Sorbonne University Alliance (

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: ''Alliance Sorbonne Université'') is a group of ten academic institutions associated with the

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 ...

. After the fusion between

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as 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 Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it m ...

and

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...

under the name Sorbonne University (French: ''Sorbonne Université'') in 2018, the

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''Sorbonne Universités'' changed its name to ''Association Sorbonne Université'' and later to ''Alliance Sorbonne Université''. The original group was founded in June 2010 by: Panthéon-Assas University,

, and

Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...

. The latter two merged in 2018 into

and Panthéon-Assas is now an associate member. Other members include

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

, the

University of Technology of Compiègne The University of Technology of Compiègne (, UTC) is a public research university located in Compiègne, France. The university has both the status of public university and grande école. It was founded in 1972 as the first experimental Institu ...

, the

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 ...

, and research centers such as the

French National Centre for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engi ...

, the

French Institute of Health and Medical Research The (Inserm, ) is the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research. History and organisation Inserm was created in 1964 as a successor to the French National Institute of Health. Inserm is the only public research institution ...

, the

French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation The National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) () is a French national research institution focusing on computer science and applied mathematics. It was created under the name French Institute for Research in Comp ...

, and the French Research Institute for Development. The group comprises nearly 60,000 students annually, of which 5,000 are

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students. Members of the group have set up many projects to strengthen relations between them and to create new academic courses and research programs in the fields of science, medicine, law,

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and

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, engineering, business management, and arts. Member institutions are associated with nineteen

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and seven Field Medalists, ten billionaires, and three heads of state. The group has been granted €130 million by the

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. Its budget was €680 million as of 2012.

History

The group was founded in June 2010 by, at that time, some of the successors of the

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 ...

: Panthéon-Assas University (now an associate member),

, and

. The

, also known simply as the Sorbonne, is the medieval university of Paris that was divided into 13 autonomous universities after the French riots in 1968. In the early 2000s, to perform on the international scale, these thirteen universities joined forces with public research and higher-education institutions and

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. In 2006, a French law compelled every university institution to join a university group. This was aimed at forming big university and research clusters able to compete with the best international universities. In 2010, Sorbonne University formed its first group. Since then, other university institutions have joined, such as the

. Panthéon-Assas University left the group in 2013 because it was not happy with the governance of the group and became an associate member in 2014. Sorbonne University was composed of 11 founding members and 11 other associate members. Like other French university groups, this group is a first step toward a merger of the relevant universities.

(one of the inheritors of the faculty of humanities of the University of Paris) and

(an inheritor of the faculties of science and medicine) merged in 2018 as

. Panthéon-Assas University (one of the heirs of the faculty of law and economics) and

may merge with it in the years to come.

Organization

Founding members

* Pôle Supérieur d'Enseignement Paris Boulogne-Billancourt *

Centre international d'études pédagogiques Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

* French Institute of Research for the Development

Associate members

* Panthéon-Assas University (Paris 2) (starting as founding member) * Archives nationales * Paris Notarial Institute *

Centre des monuments nationaux Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentri ...

* École de formation professionnelle des barreaux de la cour d'appel de Paris *

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (; ) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the auxiliary sciences of history, historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at the A ...

French National School for the Judiciary The French National School for the Judiciary ( French: ''École nationale de la magistrature'' or ENM) is a French ''grande école'', founded in 1958 by French President Charles de Gaulle and the father of the current French Constitution, Miche ...

École Navale École or Ecole 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 * Éco ...

École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale École or Ecole 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 * Éco ...

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* École nationale supérieure de la Police * National Institute for Art History

Campus

Parisian Campuses

The main campus of Sorbonne University is the historic central Sorbonne building in the

Latin quarter The Latin Quarter of Paris (, ) is an urban university campus in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne. Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistros, t ...

, which Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) shares with other universities not included in Sorbonne University. Sorbonne University is also located in the Jussieu Campus, near the Latin quarter. The campus is occupied by Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6). After a long period of restoration, the first half of the new campus was inaugurated in September 2014 with new academic buildings, new dormitories, and a gymnasium. In

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, Sorbonne University has the campuses of Sorbonne, Jussieu, Pitié-Salpêtrière, Cordeliers, Saint-Antoine, Trousseau, Tenon, the Paris Institute of Astrophysics, the Vision Institute belonging to the

; the

Jardin des plantes The Jardin des Plantes (, ), also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris () when distinguished from other ''jardins des plantes'' in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. Jardin des Plantes is the official name in the present da ...

