Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (), also known as Paris 1 (or Paris I) and Panthéon-Sorbonne University (or, together with

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University () is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the Unive ...

and Sorbonne Nouvelle University, simply as the Sorbonne), is a

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, France. It was created in 1971 from two faculties of the historic

University of Paris The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...

– colloquially referred to as the Sorbonne – after the

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protests, which resulted in the division of one of the world's oldest universities. Most of the economics professors (35 out of 41) of the Faculty of Law and Economics of Paris decided to found the multidisciplinary Paris 1 University with professors of the faculty of humanities of Paris and a few professors of law. Panthéon-Sorbonne has three main areas of specialization: Economics and Management, Human Sciences, and Legal and Political Sciences. It comprises several subjects such as:

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

Cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ** Filmmaking, the process of making a film * Movie theate ...

Plastic arts Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a ''plastic medium'', such as clay, wax, paint or even plastic in the modern sense of the word (a ductile polymer) to create works of art. The term is used more generally to ...

Art history Art history is the study of Work of art, artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Tradit ...

Political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Development Studies Development studies is an interdisciplinary branch of social science. Development studies is offered as a specialized master's degree in a number of reputed universities around the world. It has grown in popularity as a subject of study since the ...

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and

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

. Panthéon-Sorbonne's headquarters is located on the

Place du Panthéon The Place du Panthéon (Help:IPA for French, las dy pɑ̃teɔ̃ is a square in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Located in the Latin Quarter, Paris, Latin Quarter, it is named after and surrounds the Panth ...

in the

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, an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. The university also occupies part of the historical Sorbonne campus. The current name of the university refers to these two symbolic buildings: the Sorbonne and the

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(Saint-Jacques part). Overall, its campus includes over 25 buildings in Paris, such as the Centre Pierre Mendès France ("Tolbiac"), the Maison des Sciences Économiques, among others.

History

The historic

() first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was reorganised in 1970 as 13 autonomous

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after the student protests of the

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The split of the University of Paris

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

, at the end of the

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, the University of Paris was faced with its own problems, which had been exacerbated by the war and foreign occupation. Students were crammed into overcrowded classrooms and lecture theatres, and the teaching staff, who were too few in number, did not have the resources to monitor and supervise them properly. The decentralisation of university campuses and centres in and around the capital was mainly the work of the

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in the early years of its existence. This policy achieved its objectives, in particular by responding to the problems posed by student numbers. The government also believed it could control student access to university, by organising a strict selection process at the entrance to faculties and creating ''university technical institutes'' (''IUT'') in the Paris suburbs. As this reform had not been negotiated with all the interested parties, it was rejected by students in an unfavourable political and social climate, and provoked a veritable insurrection in faculties in Paris and the other regions. During the

and following months of conflict between students and authorities at the University of Paris at Nanterre, the administration shut down that university on 2 May 1968. Students of the University of Paris protested the closure and the threatened expulsion of several students at Nanterre on 3 May 1968. In Paris, where the university had become very difficult to manage due to the sheer number of professors and students, the law of 12 November 1968 led to the creation in 1969 of thirteen universities to succeed the

(nicknamed "the Sorbonne"), which ceased to exist. At the instigation of professors François Luchaire (public law), Henri Bartoli (economics) and

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(humanities), the three official co-founders of the university, the Paris 1 "Panthéon-Sorbonne" University was created in 1971 from the merger of part of the Faculty of Law and Economics (

) and part of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities ( Sorbonne). While Paris-Sorbonne University (now

) and Sorbonne Nouvelle succeeded the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Paris, Panthéon-Assas University the

Faculty of Law A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In North America, academic divisions are sometimes titled colleges, sc ...

, and Pierre and Marie Curie University (now

) and Paris Descartes University (now

Paris Cité University Paris Cité University () is a public research university located in Paris, France. It was created by decree on 20 March 2019, resulting from the merger of Paris Descartes (Paris V) and Paris Diderot (Paris VII) universities, established fol ...

