Sorbonne University (alliance)
Sorbonne University English logo | |
Type |
Public EPSCP |
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Established | 2010 |
President | Thierry Tuot |
Academic staff | 7 700 (2 900 tenured professors) |
Students | 57 800 |
Undergraduates | 23 000 |
Postgraduates | 23 000 |
Location | Paris, France |
Campus | Urban |
Website | http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/ |
Sorbonne University (French: Sorbonne Universités [sɔʁbɔn ynivɛʁsite]) is an alliance of 11 university institutions founded by Panthéon-Assas University (now an associate member), Paris-Sorbonne University and Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University in June 2010.[1][2] Other members include the INSEAD, the University of Technology of Compiègne, the National Museum of Natural History, and research centers such as the French National Centre for Scientific Research, the French Institute of Health and Medical Research, the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, and the French Institute of Research for the Development.
The alliance educates nearly 60 000 students on a yearly basis, 5 000 of which are PhD students.
Members of the alliance have set up many projects altogether to strengthen the relations between them and create new academic courses and research programs in the fields of science, medicine, human and social science, engineering, business management, and arts.
12 Nobel laureates[3] and 7 Field Medalists[4] have been faculty members, researchers, or alumni.
The alliance has received €130 million from the French State.[5] Its budget was of €680 million as of 2012.
History
Through Panthéon-Assas University (Paris 2) for the law, Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) for litterature and Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) for sciences, Sorbonne-University is one of the direct inheritors of the Sorbonne, 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 universities started to join their forces into University alliances along with public research and higher education institutions and grandes écoles. In 2006, a French law organizing research compelled every university institution to join a university alliance. 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 alliance. Since then, other university institutions have entered, such as the National Museum of Natural History. Panthéon-Assas University left the alliance in 2013 because it was not happy of the governance of the alliance and became an associate member in 2014. In 2015, Sorbonne University grouped 11 founding members, and 11 other associate members.
Organization
Founding members
As of January 1, 2015
- Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4)
- Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6)
- University of Technology of Compiègne (non-starting founding member)
- INSEAD (non-starting founding member)
- National Museum of Natural History (non-starting founding member)
- Pôle Supérieur d'Enseignement Paris Boulogne-Billancourt (non-starting founding member)
- Centre international d'études pédagogiques (non-starting founding member)
- The French National Centre for Scientific Research (non-starting founding member)
- The French Institute of Health and Medical Research (non-starting founding member)
- The French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (non-starting founding member)
- The French Institute of Research for the Development (non-starting founding member)
Associate members
As of January 1, 2015
- The Archives nationales
- The Paris Notarial Institute
- The Centre des monuments nationaux
- The École de formation professionnelle des barreaux de la cour d'appel de Paris
- The École Nationale des Chartes
- The French National School for the Judiciary
- The École Navale
- The École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale
- The Camp Coëtquidan
- The École nationale supérieure de la Police
- The National Institute for Art History
- Panthéon-Assas University
Academic
Members have worked on several projects in order to strengthen the relations between them 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" (Collège doctoral de la Sorbonne) for PhD candidates.
The Sorbonne College
Since 2014, the Sorbonne College for bachelor's degree (« Collège des Licences de la Sorbonne ») has been coordinating the academic projects of the members of the alliance. 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 and Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, in :
- Science and History
- Science and Musicology
- Science and Philosophy
- Science and Chinese
- Science and German
As it is the case in the Anglo-Saxon university system, Sorbonne University proposes a major-minor system, that is currently being deployed at the Pierre and Marie Curie University.[6]
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.
The Doctoral College
Since 2010, every PhD student is being delivered an honorary diploma labeled Sorbonne University. This diploma highlights and gathers the skills of the 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 alliance :
Fields | Doctoral school | Institution |
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Énergie, matière, univers | Chimie physique & chimie analytique de Paris centre | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) |
Physique et chimie des matériaux | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Chimie moléculaire de Paris centre | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Astronomie et astrophysique | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Sciences de la Terre et physique de l'univers | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Physique en Ile-de-France | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Modélisation et ingénierie | Informatique, télécommunications & électronique | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) |
Sciences mathématiques de Paris centre | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Sciences mécaniques, acoustique, électronique et robotique | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Sciences pour l'ingénieur | University of Technology of Compiègne | |
Terre vivante et environnement | Sciences de l’environnement | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) |
Géosciences, ressources naturelles et environnement | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Sciences de la Nature et de l'Homme : évolution et écologie | National Museum of Natural History | |
Vie et santé | Cerveau, cognition, comportement | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) |
Santé publique & sciences de l’information biomédicale | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Physiologie, physiopathologie et thérapeutique | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Complexité du vivant | Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) | |
Histoire-Géographie | École doctorale de géographie de Paris | Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) |
Histoire de l’art et archéologie Paris-Sorbonne | Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) | |
Histoire moderne et contemporaine | Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) | |
Mondes anciens et médiévaux | Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) | |
Langues, lettres et civilisations | Littératures françaises et comparée | Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) |
Civilisations, cultures et sociétés | Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) | |
Concepts et Language | Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris 4) | |
Management | INSEAD PhD program in management | INSEAD |
Since 2011, Sorbonne University celebrate its graduates in a formal ceremony where every PhD graduate wears a scholar uniform.[7]
Research
To strengthen the influence of its research infrastructures on the international scale, Sorbonne University has developed several research programs aiming 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 alliance:[8]
- A Department of Digital Humanities, exploring the use of digital technologies in the social science
- 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 or the Brazilian foundation FAPERJ several partnerships enabling bilateral research programs.