, the Human paleontology Institute, the

Musée de l'Homme The Musée de l'Homme (; literally "Museum of Mankind" or "Museum of Humanity") is an anthropology museum in Paris, France. It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moder ...

, the

Paris Zoological Park The Paris Zoological Park (), formerly known as the Bois de Vincennes Zoological Park (), and commonly called the Vincennes Zoo, is a facility of the National Museum of Natural History, located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, which covers ...

, properties of the

National museum of natural history The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 ...

; the

campus, the :fr:Centre Clignancourt, the :fr:Maison de la recherche, the National institute for art history, the Art and Archeology Institute, the Malesherbes University center, and the Institut d'urbanisme et d'aménagement, all belonging to the

; the :fr:École supérieure d'art dramatique de Paris, the :fr:Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris, all belonging to the Pôle Supérieur Paris Boulogne-Billancourt Paris-Sorbonne.jpg, The Sorbonne Paris 75005 Grande Galerie de l'Evolution 20070804.jpg, Perspective view from the

Jardin des Plantes The Jardin des Plantes (, ), also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris () when distinguished from other ''jardins des plantes'' in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. Jardin des Plantes is the official name in the present da ...

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lecture hall

Paris region campuses

Sorbonne University is also located in other numerous places in the Paris region:List of Sorbonne University's establishments
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Bondy Bondy () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. Name The name Bondy was recorded for the first time around AD 600 as ''Bonitiacum'', meaning " ...

, with the

Institute of Research for Development The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, or ''Institut de Recherche pour le Développement'' (IRD), is a French science and technology establishment under the joint supervision of the French Ministries of Higher Educ ...

campus, opened in 2013 * In

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris ...

, with the Pôle Supérieur d'Enseignement Paris Boulogne-Billancourt * In

Brunoy Brunoy () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The tenor Louis Nourrit (1780–1831) died in Brunoy. The city has a church Saint-Medard, richly decorated in the Lo ...

, with the Center of General Ecology of the National Museum of Natural History * In Dammarie-les-Lys, with the Didier Lockwood Musical Center, belonging to the Pôle Supérieur d'Enseignement Paris Boulogne-Billancourt * In

Fontainebleau Fontainebleau ( , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Functional area (France), metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the Kilometre zero#France, centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a Subprefectures in Franc ...

, with the

campus * In

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

, with the Longevity Institute of the Charles-Foix Hospital, belonging to

* In

Menton Menton (; in classical norm or in Mistralian norm, , ; ; or depending on the orthography) is a Commune in France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italia ...

, with the Jardin botanique du Val Rahmeh, property of the

* In

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

, with Celsa, part of

* In

Obterre Obterre () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Geography The commune is located in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne. Population See also *Communes of the Indre department The following is a list of the 241 co ...

, with the

Haute Touche Zoological Park The Haute Touche Zoological Park (, ) is a zoo and safari park in France. It is located in Obterre, and is part of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.Muséum national d'histoire naturelle: Réserve zoologique de la Haute-Touche.' Retrieve ...

, property of the

* In

Rocquencourt Rocquencourt refers to two places in France: * Rocquencourt, Yvelines Rocquencourt () is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesna ...

, with the

Arboretum de Chèvreloup The Arboretum de Versailles-Chèvreloup (; 200 hectares) is a major arboretum located just north of the Palace of Versailles at 30, route de Versailles, Rocquencourt, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. It forms part of the Muséum national d'hist ...

, property of the

* In

Saint-Cyr-l'École Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale mil ...

, with the Jean-Le-Rond-d'Alembert Institute, part of

National campuses

Sorbonne University is also located in numerous other places in France: * In

Banyuls-sur-Mer Banyuls-sur-Mer (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography Location Banyuls-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissemen ...

, with the Observatoire océanologique, belonging to

* In

Concarneau Concarneau (, meaning "Bay of Cornouaille") is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in Northwestern France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie ...