) the Faculty of Sciences, Panthéon-Sorbonne University was founded as an interdisciplinary university. The majority of the law professors from the faculty of law and economics at the University of Paris desired to restructure their faculty into a university. However, most of the faculty's economists and political scientists, whose disciplines were secondary in the

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, wanted to join a multidisciplinary universityConac, p. 178. they hurried ahead of their colleagues and established ''Paris I'' and were joined by professors of the faculty of humanities and few professors of the faculty of law and economics. The name of the university show this interdisciplinarity: the Sorbonne building is the traditional seat of the Humanities studies in Paris (hence it is also used by Sorbonne Nouvelle and

), and the Panthéon Centre is, with the Assas Centre, the traditional seat of the law studies (hence it is also used by Panthéon-Assas University).

Campuses

Latin Quarter campus

Panthéon Centre

The Panthéon Centre, which should not be confused with the

itself, was the building of the

of the former

and is located opposite the Pantheon. It was designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot in 1760 as part of a new architectural ensemble for the

Montagne Sainte-Geneviève The Montagne Sainte-Geneviève () is a hill overlooking the left bank of the Seine in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was known to the ancient Romans as .Hilaire Belloc, ''Paris (Methuen & Company, 1900)'' Retrieved June 14, 2016 Ato ...

. The Faculty of Law building was completed in 1744. At the end of the 19th century, when the Sorbonne was undergoing major reforms, an extension was planned for the Panthéon Centre, designed by Louis-Ernest Lheureux. The extension took place in two phases, 1876-1878 and 1891–1899, and gave rise to the construction of a large new building connected to the 18th century facade. Together, they now occupied the entire city block. The construction of the Cujas wing, an 8-storey building on rue Cujas designed by the architect Jacques Becmeur, comprising a car park, an amphitheater and 4 floors of offices, is connected to the historic buildings by a monumental staircase which was later decorated by the students of the Sorbonne Fine Arts Department (''UFR d'Arts Plastiques''). The main courtyard and the facades of the original building were listed as Historic Monuments in 1926. The Panthéon Centre is home to the prestigious Sorbonne Law School and is shared with the

Assas Law School Assas may refer to * Assas, Hérault, commune in France * Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, commonly called "Panthéon-Assas" or "Assas" ** Assas Law School, the law school A law school (also known as a law centre/center, college of law, or f ...

Paris-Panthéon-Assas University The Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (), commonly known as Assas or Paris 2, is a public university, public research university in Paris, France. It is considered the direct inheritor of the Faculty of Law of Paris, the second-oldest faculty of ...

. The Panthéon Centre houses the head office of the university.

Sorbonne Centre

The Sorbonne Centre houses multiple departments of Panthéon-Sorbonne University, including department of Management (École de Management de la Sorbonne), History (École d’histoire de la Sorbonne), Philosophy (UFR de Philosophie), Political Science (UFR de Science Politique) and part of the Economics and Law departments. It is one of the main campuses of the university. It is shared with

Institute of Geography

The Institute of Geography was built between 1914 and 1926 by Henri-Paul Nénot. The institute was designed to bring together in a single building the collections, teaching and research in geography, hitherto divided between the faculties of arts and sciences. The building is connected to the neighboring Oceanographic Institute by a double arch to form the Curie campus. The occupation of the Institute of Geography results from a decree of 1 December 1980, concerning joint ownership between the three universities Paris 1, Paris 4 (today

), Paris 7 (today

) and the

Sorbonne Library The Sorbonne Library (French: ''Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne'') is an inter-university library part of the network of 36 libraries of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University, in Paris, France. It is located at 47, rue des Écoles in ...

. Today, the building houses students of Geography department from 3rd year of bachelor's degree.

