Sorbonne (building)

Sorbonne
La Sorbonne
Sorbonne (building) is located in Paris
Sorbonne (building)
Location within Paris
Alternative namesLa Sorbonne or "Centre Sorbonne
General information
TypeAcademic
Location1 Rue Victor Cousin, Paris
Coordinates48°50′55″N 2°20′36″E / 48.8485°N 2.3432°E / 48.8485; 2.3432
Current tenantsSorbonne University, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Completed1253 (1st building)
1635 (2nd building by Jacques Lemercier)
1884 (3rd building by Henri-Paul Nénot)
OwnerChancellerie des Universités de Paris
Design and construction
Architect(s)Jacques Gondouin

The name Sorbonne (French: La Sorbonne; /sɔːrˈbɒn/ sor-BON, US also /sɔːrˈbɔːn/ sor-BAWN;[1][2] French: [sɔʁbɔn] ) is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris in Paris, France or one of its successor institutions (see below). It is also the name of a building in the Latin Quarter of Paris which from 1253 onwards housed the College of Sorbonne, part of one of the first universities in the Western world, later renamed University of Paris and commonly known as "the Sorbonne". The Sorbonne building and the “La Sorbonne” trademark are owned by the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris.[3]

Today, it continues to house the successor universities of the University of Paris, such as :

Sorbonne University is also now the university resulting from the merger on 1 January 2018 of UPMC (Paris VI) and Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV).[4]

The building's primary entrance on the rue des Écoles [fr]
A side entrance with a sign reading "Sorbonne"
  1. ^ "Sorbonne". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Sorbonne definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ "La Chancellerie des universités de Paris a 50 ans". Académie de Paris (in French). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ^ "La Sorbonne facts". Paris Digest. 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019..