, with the Concarneau Biological Station, belonging to the

* In

Compiègne Compiègne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department of northern France. It is located on the river Oise (river), Oise, and its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois'' (). Administration Compiègne is t ...

, with the main campus of the

* In

Dinard Dinard (; , ; Gallo: ''Dinard'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, northwestern France. Dinard is on the Côte d'Émeraude of Brittany. Its beaches and mild climate make it a holiday destination, and this has resul ...

, with the Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les systèmes côtiers, belonging to the

* In Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, with the prehistoric site called

Abri Pataud L'Abri Pataud, or the Pataud Shelter in English, is a prehistoric site found in the middle of the village Les Eyzies in Dordogne, Aquitaine, southwestern France. The site includes human remains, stone tools, and early cultural artifacts made durin ...

, property of the

* In

Roscoff Roscoff ( , ; ) is a commune in the Finistère département of Brittany in northwestern France. Roscoff is renowned for its picturesque architecture, labelled (small town of character) since 2009. Roscoff is also a traditional departure point ...

, with the

Station biologique de Roscoff The Station biologique de Roscoff (SBR) is a French marine biology and oceanography research and teaching center. Founded by Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (1821–1901) in 1872, it is at the present time affiliated to the Sorbonne Faculty of Scienc ...

, belonging to

* In

, with the Jean-Le-Rond-d'Alembert Institute, part of

* In

Samoëns Samoëns (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Samouens'') is an alpine Communes of France, commune on the France–Switzerland border, Swiss border in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, r ...

, with the Jaÿsinia Botanical Garden, property of the

* In

Sérignan-du-Comtat Sérignan-du-Comtat (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Until 1944, it was known simply as Sérignan. In 2020, it had a population of 2,856. On 1 January 2017, together ...

, with the

Harmas de Fabre The Harmas de Fabre, also known as the Musée Harmas Jean-Henri Fabre, is a museum, botanical garden, and herbarium located on the Route d'Orange, Sérignan-du-Comtat, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is open daily except Wednes ...

museum, property of the

* In

Villefranche-sur-Mer Villefranche-sur-Mer (, ; ; ) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera and is located southwest of the Principality of Monaco, which is just west of the French-Italian ...

, with the Villefranche-sur-Mer Marine Station, belonging to

International establishment

Thanks to its members, Sorbonne University can benefit from a wide range of international partnerships, both in Europe and worldwide. These partnerships allow academic mobility for students and a broader scientific cooperation for researchers. For example, Sorbonne University is also established in Asia, with one campus in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, residence of

, and two campuses in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

, both for

and the

Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (SUAD), established in 2006, is a higher education institution located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The university was founded under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President ...

. Sorbonne University has also formed its own academic partnerships: in Canada; Brazil; Mexico, with

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...

; in China with the

Harbin Institute of Technology The Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) is a public science and engineering university in Nan'gang, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. It is one of the top universities in China and now affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Techn ...

; and in Singapore, with

Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1981, it is also the second oldest autonomous university in the country. The university is organised across numerous colleges and schools, includi ...

and the

Yale-NUS College Yale-NUS College is a liberal arts college in Singapore. Established in 2011 as a collaboration between Yale University and the National University of Singapore, it was the first liberal arts college in Singapore and one of the first few in Asi ...

Academic

Members of the group have worked on several projects in order to strengthen relations and potentially create a new international institution. The most famous projects are the Sorbonne College (Collège de la Sorbonne) for bachelor's degree teaching and

the Sorbonne Doctoral College The Sorbonne Doctoral College is the doctoral college of the Sorbonne University. It consists University of Paris VI (Pierre and Marie Curie) and University of Paris IV. The two previous universities are direct inheritors of the Sorbonne (divided ...

(Collège doctoral de la Sorbonne) for PhD candidates.

