List of universities and higher education institutions in the Paris region
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Universities[]
Current names[]
Name | Subjects | Academy | Allied with |
Sorbonne University | Multidisciplinary except law and economics | Paris | Panthéon-Assas University in law and economics |
Panthéon-Assas University | Law, Economics | Paris | Sorbonne University in science and humanities |
University of Paris | Multidisciplinary | Paris | |
Pantheon-Sorbonne University | Humanities, Social sciences, Economics | Paris | |
Sorbonne Nouvelle University | Humanities | Paris | |
University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis | Social sciences | Créteil | Paris Nanterre University |
Paris Nanterre University | Social sciences | Versailles | University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis |
Paris-Saclay University | Science, Medicine, Law, Economics | Versailles | |
Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University | Science, Medicine, Law, Social sciences | Versailles | Paris-Saclay University |
University of Évry-Val d'Essonne | Multidisciplinary | Versailles | Paris-Saclay University |
Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne University | Medicine, Science | Créteil | |
University of Sorbonne Paris Nord | Science, Social sciences, Medicine | Créteil |
History since the dissolution of the University of Paris (1970)[]
The universités in Paris are the direct or indirect successors of the University of Paris, divided in 1970.
Administrative name | Name in 1970 | Name in the 1990s | Current name | Subjects | Academy |
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Paris I | Panthéon-Sorbonne University | Humanities, Social sciences, Economics | Paris | ||
Paris II | University of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Paris | Panthéon-Assas University (since 1990) | Law, Political Science, Economics | Paris | |
Paris III | Sorbonne Nouvelle University | Humanities | Paris | ||
Paris IV | Sorbonne University | Paris-Sorbonne University | Sorbonne University (since 2018) | Humanities | Paris |
Paris VI | Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University | Science, Medicine | Paris | ||
Paris V | René Descartes University | University of Paris (since 2019) | Medicine, Social sciences, Humanities | Paris | |
Paris VII | Paris Diderot University | Science, Medicine, Humanities, Social sciences, Arts | Paris | ||
Paris VIII | University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis | Social sciences | Créteil | ||
Paris IX | Paris Dauphine University (grande école of PSL University) | Economics | Créteil | ||
Paris X | University of Paris Ouest | Paris Nanterre University | Social sciences | Versailles | |
Paris XI | University of Paris-Sud | Paris-Saclay University | Medicine, Science, Law, Economics | Versailles | |
Paris XII | University of Paris Est | Paris-Est Créteil University | Medicine, Science | Créteil | |
Paris XIII | University of Paris Nord | Sorbonne Paris Nord University | Science, Social sciences, Medicine | Créteil |
Collegiate universities[]
There are four collegiate universities (Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel expérimental, or EPSCPE) in the Paris region:
University | Colleges, schools and Grandes écoles | Associate schools and universities |
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PSL University |
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Université Paris-Saclay |
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Polytechnic Institute of Paris |
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University of Paris |
Groups and alliances of universities and higher education institutions[]
There are four groups of universities and (higher education) institutions (Communautés d’universités et établissements, or COMUE) or alliances in the Paris region:
Grouping | Universities | Grandes écoles (Colleges and graduate schools) |
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Sorbonne University Alliance | University of Technology of Compiègne | |
Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance |
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Université Paris Lumières |
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Paris-Est Sup |
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HESAM University |
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Some groups have been terminated, such as Paris Universitas, or UniverSud Paris, and some other are still in discussion.
Private universities[]
Foreign universities[]
References[]
Categories:
- Universities in Paris
- Lists of universities and colleges in France
- Buildings and structures in Paris
- Paris-related lists