The Société des Amis des Universités de Paris (SAUP; English: the Society of Friends of the Universities of Paris) is a public utility and non-profit association of private status regulated by the French law of 1901 on associations. It has been founded in 1899 for social and humanitarian purposes. The SAUP has been presided by a number of prestigious chairmen: Jean-Casimir Perier and

Raymond Poincaré Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (, ; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France. Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in 1 ...

(former French Presidents),

René Cassin René Samuel Cassin (5 October 1887 – 20 February 1976) was a French jurist known for co-authoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in Bayonne, Cassin served as a soldier in the First Wo ...

(Nobel peace prize-winner), members of the Institute, many famous scholars ... It is currently presided by Chief Education Officer Jean-Louis Boursin, Professor at the

Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

, former president of Conference of Chief Education Officer. The two Vice Chairmen are Professor Jean Mesnard, member of the Institut, and Professor Jean-Robert Pitte, President of the

Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV) Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humaniti ...

. According to its statutes, the first Vice-President of the SAUP is the Rector-Chancellor of the Paris University. This association, intended to develop the French culture around the world, created in 1919 the

Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne Cours is a French word that can refer to: * Cours (TV production), a unit of production in Japanese TV programs equivalent to approximately 11 to 13 episodes Places Cours is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: * Cours, Rh ...

, a French as a foreign language school which provides French language and civilisation classes for foreigners. Recently, the SAUP has created two other programs: * ''Sorbonne dans la Ville'', a series of lectures given by professors of Paris University for the general public. * The ''FLE Français langue étrangère'' Collection, performed by the major academic publisher Belin, whose two first books were published in 2007. The Société des Amis des Universités de Paris was dissolved in 2009 to be erected Foundation of Public Utility, the Foundation Robert de Sorbon.

External links

The SAUP’s Administration Bureau and Board of Directors

Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne official website

Sorbonne dans la Ville
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