Sorbonne College

Since 2014, the Sorbonne College for bachelor's degree (« Collège des Licences de la Sorbonne ») has been coordinating academic projects of the members of the group. It also offers cross-institutional academic courses in many fields, allowing students to graduate from both institutions. For example, some cross-institutional bachelor's degrees (« double licences ») are proposed to students between Paris-Sorbonne University, Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, and Panthéon-Assas University, in: * Science and History (UPMC / Paris-Sorbonne) * Science and Musicology (UPMC / Paris-Sorbonne) * Science and Philosophy (UPMC / Paris-Sorbonne) * Science and Chinese (UPMC / Paris-Sorbonne) * Science and German (UPMC / Paris-Sorbonne) * Law and History (Panthéon-Assas / Paris-Sorbonne) * Law and Art History (Panthéon-Assas / Paris-Sorbonne) * Law and Science (Panthéon-Assas / UPMC) * History and Media (Paris-Sorbonne / Panthéon-Assas) As is the case in the Anglo-American university systems, Sorbonne University proposes a major-minor program that is currently being deployed at

. Sorbonne University, in partnership with INSEAD, also offers all of its alumni and PhD students a professionalizing course in business management, to complete their curriculum.

Doctoral College

Since 2010, every PhD student is granted an honorary diploma labeled "Sorbonne University". This diploma highlights and gathers the skills of doctors and researchers from the institutions that form Sorbonne University. The Sorbonne Doctoral College, created in 2013, coordinates the activities of the 26 doctoral schools. Since 2014, it has developed cross-disciplinary PhDs between the different members of the group: Since 2011, Sorbonne University has celebrated its graduates in a formal ceremony where every PhD graduate wears a scholar's uniform.

Research

To strengthen the influence of its research infrastructures on the international scale, Sorbonne University has developed several research programs aimed at reinforcing or exploring new fields of study. This innovative cross-disciplinary approach was embodied with the creation of four new academic positions, gathering several establishments of the group: * A Department of Digital Humanities, exploring the use of digital technologies in the social sciences * A Department of Polychromatic Studies of Societies, associating architecture, anthropology, chemical physics, literature, and art history * A Department of Digital Health, exploring biomedical tools * A Department of 3D Craniofacial Reconstruction Sorbonne University has also formed, with academic institutions such as the

China Scholarship Council The China Scholarship Council (CSC; ) is China's Ministry of Education body that provides support for international academic exchanges with the country and is the primary vehicle through which the Chinese government awards scholarships. CSC provi ...

or the Brazilian foundation FAPERJ, several partnerships enabling bilateral research programs.

Academic results

Some of Sorbonne University’ members have recently won fame in global and national university rankings.

Global university rankings

The

Academic Ranking of World Universities The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi ...

for 2014-2015 ranks PMCU 35th in the world; 1st French university and 6th university in Europe. In the same edition of the ranking, PMCU is the 4th university for mathematics. In 2014,

was ranked 103rd in the world, 3rd in France, and 29th in the world for physics in the

Times Higher Education World University Rankings The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symon ...

, while Paris-Sorbonne University is ranked 56th in the world for reputation, 2nd in France. QS World University Rankings 2015 (world's top 800 universities) ranks Paris-Sorbonne University 1st in France, 36th in the world for arts and humanities (9th for modern languages, 30th for philosophy). The ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic Current affairs (news format), current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Jap ...

'' ranked

#1 in the world in its ''Global MBA Rankings'' in 2016, 2017, 2021.

National university ranking

The main universities and institutions of this group are considered as the first or one of the first universities in their field.

Student life

Since 2010, Sorbonne University has set a goal of optimizing students' living conditions and pooling associative activities of all the students.

Associations

Sorbonne University offers financial support to associations or student initiatives that help gather the students of each institution that comprises the group. Among the associations that are currently supported, are: * The association Doc’Up, founded in 2006, a students’ union that unites PhD students of every member of the group. The association aims at defending PhD students’ rights within the academic representative assemblies and helping them add value to their curriculum. Since 2007, the association has been organizing a scientific popularization short-film festival called « Les chercheurs font leur cinéma » (« Researchers create cinema »). * In 2014, the music festival Imaginarium was founded by students of the UTC Sorbonne University also supports students' welcoming initiatives at the beginning of the fall term, such as : * Les Sorbonnales, a cross-institutional student ball that gathers every student of Sorbonne University. The sixth edition of the ball took place in 2014 * Since 2012, a welcome week has been organized at

Culture

Since 2012, Sorbonne University has organized an eloquence contest called « Fleurs d’Éloquence », during which every Sorbonne University student can compete. 150 students participated in 2015. Sorbonne University has its own musical ensemble, called Chœur-Orchestre Sorbonne-Universités (Sorbonne University Choir & Orchestra). COSU gathers 250 students, instrumentalists, and vocalists, who perform throughout the school year in concert halls, such as Sorbonne's Grand Amphitheater, or in other parts of Europe.