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 established in Singapore, where INSEAD holds a campus and has relocated its academic board in 2013,[9] and in Abu Dhabi, where both INSEAD and Paris-Sorbonne University have created a campus.
Sorbonne University has also formed its own academic partnerships: in Canada,[10] Brazil,[11] Mexico, with the UNAM,[12] in China with the Harbin Institute of Technology,[13] and in Singapore, with the Nanyang Technological University and the Yale-NUS College.[14]
Academic results
University rankings | |
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National | |
Global | |
ARWU[15] | 35 (PMCU) |
Times[16] | 103 (PMCU) |
Some of Sorbonne University’ members have recently won fame in the global and national university rankings.
Global university rankings
The Academic Ranking of World Universities 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.[17]
In 2014, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University was ranked 103rd in the world, 3rd in France and 29th in the world for physics in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings,[18] while Paris-Sorbonne University is ranked 56th in the world for reputation, 2nd in France.[19]
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).
As of 2015, The Financial Times has ranked INSEAD 4th in the world in its Global MBA Rankings.[20][21]
Student life
Campus
The main campus of Sorbonne University is the historic central Sorbonne building in the Latin quarter, that 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.
Sorbonne University is also located in other numerous places in Paris, Paris suburb and France:[22]
- In Banyuls-sur-Mer, with the Observatoire océanologique, belonging to the Pierre and Marie Curie University
- In Bondy, with the Institute of Research for the Development's campus, opened in 2013[23]
- In Boulogne-Billancourt, with the Pôle Supérieur d'Enseignement Paris Boulogne-Billancourt
- In Brunoy, with the Centre d'Écologie générale of the National museum of natural history
- In Concarneau, with the fr:Station biologique de Concarneau, belonging to 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 Dinard, with the Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les systèmes côtiers, belonging to the National museum of natural history
- In Fontainebleau, with the INSEAD's campus
- In Ivry-sur-Seine, with the Longevity Institute of the fr:Hôpital Charles-Foix, belonging to the Pierre and Marie Curie University
- In the Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, with the prehistoric site called the Abri Pataud, property of the National museum of natural history
- In Menton, with the Jardin botanique du Val Rahmeh, property of the National museum of natural history
- In Neuilly-sur-Seine, avec le Celsa, part of the Paris-Sorbonne University
- In Obterre, with the Haute Touche Zoological Park, property of the National museum of natural history
- In Paris, with the campuses of Jussieu, Pitié-Salpêtrière, Cordeliers, Saint-Antoine, Trousseau, Tenon, the Paris Institute of Astrophysics, the Vision Institute belonging to the Pierre and Marie Curie University ; the Jardin des plantes, the Human paleontology Institute, the Musée de l'Homme, the Paris Zoological Park, properties of the National museum of natural history ; the Latin quarter 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 Paris-Sorbonne University ; 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
- In Rocquencourt, with the Arboretum de Chèvreloup, property of the National museum of natural history
- In Roscoff, with the Station biologique de Roscoff, belonging to the Pierre and Marie Curie University
- In Saint-Cyr-l'École, with the Jean-Le-Rond-d'Alembert Institute, part of the Pierre and Marie Curie University
- In Samoëns, with Jaÿsinia botanic garden, property of the National museum of natural history
- In Sérignan-du-Comtat, with the Harmas de Fabre, property of the National museum of natural history
- In Villefranche-sur-Mer, with the Villefranche-sur-Mer Marine Station, belonging to the Pierre and Marie Curie University
Sorbonne University is also established in Asia, with one campus in Singapore, residence of the INSEAD and two campuses in Abu Dhabi, both for the INSEAD and the Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi.
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The Sorbonne
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Perspective view from the Jardin des Plantes
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The University of Technology of Compiègne
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The "Amphithéâtre Richelieu", a Paris-Sorbonne University's lecture hall
Student life
Since 2010, Sorbonne University has set the goal of optimizing the students’ life conditions and pooling the associative activities of all the students.
