated under the superv ...

École nationale des ponts et chaussées École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

École supérieure d'ingénieurs en électronique et électrotechnique ESIEE (previously named ''École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique'') is a network of French graduate schools ("French Grande Ecole") composed of two graduate schools of engineering known as ESIEE Paris, ESIEE Amiens, ...

, - ! HESAM University , , * École nationale supérieure des arts et métiers (Arts et Métiers) *

Conservatoire national des arts et métiers A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...

(CNAM) * Centre des études supérieures industrielles (CESI) *

École Boulle The École Boulle is a college of fine arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, France. History The École Boulle was founded in 1886 and is named after the cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle, who is generally considered to be the preeminent a ...

* École Duperré *

École Estienne L'école Estienne is the traditional name of the l'École supérieure des arts et industries graphiques (ESAIG) (Graduate School of Arts and Printing Industry). It is located at 18, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui in the 13th arrondissement of Pari ...

École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art The École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, also called the École des Arts Appliqués or Olivier de Serres and abbreviated to ENSAAMA, is a post-baccalauréat teaching establishment for the decorative arts in the 15t ...

(ENSAAMA) * École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette (ENSAPLV) *

École nationale supérieure de création industrielle École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savo ...

(ENSCI - Les Ateliers) *

Institut Français de la Mode Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) (French for "French Institute of Fashion") is a higher education institution offering postgraduate courses and applied research for the fashion, luxury goods, design and textile industries, and creative industr ...

(IFM) *

Paris School of Business The PSB Paris School of Business (formerly ESG Management School) is a business school in Paris and Rennes (France) offering BBA, MBA, MSc, MIM, DBA, and executive education courses in English and French. The school is part of Groupe ESG, a ne ...

(PSB) *

Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris The Centre de formation des journalistes (in English: ''Institute for the Training of Journalists'') or ''École CFJ'' is the journalism school (''grande école'') of Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, located in Paris and Lyon, France. The CFJ ...

(CFJ) Some groups have been terminated, such as Paris Universitas, Paris Centre Universités or

UniverSud Paris UniverSud Paris was one of the PRES in France. It gathered 21 public universities, ''Grandes Écoles'' and National Research Center, covering nearly the whole spectrum of sciences (fundamental, engineering, business), until its dissolution in 20 ...

, and some other are still in discussion.

Private universities

* Catholic University of Paris * Catholic University of Lille in Issy-lès-Moulineaux

Foreign universities

American University of Paris The American University of Paris (AUP) is a private, independent, and accredited liberal arts university in Paris, France. Founded in 1962, the university is one of the oldest American institutions of higher education in Europe, and the fir ...

University of London Institute in Paris The University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP; ) is a central academic body of the University of London located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is currently the only British university institute in continental Europe. History The in ...

References

L'Étudiant – Fusion, association, communauté : la nouvelle carte de France des universités
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Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

Buildings and structures in Paris

universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United State ...