Sports

Each member of Sorbonne University provides its own range of sporting activities. Nevertheless, the members have recently begun to consolidate their sports facilities following the renovation of the Jussieu Campus: the new Jean-Talbot gymnasium was opened in the fall of 2014, and has since then become the venue for indoor sports. SorbonneU - CDGME

Sorbonne University also takes part in student sport competitions, where it competes with other establishments. In 2014, Sorbonne University won 3rd place in the World Championships of Grandes Écoles and Universities, a competition jointly organized by the

French Athletics Federation The French Athletics Federation (, FFA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in France. History FFA is the heir to the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA), founded November 20, 1887. In 1912, a French dele ...

and the ''Journal of Grandes Écoles and Universities'', a French magazine for students.

Notable people

Science

Fourteen Nobel laureates have been faculty members, researchers, or alumni, along with 7 Field Medalists: *

Artur Avila Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo (; born 29 June 1979) is a Brazilian mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusop ...

(2014) *

Cédric Villani Cédric Patrice Thierry Villani (; born 5 October 1973) is a French politician and mathematician working primarily on partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry and mathematical physics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010, and he ...

(2010) *

Wendelin Werner Wendelin Werner (born 23 September 1968) is a German-born French mathematician working on random processes such as self-avoiding random walks, Brownian motion, Schramm–Loewner evolution, and related theories in probability theory and mathematic ...

(2006) *

Pierre-Louis Lions Pierre-Louis Lions (; born 11 August 1956) is a French mathematician. He is known for a number of contributions to the fields of partial differential equations and the calculus of variations. He was a recipient of the 1994 Fields Medal and the 19 ...

(2004) *

Alain Connes Alain Connes (; born 1 April 1947) is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He was a professor at the , , Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was awar ...

(1982) * René-Frédéric Thom (1958) *

Jean-Pierre Serre Jean-Pierre Serre (; born 15 September 1926) is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954, the Wolf Prize in 2000 and the inau ...

(1954) Sorbonne University has many notable teachers, some of whom have themselves graduated from the members of the group: *

Alain Carpentier Alain Frédéric Carpentier (born 11 August 1933) is a French cardiac surgeon whom the President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery calls the "father of modern mitral valve repair". He is most well-known for the development and po ...

, surgeon and cardiologist, Lasker award;

Alain Fuchs Alain Fuchs (10 April 1953 – 8 December 2024) was a Swiss-born French chemist. A Doctor of Science and Professor of Chemistry, he specialised in molecular simulation. Fuchs served as the president of Chimie ParisTech - PSL from 2006 to 2010. ...

, president of

CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 eng ...

;

Serge Haroche Serge Haroche (born 11 September 1944) is a French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with David J. Wineland for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum sy ...

, Nobel prize for Physics *

Jean-Luc Marion Jean-Luc Marion (; born 3 July 1946) is a French philosopher and Catholic theologian. A former student of Jacques Derrida, his work is informed by patristic and mystical theology, phenomenology, and modern philosophy.Horner 2005. Much of h ...

, philosopher, member of the Académie française;

Jean Tulard Jean Tulard (; born 22 December 1933, Paris) is a French academic and historian. Considered one of the best specialists of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Napoleonic era ( Directory, Consulate and First French Empire), he is nicknamed by his peers ...

, historian, member of the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques *

: Yann Moulier-Boutang, economist and essayist;

Bernard Stiegler Bernard Stiegler (; 1 April 1952 – 5 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), which he founded in 2006 at the Centre Georges-Pompidou. He was also founder of the political and c ...

, philosopher and member of the French Digital Council

Business

* Taavet Hinrikus, cofounder and chairman of

TransferWise Wise, previously known as TransferWise, is a British financial technology company focused on global money transfers. Headquartered in London, it was founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus in January 2011. As of 2023, it offers three ...

