Cité internationale universitaire de Paris

Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (French pronunciation: [site ɛ̃tɛʁnɑsjɔnal ynivɛʁsitɛːʁ də paʁi]) or the Cité universitaire (CIUP or Cité U) is a university campus, a private park and foundation located in Paris, France. Since 1925, it has provided general and public services, including the maintenance of several dozen residences housing around 6,000 students and visiting academics in the Île-de-France region. Officially recognized as a foundation of public interest, the CIUP promotes exchanges between students from around the world in a spirit of tolerance. The Cité universitaire de Paris is administered by the CIUP foundation, and the universities of Paris own the campus. They are represented by the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris, which sits on the foundation's board of directors. History The Cité internationale universitaire de Paris was established after World War I by André Honnorat, rector at the Sorbonne, in cooperation with Émile Deutsch de la Meurthe, in order to create a meeting place for students, researchers and intellectuals from around the world in a spirit of peace, unity and friendly cooperation. The CIUP was originally built for the University of Paris, hence its name appears in several of its buildings, notably the Maison Internationale. Most of the buildings constructed for the University of Paris are now owned by the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris. Several CIUP structures have been designed by architects of note, such as Le Corbusier, Willem Marinus Dudok, Heydar Ghiai and Claude Parent. The residences are organized mostly by nationality, although residents in each maison are not necessarily from the countries implied by building names. Up to 30%-50% of the student residents in each residence may come from different nationalities. In 2006, students of 132 different nationalities lived in the Cité Internationale. Alongside two stadiums on campus, the CIUP has direct access to the Stade Sébastien Charléty, a 20,000 seat stadium which is home to the Paris Université Club, the sports club of the Université de Paris, located across the street. Location Located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, the CIUP is bounded to the south by the Boulevard Périphérique, the busy ring road encircling Paris, and to the north (in part) by the 38-acre Parc Montsouris. It is served by the Cité Universitaire station of the RER B and the Cité Universitaire stop on the T3a tramway. The university also has residences in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, both were acquired in the early 21st century. Residences Former residents See also Marcel Gaumont Sculptor of relief on university entrance References Notes Bibliography Dzovinar Kévonian et Guillaume Tronchet (ed.), Managing Global Student Migration in the Twentieth Century. The Cite internationale universitaire de Paris Experiment, Palgrave Macmilan, 2025. (online) Dzovinar Kévonian et Guillaume Tronchet (dir.), Le Campus-monde. La Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, de 1945 aux années 2000), Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2022, 336 p. (online) Guillaume Tronchet, André Honnorat. Un visionnaire en politique, Hémisphères éditions, 2020, 448 p. Dzovinar Kévonian et Guillaume Tronchet (ed.), La Babel étudiante. La Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (1920-1950), Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2013. (online) Guillaume Tronchet, "Diplomatie universitaire ou diplomatie culturelle? La Cité internationale universitaire de Paris entre deux rives (1920-1940)", dans Dzovinar Kévonian et Guillaume Tronchet (dir.), La Babel étudiante. La Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (1920-1950), Rennes, PUR, 2013, p. 59-88. (online) Guillaume Tronchet, « La Cité universitaire : une joint-venture transnationale dans le Paris des années 1920 et 1930 », in Serge Jaumain et Pierre Van den Dungen (dir), Biermans-Lapôtre. Histoire d’un mécène et de sa fondation, Bruxelles, Lannoo/Racine Editions, 2013, p. 85-100. Bertrand Lemoine (préf. Étienne Dalmasso), La Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Paris, Hervas, 1990, 120 p. External links Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris – official website (in French, English, and Spanish) Homepages for each house Indian house Swedish house House of the Canadian Students (Maison des étudiants canadiens) Fondation des États-Unis Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Fondation Suisse Brazil house Maison de la Tunisie Maison du Liban Mexican house Japanese house Fondation de l'Allemagne — Maison Heinrich Heine Spanish house