Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is a building in the Latin Quarter, Paris (12th century).

Sorbonne may also refer to:

Medieval institutions of higher learning

• Collège de Sorbonne, a theological college of the ancient University of Paris (1253–1792)
• Nickname for the University of Paris (1806–1970)

Contemporary universities

Created in 1970 in Paris and owning part of the Sorbonne building.

• Pantheon-Sorbonne University, also known as Paris I
• New Sorbonne University, also known as Paris III
• Paris-Sorbonne University, also known as Paris IV

University alliances

Parisian university alliances (French: communautés d'universités et d'établissements).

• Sorbonne University (since 2010), with Paris-Sorbonne University, Panthéon-Assas University and Pierre and Marie Curie University as debuting founding members
• Paris Centre Universités (since 2006)
• Sorbonne Paris Cité (since 2010), with University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as debuting founding member
• HeSam Université (since 2010), short for "Hautes études, Sorbonne, arts et métiers", with Pantheon-Sorbonne as a founding member
• Paris Universitas (2005–10)

Other

Two private institutions that bear the name of their creator: College de Sorbon (in the Ardennes) and the Ecole supérieure Robert de Sorbon which specialises in VAE degrees.

See also

• Rectorate of Paris