Bernard Broermann Bernard Grosse Broermann (20 November 1943 – 25 February 2024) was a German billionaire businessman who was the founder of Asklepios Kliniken, one of Germany's three largest operators of private hospitals. It employs more than 68,000 people, a ...

, founder of

Asklepios Kliniken Asklepios Kliniken are a major hospital operator primarily active in Germany, with their headquarters in Hamburg. They are one of the largest hospital operators in Germany, with around 169 facilities across 14 federal states. History Asklepios ...

* Rudolf Maag, founder of Stratec Medical, acquired by

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technologies corporation headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Its common stock is a c ...

Reinold Geiger Reinold Geiger (born 10 July 1947) is an Austrian billionaire, and the chairman and executive director of French cosmetics retailer L'Occitane en Provence. On the 2023 ''Forbes ''list, he was the 9th richest Austrian with a net worth of US$ 1.4 ...

, president and CEO of

L'Occitane L'Occitane en Provence (; ), commonly known as L'Occitane, is a French luxury retailer of body, face, hair and home products, as well as fragrances. Based in Manosque, France, it was founded in 1976 by Olivier Baussan with the purpose of creati ...

* SP Hinduja Shanu, president of Hinduja bank in Switzerland * André Hoffmann, shareholder of pharmaceutical company

Hoffmann-La Roche F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche (), is a Swiss multinational holding healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on ...

Najib Mikati Najib Azmi Mikati (born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician and businessman who served as the 52nd prime minister of Lebanon from 2021 to 2025. He previously served in this post as the 48th and 45th prime minister from 2011 to 2014 and i ...

, founder of

Investcom MTN Group Limited (formerly M-Cell) is a South African multinational corporation and mobile telecommunications provider. Its head office is in Johannesburg. MTN is among the largest mobile network operators in the world, and the largest in ...

, former prime minister of

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

Wolfgang Marguerre Wolfgang Marguerre (born 1941) is a German billionaire businessman, the chairman and owner of the Octapharma Group. The pharmaceutical company produces medicine derived from human proteins to treat haematology, immunotherapy, intensive care, an ...

, founder and chairman of

Octapharma Octapharma AG, founded in 1983 by Wolfgang Marguerre, is a family-owned pharmaceutical company based in Switzerland. It bills itself as "one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing human proteins from h ...

* Henry Engelhardt, founder of

Admiral Group Admiral Group plc is a British financial services company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, and markets the ''Admiral'', ''Bell'', ''Elephant'', ''Diamond'' and ''Vey ...

* Andreas Jacobs, chairman of the board of directors of INSEAD, member of the board of directors of Jacobs Holdings, former vice president of

Adecco The Adecco Group is a Swiss French company based in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the world's second largest human resources provider and temporary staffing firm. It is a ''Fortune'' Global 500 company and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange ...

* Jani Rautiainen, cofounder of PropertyGuru * Kevin P. Ryan, cofounder and former CEO of

DoubleClick DoubleClick Inc. was an American advertisement company that developed and provided Internet ad serving services from 1995 until its acquisition by Google in March 2008. DoubleClick offered technology products and services that were sold primaril ...

, CEO of

Gilt Groupe Gilt Groupe is an American online shopping site launched in 2007. In 2016 the company was sold to Hudson's Bay Company for approximately $250 million, which was less than the $268 million taken from investors. Prior to the Hudson's Bay acquisiti ...

, cofounder of

MongoDB MongoDB is a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database product, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional database schema, schemas. Released in February 2009 by 10gen (now MongoDB ...

, co-founder of

Business Insider ''Business Insider'' (stylized in all caps: BUSINESS INSIDER; known from 2021 to 2023 as INSIDER) is a New York City–based multinational financial and business news website founded in 2007. Since 2015, a majority stake in ''Business Inside ...

Tidjane Thiam Tidjane Thiam (; born 29 July 1962) is an Ivorian businessman, and the executive chairman of Freedom Acquisition Corp. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Swiss bank Credit Suisse from March 2015 to February 2020. He was the chief financi ...