Other campuses in Paris

Michelet Centre (Institute of Art and Archeology)

The Institute of Art and Archeology was built on the site of the former Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences by the architect Paul Bigot (1870-1942). The building offers in particular to the gaze of walkers, at the base of the large arcades, a frieze formed of terracotta bas-reliefs reproducing famous works of world art (Parthenon, Ara Pacis Augustae, etc.). The syncretism desired by Paul Bigot gives the Institute of Art and Archeology an educational virtue that resonates with the function of the building. Inside, the entrance vestibule, the amphitheater and the large reading room of the library, which occupies the heart of the building, have retained their volumes, but, on the floors, the galleries which housed the collections The heritage structures constituted in the Sorbonne and Paul Bigot's plan of Rome were abolished in the 1970s in favor of a partitioning of spaces into classrooms and teachers' offices, following the massification of higher education. Initially designed for 200 students and 3 professors, the building now houses, equally, the Sorbonne School of Art History and Archeology of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Art History and Archeology Department of

(formerly Paris 4), several thousand students and nearly 150 tenured teacher-researchers. Property of the French Government, the Institute of Art and Archeology is assigned, by ministerial decree of 30 June 1983, in endowment to the two universities Paris 1 and Paris IV and registered in this form in the registers of the State. It has been classified as a Historic Monument since 9 September 1996.

Port-Royal Campus

The brand new Port-Royal Campus is spread over two neighboring sites: the René-Cassin building located at 17 rue Saint-Hippolyte and, on the other side of the street, the former Lourcine barracks, which covers the entire block between boulevard de Port-Royal and rue de la Glacière, Broca and Saint-Hippolyte. The René-Cassin site is made up of two buildings: a 19th-century building acquired by the Ministry of National Education in 1957 and restructured in 1987, but above all a new building built between 1987 and 1990 by the architects Jacques Ripault and Denise Duhart. The former Lourcine barracks, located at 37 boulevard Port-Royal, is one of the oldest military sites in Paris. Matured since 2011, the project to create a new law campus was entrusted in 2014 to the Public Establishment for University Development of the Ile de France region (EPAURIF) with a contracting authority mandate. The architectural challenge of the project was to preserve this heritage, testimony of the urban history of this district by touching it as little as possible, while developing it in an optimal way. In addition to the three buildings on the Lourcine block, the current René-Cassin center has been attached to the new site to give birth to the Port-Royal Campus from the start of the 2019 academic year. This new center of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne allows, between others, the grouping of sites dedicated to legal disciplines. It welcomes students, teachers, researchers and staff in exceptional working conditions. More than 2,400 people now occupy this new campus.

Pierre Mendès-France Centre (Tolbiac)

In November 1970, Olivier Guichard, then Minister of National Education, decided to build a new university education center at the corner of rue de Tolbiac and rue de Baudricourt in the 13th arrondissement. In January 1971, the architects Michel Andraut and Pierre Parat were entrusted with the construction of the new building. The model of the project was presented by the architects on November 16, 1971. After two years of construction, the new university center opened its doors in the fall of 1973 under the name of "Multidisciplinary Center of Tolbiac". Renamed in 1983 in honor of the French politician Pierre Mendès France, the Center Pierre-Mendès-France was built in the context of post-68 university programs and the urban renewal of the Italy XIII sector undertaken since 1964. The site – a cramped triangular plot of 7,500 m² hitherto occupied by a deposit of cobblestones – led to the original and ambitious choice of vertical development, which is quite unusual in terms of university architecture. The architects imagined a high-rise building (IGH) composed of three towers of unequal heights built around a central reinforced concrete core: tower A is nine stories high, tower B sixteen, and tower C of twenty-two. Andrault and Parat worked on the building in a quest for functionality and formal expressiveness which involves deconstructing the volumes, vigorously linking the lift towers ensuring vertical circulation in the building, "urban modules" which are these “suspended” cubic volumes sheltering the offices and the classrooms, and the amphitheatres which unfold in a corolla at the base of the building. This sculptural work is extended by a brutalist aesthetic based on the association of rough concrete, smoked glass, bricks, pebbles or even by the moving "landscape" imagined within the framework of the 1% artistic by Bernard Alleaume and Yvette Vincent-Alleaume at the base of the building to enliven the spaces overlooking rue de Tolbiac. The Pierre-Mendès-France Campus currently welcomes around 6,000 first and second year undergraduate students in human sciences, economics and management. * Tolbiac Center: a secondary building of the Mendès-France Center (which confusingly is also called Tolbiac).