Associations
Sorbonne University offers financial support to associations or student initiatives that help gathering the students of each institution that composes the alliance. Among the associations that are currently supported, are there :
- The association Doc’Up, founded in 2006, a students’ union that unites PhD students of every members of the alliance. The associations aims at defending PhD students’ rights within the academic representative assemblies and helping them add value to their curriculum.[24] Since 2007, the association has been organizing a scientific popularization short-film festival called « Les chercheurs font leur cinéma » (« Researchers are play-acting »).[25]
- Since 2014, the music festival Imaginarium, founded by students of the UTC[26]
Sorbonne University also supports students' welcoming initiatives at the beginning of the autumn term, such as :
- Les Sorbonnales, a cross-institutional student ball that gathers every student of Sorbonne University. The sixth edition of the ball has taken place in 2014[27]
- Since 2012, a welcome week has been organized at the Pierre and Marie Curie University[28]
Culture
Since 2012, Sorbonne University has been organizing an eloquence contest called « Fleurs d’Éloquence », during the which every Sorbonne University’s students can compete. 150 students have participated during the 2015 edition.[29]
Sorbonne University has its own musical ensemble, called Chœur-Orchestre Sorbonne-Universités (Sorbonne University Choir & Orchestra). The COSU gathers 250 students, instrumentalists and vocalists, who perform throughout the school year in concert halls, such as Sorbonne’s Grand Amphitheater or in Europe.[30]
Sports
Each member of Sorbonne University provides its own range of sport activities. Nevertheless, the members of Sorbonne University have recently begun to put in common their sport facilities, following the recent renovation of the Jussieu Campus : the new Jean-Talbot gymnasium was indeed opened in the fall of 2014, and is since then the venue for indoor sports.[31]
Sorbonne University also takes part in student sport competitions where it competes with other establishments. In 2014, Sorbonne University won the 3rd place in the fr:Challenge du Monde des grandes écoles et universités, a competition jointly organized by the French Athletics Federation and the fr:Journal des Grandes Écoles et Universités, a French magazine for students.[32]
Notable teachers and alumni
Faculty Nobel Prizes | ||
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Serge Haroche[33] | Physics | 2012 |
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi[34] | Physiology or Medicine | 2008 |
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji[35] | Physics | 1997 |
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes[36] | Physics | 1991 |
Maurice Allais[37] | Economic Sciences | 1988 |
Alfred Kastler[38] | Physics | 1966 |
François Jacob[39] | Physiology or Medicine | 1965 |
André Lwoff[40] | Physiology or Medicine | 1965 |
Jacques Monod[41] | Physiology or Medicine | 1965 |
Frédéric Joliot[42] | Chemistry | 1935 |
Irène Joliot-Curie[43] | Chemistry | 1935 |
Louis de Broglie[44] | Physics | 1929 |
Jean-Baptiste Perrin[45] | Physics | 1926 |
Charles Richet[46] | Physiology or Medicine | 1913 |
Marie Curie[47] | Chemistry | 1911 |
Gabriel Lippmann[48] | Physics | 1908 |
Henri Moissan[49] | Chemistry | 1906 |
Henri Becquerel[50] | Physics | 1903 |
Marie Curie[51] | Physics | 1903 |
Twelve Nobel laureates[52] have been faculty members, researchers, or alumni, along with 7 Field Medalists:[53]
- Artur Avila (2014)
- Cédric Villani (2010)
- Wendelin Werner (2006)
- Pierre-Louis Lions (2004)
- Alain Connes (1982)
- René-Frédéric Thom (1958)
- Jean-Pierre Serre (1954)
Sorbonne University welcomes many notable teachers, some of which having themselves graduated from the members of the alliance :
- Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University : Alain Carpentier, surgeon and cardiologist, Lasker award ; fr:Alain Fuchs, president of CNRS;[54] Serge Haroche, Nobel prize for Physics
- Paris-Sorbonne University : Jean-Luc Marion, philosopher, member of the Académie française;[55] Jean Tulard, historian, member of the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques
- University of Technology of Compiègne : fr:Yann Moulier-Boutang, economist et essayist;[56] Bernard Stiegler, philosopher and member of the French Digital Council
Some of Sorbonne University’ alumni have achieved prominence in many fields, such as politics, sports, or economics :
- Claude Bartolone, president of the French Assemblée Nationale (PMCU)
- Ulrich Robeiri, French épée fencer, World Champion in 2014, team Olympic Champion in 2008[57] (PMCU)
- Marie Gayot, French sprint athlete, 2014 European Athletics Championship 4 × 400 m relay gold medalist[58] (UTC)
- Robert S. Keane, CEO, Vistaprint (INSEAD)
- Johann Schneider-Ammann, Swiss minister of Economy (INSEAD)
- Andrew Noble, 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing competitor (INSEAD)
- Bernard de la Villardière, French journalist radio and TV presenter[59] (CELSA – PSU)
- Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer and literary critic[60] (CELSA – PSU)
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- ↑ (French)« Le philosophe Jean-Luc Marion élu à l'Académie française », www.lemonde.fr
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