Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3

Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3
The Sorbonne Nouvelle University (also known as Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Sorbonne) is a public university in Paris, France. It is one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was completely overhauled and restructured in 1970.
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 ("arts et lettres").
University sites
The Sorbonne Nouvelle has sites at various locations in Paris. The main university centres are:
Central Sorbonne Building — central administration offices, Literature
Nation – the main teaching site, named after the arrondissement (since 2022)
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'École-de-Médecine — English Studies
Rue Saint-Guillaume — Latin American Studies
Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny — Houses the E.S.I.T (School of Interpreting and Translation)
Asnières – located outside of Paris, where the German Studies department, now closed, was housed.
In 2022, the Censier Campus, located on rue Censier, was abandoned.
University libraries
The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central and five specialised libraries (Foreign language and culture and French literature). 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 (Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires) 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.
Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance
Sorbonne Nouvelle University tried to become a member of Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance, which groups together several Parisian universities. Due to opposition from students and professors, the project did not succeed.
QS World University Rankings
In 2020, the QS World University Rankings ranked the Sorbonne Nouvelle University as follows:
Modern Languages: 32nd (1st in France)
Arts: 71st (3rd in France)
Humanities: 71st (3rd in France)
Literature: 51st-100th (2nd in France)
Communication and Media Studies: 101st-150th (1st in France)
Sociology: 151st-200th (5th in France)
History: 151st-200th (5th in France)
This ranking includes both universities and public and private educational institutions without distinction.
Notable alumni
Alan García - President of Peru
Olivier Assayas - French film director and screenwriter
Jacques Aumont - Film Professor
Latifa Ben Mansour - Algerian writer and linguist
Alain Bergala - French film director
Jean Bessière - Academic and writer
Frédéric Bozo - Academic
Bruno della Chiesa - Linguist
Arnaud Desplechin - French film director
Mike Downey, Film producer
Cédric Klapisch - French Film Director (L'Auberge Espagnole, Les poupées russes, Paris)
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu - French actor
Olivier Ducastel - French film director
Mireille Guiliano - French-American author
René Gutman: Ph.D., a former philosophy student, Rabbi of Strasbourg
Martine L. Jacquot - writer, journalist
Miro Kovač - Croatian Foreign Minister
Laila Marrakchi - French film director
Predrag Matvejevic - Writer and academic
Imanol Ordorika Sacristán - Mexican social activist
Sigurður Pálsson - Icelandic author
Pedro Paulet - Peruvian scientist
Homa Sayar - Iranian Poet
Jean-Pierre Thiollet - French author
Patricia de Souza - Peruvian writer
Maryse Condé - French (Guadeloupean) novelist
Professors and former professors
Henri Adamczewski
Jacques Aumont
Louis Bazin
Raymond Bellour
Alain Bergala
Jean Bessière
Pascal Bonitzer
Frédéric Bozo
Linda Cardinal
Michel Chion
Serge Daney
Latifa Ben Mansour
Michel Marie
Stéphane Michaud
Luc Moullet
Annie Ousset-Krief
Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiróz
Josette Rey-Debove
Jean-Pierre Sarrazac
Danica Seleskovitch
See also
Education in France
University of Paris
Sorbonne (disambiguation)
References
External links
Research site of the Sorbonne Nouvelle
Forum de Paris 3, news by and for Censier students
Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle
CROUS de Paris
Universities and colleges established in 1971
1971 establishments in France
University presses of France
Universities in Île-de-France
Universities descended from the University of Paris