List of other campuses in the Paris region

There are other campuses of Paris 1 in the Parisian areas: *

Condorcet Campus The Condorcet Paris-Aubervilliers Campus, known as Condorcet Campus, is an inter-university campus of the universities of Paris, located between '' Porte de la Chapelle'' in Paris and '' La Plaine Saint-Denis'' in Aubervilliers and inaugurated in ...

: a new inter-university campus shared with other universities, in Aubervilliers. * Albert Châtelet Campus: commonly called Calvin, it is a secondary building of the Sorbonne. * Rue d'Ulm Campus: like Calvin, a secondary building of the Sorbonne. * Institute of Philosophy of Sciences and Techniques (IHPST) : located in the Rue du Four. * Mahler Campus: located in the 4th arrondissement, it houses the Sorbonne School of Art History and Archeology. * Saint-Charles Campus: located in the

15th arrondissement The 15th arrondissement of Paris () is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ('the fifteenth'). The 15th arrondissement, called , is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. ...

. Founded in 1973, it houses the Sorbonne School of Arts (arts and cinema). * Sorbonne Economic Sciences House: located in the 13th arrondissement. It houses the Sorbonne School of Economics. * Broca Campus: Located in the 5th arrondissement. It houses the Sorbonne School of Management. * International Building : located in the Boulevard Arago, commonly called Arago. It houses the International Relations Institute. * Fontenay Campus: located in the suburban town of

Fontenay-aux-Roses Fontenay-aux-Roses () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. In 1880, a girls school was opened in the town. It was one of the most prestigious of Paris and even of whole France in t ...

, in the old buildings of the

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. It houses the Sorbonne Institute of Social Sciences of Work: ** Sceaux Campus: in the suburban town of Sceaux, it is a secondary building of the Fontenay Center. ** Bourg-la-Reine Campus: located in

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, it is a secondary building of the Fontenay Center. ** Nogent Campus: located in

Nogent-sur-Marne Nogent-sur-Marne () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Nogent-sur-Marne is a ''Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''Depar ...

, it is a secondary building of the Fontenay Center.

Organisation and administration

Departments

Source:

Sorbonne School of History

Teaching and research are spread over several sites in Paris: on the left bank, in the

(Sorbonne, Panthéon, Centre rue du Four) and in the Pierre Mendès France Centre (Tolbiac); on the right bank ( Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, Centre rue Malher, and the

on the La Plaine, Aubervilliers site, and in 2024 on the La Chapelle, Paris site). The School has 17 specialized libraries, among the richest in the world in their scientific fields, for books and document collections and for access to digital holdings. The

is an additional resource.

Sorbonne School of Arts

The Sorbonne School of Arts (''École des arts de la Sorbonne, EAS'') is the Plastic Arts and Art Sciences Departement (UFR 04) of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, teaches art through its most contemporary issues, through practice, but also the analysis of works and their mediation. The school offers a variety of courses ranging from Visual Arts, Cinema and Audiovisual, to Cinema/Management, as well as Aesthetics and Art Sciences, Design, Arts and Media, Arts and Culture and a Preparatory Course for the Teaching Profession (PPPE) specialized in Plastic Arts. Located in the heart of the 15th arrondissement, at 47 rue des Bergers, in a building of more than 7000 square meters entirely dedicated to it - the Saint Charles Centre - the EAS welcomes nearly 3000 students. It has a university library specifically dedicated to art and creation, an amphitheater, a contemporary art gallery, classrooms for theoretical courses, workshops for artistic practices (sculpture, painting, ceramics, silk-screen printing, engraving, a silver and digital photography laboratory, a Fab Lab... ), an office for the loan of audiovisual material, computer rooms, editing rooms, etc. .