, former CEO of

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Group AG (, ) was a global Investment banking, investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. According to UBS, eventually Credit Suisse was to be fully integrated into UBS. While the integration ...

and Prudential *

Börje Ekholm Börje Ekholm (born 1963) is a Swedish-American business executive and CEO of Ericsson. Early life Börje Ekholm was born in 1963 in Borås, Sweden. He grew up in Edsbruk, where he was educated at the nearby Västerviks gymnasium. He graduat ...

, CEO of

Ericsson (), commonly known as Ericsson (), is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Ericsson has been a major contributor to the development of the telecommunications industry and is one ...

André Calantzopoulos André Calantzopoulos (born 1957) is a Greek businessman. He is executive chairman of tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI), having previously been CEO. He worked as a design engineer in the automotive industry before joining PMI at 28 ye ...

, CEO of

Philip Morris International Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) is a multinational tobacco company, with products sold in over 180 countries. Marlboro is PMI’s most recognized brand, but in the last quarter of 2023, Iqos generated the greatest revenue. Philip Mor ...

* António Horta-Osório, CEO of

Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Banking Group plc is a British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. It is one of the UK's largest financial services organisations, with 30 million customers and 65,000 employees. Lloyds B ...

, chairman of the board of directors of

* Ben Keswick, chairman of the board of

Jardine Matheson Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (also known as Jardines) is a Hong Kong–based, Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange ...

* Bob van Dijk, CEO of

Naspers Naspers Limited (until 1998 Die Nasionale Pers) is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town. The company has interests in online retail, publishing, real estate, and ventu ...

* Mark Read, CEO of WPP

Politics

Claude Bartolone Claude Bartolone (; born 29 July 1951) is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2017. A member of the Socialist Party from 1974 to 2022, Bartolone was first elected to the National Assembl ...

, President of the French

Assemblée Nationale The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known as () or deputies. There are 577 , each elected by ...

Johann Schneider-Ammann Johann Niklaus Schneider colloquially Johann Schneider-Ammann (born 18 February 1952) is a Swiss businessman, electrical engineer and politician who most notably served as President of Switzerland in 2016, and concurrently as a member of the F ...

, former President of

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

Jusuf Kalla Muhammad Jusuf Kalla (; born 15 May 1942), commonly referred to by his initials JK, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as the 10th and 12th vice president of Indonesia, the only vice president in Indonesian history to serve tw ...

, former Vice President of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

, former Prime Minister of

Mamuka Bakhtadze Mamuka Bakhtadze ( ka, მამუკა ბახტაძე; born 9 June 1982) is a Georgian politician who served as the country's Prime Minister from 20 June 2018 until 2 September 2019. Bakhtadze announced his official statement about resig ...

, 13th Prime Minister of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

* Wopke Hoekstra, Dutch Minister of Finance *

Bill Morneau William Francis Morneau Jr. (born October 7, 1962) is a Canadian businessman and former politician who served as minister of finance and member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto Centre from 2015 to 2020. Morneau was the executive chairman of ...

, Minister of Finance of Canada *

Seamus O'Regan Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadian politician and a former cabinet minister in the government of Justin Trudeau. He resigned from cabinet effective July 19, 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, O'Regan was first ...

, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources *

William Hague William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician and life peer who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001 and Deputy Leader from 2005 to 2010. He was th ...

, British Foreign Secretary

Others

* Andrew Noble, 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing competitor (INSEAD) *

Bernard de la Villardière Bernard Berger de La Villardière (; born 25 March 1958)Bernard ...

, French journalist, radio and TV presenter (CELSA – PSU) *

Frédéric Beigbeder Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel '' Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book '' A French Nov ...

, French writer and literary critic (CELSA – PSU) *

Ulrich Robeiri Ulrich Robeiri (born 26 October 1982) is a French right-handed épée fencer, two-time team European champion, six-time team world champion, 2014 individual world champion, and 2008 team Olympic champion. Career Robeiri was born in Cayenne, Fre ...

, French épée fencer, World Champion in 2014, team Olympic Champion in 2008 (PMCU) * Marie Gayot, French sprint athlete, 2014 European Athletics Championship 4 × 400 m relay gold medalist"Marie Gayot, à Compiègne et Miami en attendant Rio"
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References

External links

* {{official website, sorbonne-universite.fr University associations and consortia in France Sorbonne University