
A New Institution of Knowledge
Sorbonne University is a multidisciplinary and research-intensive university with world-famous origins.
Continuing the humanist tradition of the Sorbonne, it is devoted to meeting the scientific challenges of the 21st century and spreading the knowledge created in its laboratories by its research teams and transmitted to its students and to society as a whole. Sorbonne University’s three faculties in humanities, medicine and science each with the wide-ranging autonomy necessary to conduct its ambitious programs in both research and education
The University’s 55,300 students, 6,700 professor-researchers and researchers and 4,900 administrative and technical staff members who help it run every day contribute to a University that is diverse, creative, innovative, and with a global outlook.