Sorbonne Law School

Panthéon-Sorbonne united in 2009 all legal studies in the university and gave that new department the name of ''École de droit de la Sorbonne'' (" Sorbonne Law School"). The

Panthéon-Sorbonne University School of Law Sorbonne Law School, officially the Panthéon-Sorbonne University School of Law, is the law school of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris-I). It is one of the two successors to the Faculty of Law of Paris, University of Paris Faculty of Law, a ...

holds since 1993 with Cornell University, the "

Cornell Law School Cornell Law School is the law school of Cornell University, a private university, private, Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. One of the five Ivy League law schools, Cornell Law School offers four degree programs (Juris Doctor, JD, Maste ...

-Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Summer Institute of Comparative and International Law". Since 7 March 2022, Chantal Arens, First President of the Court of Cassation signed a partnership agreement between the Court of Cassation and the Panthéon-Sorbonne University. This partnership will result in the organization of colloquiums, the development of research projects involving judges of the Court of Cassation and will allow the hosting of student interns within the Court.

Sorbonne School of Economics

The Sorbonne School of Economics (EES, formerly UFR02 - Economics) was created in 1971.

Other

* Sorbonne School of Art History and Archeology * Sorbonne School of Management * Sorbonne Department of Geography * Sorbonne Department of Philosophy * Sorbonne School of Political Science * Sorbonne Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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) * Institute for War and Peace Studies * Institute of Juridical and Philosophical Sciences (ISJPS)

Sorbonne Publishing

Sorbonne Publishing (Editions de la Sorbonne) is a publishing house of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University. It has published over 700 books since 1971 and publishes approximately 50 new titles a year.

Academics

Undergraduate admission

Panthéon-Sorbonne receives the most applications, with more than 113,000 applicants for only 6,164 places. More than 22.84% of students accepted by the university having received highest honors ("mention très bien") in high school during the 2019 session (first of France). In Law, in 2021, the rate of "with honors" and "with highest honors" mentions among the admitted students reached a high of 91% (second of France, after Panthéon-Assas).

Teaching and learning

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.

Documentary resource centers

In Economics, the library at the Centre Pierre Mendès France offers students free access to its large collection. In Law, the

Cujas Library Cujas Library (), named after the French jurist and scholar Jacques Cujas (1520–1590), is an academic research library, and the largest law library in Europe.Oswald, Godfrey (2008). '' Library world records'' (2nd ed.) McFarland & Company, p ...

, 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. In Humanities, The

, a common library of Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Sorbonne-Nouvelle University,

, and

. It is administered by Panthéon-Sorbonne University as per a governing agreement signed among these universities in 2000. It 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.

International

Panthéon-Sorbonne has signed over 150 conventions with foreign universities across five continents. These exchanges revolve around international networks such as

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which bring together

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and

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. 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

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(

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), and Moscow. Every year some 130 academics from foreign universities come to teach and do research at the University of Paris I. Many researchers and members of faculty take part in major international research programs abroad; the university also hosts many annual international conferences. Six thousand international students, mainly from Europe, come to study as part of the

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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.

Dual and double degree programs

At Panthéon-Sorbonne, students can apply for admission to one of the 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 a degree from the host university only.

Rankings

International rankings

In 2021, Panthéon-Sorbonne was globally ranked 287th (9th of France) by

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and 601-800th (32nd of France) by

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. It does not currently appear in the latest

