University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3


The New Sorbonne University is a public university in Paris, France.
It is one of the inheritors of the faculty of humanities of the old University of Paris, which ceased to exist in 1970.
Paris III offers courses in a wide range of Arts and Humanities subjects, areas in which - according to the 2018 QS World University Rankings - the university is the 71st best worldwide.

History

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was reorganised in 1970 as 13 autonomous universities after the student protests of the French May. Sorbonne Nouvelle, or "Paris III", is one of the inheritors of University of Paris faculty of humanities.

University sites

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has sites at various locations in Paris. The main university centres are:
Central Sorbonne Building - central administration offices, Literature.
Censier - the main teaching site, named after the adjacent street
Bièvre - houses teaching and research facilities for language study and the main staff and student refectories
Rue Saint Jacques - French as a Foreign Language
Rue des Bernardins - Linguistics and Phonetics
Rue de l' Ecole de Médecine - English Studies
Rue Saint Guillaume - Latin American Studies
Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny - Houses the E.S.I.T
Asnières - located outside of Paris, where was housed the German Studies department is now closed.

University libraries

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central and five specialised libraries. It is also connected to the Library of Saint Genevieve, the Central Sorbonne Library, the Inter-University Library for Oriental Languages and the Library of Saint Barbara.

University Press

The Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle publishes research carried out by the university.

Accommodation and refectories

The CROUS de Paris is the organisation responsible for both student accommodation and refectories in Paris. It runs various student halls of residence and student restaurants both in central Paris and in its outskirts. The Restaurant Universitaire Censier is the student refectory which is used by the large majority of Paris III students due to its proximity to the Censier university site.

Sorbonne Paris Cité

The Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle is member of the Sorbonne Paris Cité, a union of the following Parisian universities: