Sorbonne Nouvelle University (French: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, also known as Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Sorbonne) is a public liberal arts and humanities university in Paris, France. It is one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was completely overhauled and restructured in 1970.
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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.
Main university campuses
Sorbonne Campus – central administration offices, Literature department
Nation Campus – the main teaching site, named after the arrondissement (since 2022)
Condorcet Campus – Institute for Advanced Latin American Studies (IHEAL)
Maison de la Recherche – Located rue des Irlandais in the Latin Quarter, it is the university's main research centre and facility.
Sainte Barbe Library and Sainte Geneviève Library – Located near the Panthéon in the Latin Quarter, those two research libraries are owned and managed by Sorbonne Nouvelle University.
Other locations until 2022
Censier Campus – located rue Censier, was abandoned in 2022
Bièvre Campus – houses teaching and research facilities for language study and the main staff and student refectories
Rue Saint-Jacques – French as a Foreign Language department
Rue des Bernardins – The Linguistics and Phonetics department
Rue de l'École-de-Médecine – English Studies department
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.
University libraries
The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central (the Sorbonne Nouvelle Library, known as 'BSN') and five specialised libraries (Foreign language and culture and French literature). It is also connected to the Sainte-Geneviève Library, the Sorbonne Library, the Inter-University Library for Oriental Languages and the Sainte-Barbe Library.
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 2023, the QS World University Rankings ranked Sorbonne Nouvelle University as follows:
Linguistics: 96 (3rd in France)
Modern Languages: 151-200 (5th in France)
English language and literature: 151-200 (3rd in France)
Arts and Humanities: 215 (6th 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
Dalit Lahav-Durst – Brazilian art historian
Laila Marrakchi – French film director
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