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ranking of world universities. Regarding world reputation, it was ranked 101-125th in The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings of 2021. By area or subject, it was ranked: * In the 2021 QS World University Rankings ** Arts and Humanities: 31st (1st in France) *** Classics & Ancient History: 12th (2nd in France) *** Archaeology: 25th (1st in France) *** Philosophy: 27th (2nd in France) *** History: 33rd (1st in France) *** Geography: 35th (1st in France) *** Modern Languages: 67th ( 3rd in France) *** Art & Design: 101st-150th (4th in France) *** Architecture & Built Environment: 151st-200th (1st in France) ** Social Sciences: 62nd (4th in France) *** Law: 20th (1st in France) *** Development Studies: 37th (1st in France) *** Economics & Econometrics: 80h (3rd in France) *** Politics & International Studies: 51st-100th (2nd in France) *** Anthropology: 51st-100th (1st in France, tied) *** Social Policy & Administration: 101st-120th (2nd in France) *** Accounting & Finance: 101st-150th (5th in France, tied) *** Business & Management studies: 101st-150th (7th in France, tied) * In the 2022 Times Higher Education: ** Arts and Humanities: 47th (2nd in France) ** Law: 48th (1st in France) ** Social Sciences: 251-300 (6th in France) ** Business and Economics: 251-300 (6th in France)

National rankings

Economics and business In Economics, its undergraduate program is ranked second of the French universities by

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. Its masters programs are ranked 4th of the French Universities or academic institution by Eduniversal. In Business, Panthéon-Sorbonne is ranked 14 by Eduniversal, second of the universities, behind

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. Law Panthéon-Sorbonne law programs are globally ranked second by Eduniversal. Panthéon-Sorbonne undergraduate law program are ranked as follow: * Law: 2nd * Law and Economics: 2nd * Law and English: 2nd Graduate programs are ranked as follow: * Social Law: 2nd and 3rd * Digital Law: 3rd * Tax law: 5th In terms of salary, Panthéon-Sorbonne law graduates are ranked second in France. Humanities No national ranking exists in Humanities.

Controversies

Tolbiac blockades

The Tolbiac center of Paris 1, which previously hosted the undergraduate lectures in law, is regularly subject to blockades, which cause cancellation of all lectures up to several months, including in 1995, 1997, 2006, 2007–09, 2010 and 2018.

Attempts of automatic pass for students

Student unions regularly demand that the university grant student an automatic pass, in particular at each blockade or strike. In 2020, during the covid crisis, the committee at Paris I in charge of exams decided to grant that right (i.e. to cancel marks under 10), but some professors asked the courts to cancel this decision A first court validated the decision of the committee, but a second one cancelled its decision.

People

This list includes notable people affiliated with the Panthéon-Sorbonne University. For people affiliated with the University of Paris which ceased to exist in 1970, see List of University of Paris people.

Notable academics

Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the The Republicans (France), Rep ...

: 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. * Jeannette Bougrab, Associate Professor of Law *

Christian de Boissieu Christian de Boissieu (born 18 March 1947) is a French professor of economics at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris. Biography Christian de Boissieu received a Ph.D. in economics in 1973 at the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He ...

, Professor of Economics * Jane Freedman, former Marie Curie Professor of Politics and International Relations *

Jean-Claude Colliard Jean-Claude Colliard (15 March 1946 – 27 March 2014) was a French academic and senior public servant. Colliard was born in Paris. He graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), and obtained a Ph.D. in law from the U ...

, director of the Department of Political Science * Jean-Pierre Cot, Professor of international law *

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, professor emeritus of law, former

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Olga Kisseleva Olga Kisseleva is a French artist. Olga Kisseleva works mainly in installation, science and media art. Her work employs various media, including video, immersive virtual reality, the Web, wireless technology, performance, large-scale art installa ...

, Professor of Art, founder of Art & Science program of the Sorbonne * Josepha Laroche, Professor of political science *

Louis Lévy-Garboua Louis Lévy-Garboua (born 27 September 1945) is a French economist whose work focuses on behavioral economics and microeconomics. He is a distinguished professor at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and at the Paris School of Economics. ...

, Professor of Behavioral Economics * Daniel Roche, historian *

Michel Serres Michel Serres (; ; 1 September 1930 – 1 June 2019) was a French philosopher, theorist and writer. His works explore themes of science, time and death, and later incorporated prose. Life and career The son of a bargeman, Serres entered France ...

