Sorbonne University
French university located in Paris, created in 2018 from the merger of Université Paris IV and Université Paris VI
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Sorbonne University was founded on January 1, 2018[1]. Its legal form is a public scientific, cultural or professional establishment[2].
The organization operates in the higher education industry[2]. As of 2020, it employed 10,000 people[3].
Key Facts
- Member of: European University Association[3], Renater[4], League of European Research Universities[5], Coordination of French research universities[6], Udice French Research Universities[7], Franco-German University[8], 4EU+ Alliance[9], ORCID, Inc.[10], Agence universitaire de la Francophonie[11], Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[12]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Paris[13]
- Country: France[14]
- Instance of: public university[15]
- Named after: Sorbonne[16]
- Headquarters location: Sorbonne[17]
- Child organization or unit: Paris Brain Institute[18], Faculté des lettres de Sorbonne Université[19], Sorbonne University Medical Faculty[20], Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales[21], Laboratoire de Génie Electrique et Electronique de Paris[22], Laboratory of Plasma Physics[23], Q51784762[24], Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering[25]
- Commons category: Sorbonne Université[26]
- Industry: higher education[27]
- Chairperson: Nathalie Drach-Temam[28]
- Has part(s): Sorbonne Faculty of Science and Engineering[29], Faculté des lettres de Sorbonne Université[30], Sorbonne University Medical Faculty[31]
- Inception: January 1, 2018[32]
- Official website: https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sorbonne University[34]
- Employees: 10,000[35], 7957[36], 8167[37], 8000[38]
- Ranking: 41[39], 39[40], 35[41], 43[42], 46[43], 44[44], 36[45], 72[46], 59[47], 60[48], 75[49], 77[50], 83[51], 63[52]
- Replaces: Pierre and Marie Curie University[53], Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV[54]
- Affiliation: League of European Research Universities[55]
- Official name: SORBONNE UNIVERSITE[56]
- Legal form: public scientific, cultural or professional establishment[57]
- Commons Institution page: Sorbonne Université[58]
- Short name: SU[59]
- Area: 524,000 m²[60]
- Count of students: 55,311[61], 57,679[62], 57,757[63], 55,600[64], 56,488[65], 53,767[66], 55,137[67], 58,132[68], 56,584[69], 56,821[70]
Why It Matters
Sorbonne University has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]