, philosopher * Nicolas Warembourg, Professor of Law

Notable alumni

* Sergio de Mello: former

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: PhD in Arts and art writer * Samir Assaf: DEA Money Finance Bank, CEO of HSBC Global Banking & Markets *

Maurice Benayoun Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen or 莫奔) (born 29 March 1957) is a French new-media artist, curator, and theorist based in Paris and Hong Kong. His work employs various media, including video, computer graphics, immersive virtual reality, the ...

: PhD in Arts and Art Sciences, international artist, Professor at City University of Hong Kong. *

: doctor in economics, professor and director of the Council of Economic Analysis *

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: President of Gabon, the son of former President Omar Bongo and the Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2009. *

Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Louis Marie Borloo (; born 7 April 1951) is a French politician who served as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2012 to 2014. He also was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment in 2007 and Minister of ...

: former minister, LLB * Rosi Braidotti, contemporary philosopher and feminist theoretician, distinguished Professor in the Humanities at University of UtrechtRosi Braidotti
Let.uu.nl. Retrieved 2012-11-24. * Jorge Castañeda: Professor at New York University and former Foreign Minister of Mexico. *

Luc Chatel Luc-Marie Chatel () (born 15 August 1964) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who served as Minister of National Education in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from June 2009 to May 2012. In 2014, he served as the ...

: 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 *

: politician and current President of the Republic of Guinea. *

Régis Debray Jules Régis Debray (; born 2 September 1940) is a French philosopher, journalist, former government official and academic. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the long-term transmission of cultural meaning in ...

: ENS, Doctor of Philosophy * Thierry Derez: CEO

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Harlem Désir Harlem Jean-Philippe Désir (; born 25 November 1959) is a French politician who served as leader of the Socialist Party (PS) from 2012 to 2014. First widely known as a community activist and as the first president of SOS Racisme in the 1980s, ...

: degree in philosophy, now MEP *

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: Masters in Political Sciences, former Minister of Labour *

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: Former Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan * 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 * Olivia Fox Cabane: Author, business consultant and public speaker *

Jean Claude Gandur Jean Claude Gandur (born 18 February 1949) is a French-born Swiss businessman, philanthropist and art collector. Early life Jean Claude Gandur was born in Grasse, France in 1949. He spent his childhood in Alexandria, Egypt until the age of 12, w ...

, former chairman and CEO of

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: Prime Minister of Georgia * Shaul Gordon: Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer *

Rima Hassan Rima Hassan Mobarak (; born 28 April 1992) is a French jurist and politician of Palestinian origin, born in the refugee camp of Neirab, near Aleppo, Syria. Stateless, she arrived in France around the age of nine and settled with her family in ...

, jurist and politician * 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 *

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, president of the TFN * Giorgos Kaminis: Mayor of the capital of Greece (Athens) and Greek Ombudsman from April 2003 until September 2010. * Andreas Kaplan, economist *

: PhD in Arts and Art Sciences, international artist, Professor at the Sorbonne Art School. * Fabrizio Marrella: PhD in International Law, Full Professor of International Law (Venice and Rome, Italy). Arbitrator and Counsel. Honorary Dean HRV of the European Inter-University Center for Human Rights. *

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: PhD in public law, politician, former Prime Minister of Niger *

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: Bachelor, CAPES, aggregation and doctorate in philosophy. Former MEP, former member of the Somme and the current Minister of National Education. * Corine Pelluchon: philosopher and professor * Emmanuelle Polack, art historian, provenance researcher, director of research at the Musée du Louvre. * Yazid Sabeg: CS executive and communication systems, and Commissioner for Diversity and Equal Opportunities since 17 December 2008 * Maristela Salvatori: Award-winning Brazilian printmaker * Manal Abdel Samad: Lebane politician and former Minister of Information *

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* William Sweet: DEA in Political Sciences, philosopher, member of the Royal Society of Canada. *

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: Writer *

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: Writer, publisher *

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: Degree in History. Mayor of Évry, Essonne and former Prime minister *

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References

Sources

External links

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