List of universities and higher education institutions in the Paris region

Universities

Current universities

Name	Subjects	Academy	Allied with
Sorbonne University	Multidisciplinary except law and economics	Paris	Panthéon-Assas University in law and economics
Panthéon-Assas University	Law, Economics	Paris	Sorbonne University in science and humanities
Paris Cité University	Multidisciplinary	Paris
Pantheon-Sorbonne University	Humanities, Social sciences, Economics	Paris
Sorbonne Nouvelle University	Humanities	Paris
Paris 8 University	Social sciences	Créteil	Paris Nanterre University
Paris Nanterre University	Social sciences	Versailles	Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis
Paris Dauphine University	Economics, Law, Management	Paris
Paris-Saclay University	Science, Medicine, Law, Economics	Versailles	University of Évry/Versailles University
Versailles University	Science, Medicine, Law, Social sciences	Versailles	Paris-Saclay University
University of Évry	Multidisciplinary	Versailles	Paris-Saclay University
Paris-East Créteil University	Medicine, Science	Créteil
Sorbonne Paris Nord University	Science, Social sciences, Medicine	Créteil
CY Cergy Paris University	Science, Social sciences, Humanities	Versailles
Gustave Eiffel University	Science, Engineering	Créteil

History since the dissolution of the University of Paris (1970)

Further information: University of Paris § 1970: Division

The universités in Paris are the direct or indirect successors of the University of Paris, divided in 1970.

Number	Previous Name	Current Name	Faculties/Institutes before breakup	Current Subjects	Students	Academy
Paris I	University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne		Faculty of Law and Economics (35 out of 41 of the economics Professors joined, along with a few professors from law) and the Faculty of Humanities. There were also Paris Institute of Geography, Paris Institute of Business Administration, part of Institute of Art and Archeology of the University of Paris	Humanities, Law, Social sciences, Economics	45,200	Paris
Paris II	Paris II Panthéon-Assas	Paris-Panthéon-Assas University	Faculty of Law and Economics of Paris (88 out of 108 of the law professors joined, along with a few professors from Economics), and Graduate Institute of International Studies	Law, Political Science, Economics	17,705	Paris
Paris III	New Sorbonne University		Faculty of Humanities accompanined by Institute of Linguistics of Paris, Institute for Advanced Latin American Studies of the University of Paris	Humanities	19,360	Paris
Paris IV	Paris-Sorbonne University	Sorbonne University	Faculty of Humanities, along with Institute of Slavic Studies of the University of Paris, and Institute of Musicology of the University of Paris	Humanities	55,600	Paris
Paris VI	Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University		Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine, National School of Chemistry, and Paris Institute of Earth Physics (until 1990)	Science, Medicine
Paris V	Paris Descartes University	Paris Cité University	Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Paris Institute of Psychology, Paris Institute of Pharmacotechnics and Pharmacodynamics, Avenue de Versailles University Institute of Technology, and Paris Institute of Molecular Pathology.	Medicine, Social sciences, Humanities	64,100	Paris
Paris VII	Paris Diderot University		Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Letters, and Faculty of Medicine	Science, Medicine, Humanities, Social sciences, Arts		Paris
Paris VIII	University of Vincennes	Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis	Vincennes University Center (Most professors were from Faculty of Humanities)	Social sciences	14,070	Créteil
Paris IX	Paris-IX University	Paris Dauphine University - PSL (grande école of PSL University)	Dauphine University Center (The professors were from the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Law and Economics)	Mathematics, Computer Science, Management, Economics, Finance, Law, Political Science, Journalism	10,000	Créteil
Paris X	Université Paris Ouest	Paris Nanterre University	Faculty of Law and Economics and Faculty of Humanities in Nanterre, along with Ville-d'Avray University Institute of Technology	Law, humanities, political science, social and natural sciences and economics.	32,000	Versailles
Paris XI	Université Paris-Sud	Paris-Saclay University	Faculty of Science in Orsay (Fourth Faculty of Sciences), Institut Gustave Roussy, Institute of Nuclear Physics of the University of Paris, Orsay University Institute of Technology, Cachan University Institute of Technology, and Sceaux University Institute of Technology	Medicine, Science, Law, Economics	60,000	Versailles
Paris XII	Université Paris-Est	Paris-East Créteil University	University Hospital Center (In French: Centre hospitalier universitaire, CHU) Henri-Mondor, Faculty of Law and Economics in Créteil, Varenne-Saint-Hilaire University Center, and Planning Institute of Paris	Medicine, Science	32,156	Créteil
Paris XIII	Université Paris Nord	Sorbonne Paris North University	Faculty of Sciences of Paris in Villetaneuse (Third Faculty of Sciences), Faculty of Law and Economics, Saint-Denis University Center - Villetaneuse, and Saint-Denis University Institutes of Technology	Science, Social sciences, Medicine, Law	23,078	Créteil

Collegiate universities

There are four collegiate universities (Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel expérimental, or EPSCPE) in the Paris region:

University	Colleges, schools and Grandes écoles	Associate schools and universities
PSL University	Collège de France École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs Chimie ParisTech École normale supérieure Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique ESPCI ParisTech École des hautes études en sciences sociales École Nationale des Chartes École pratique des hautes études Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris Observatoire de Paris MINES ParisTech	École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts La Fémis
Paris-Saclay University	AgroParisTech CentraleSupélec École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay Institut d'optique Graduate School Paris-Saclay Faculty of Sciences Paris-Saclay Medical School Polytech Paris-Saclay	HEC Paris Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye IAE Versailles Institut des Sciences et Techniques des Yvelines University Institute of Technology of Vélizy University of Évry-Val d'Essonne
Polytechnic Institute of Paris	École Polytechnique ENSAE ParisTech ENSTA ParisTech Telecom Paris Telecom SudParis	HEC Paris
Paris Cité University	Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Groups and alliances of universities and higher education institutions

There are five groups of universities and higher education institutions in the Paris region - three of them are COMUEs and two of them are alliances:

Grouping	Universities	Grandes écoles (Colleges and graduate schools)
Sorbonne University Alliance	Sorbonne University Paris II Panthéon-Assas University	University of Technology of Compiègne
Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance	Paris Cité University Sorbonne Paris Nord University	Sciences Po Paris Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Université Paris Lumières	Paris X Nanterre Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
Paris-Est Sup	Gustave Eiffel University Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne	École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort École nationale des ponts et chaussées École supérieure d'ingénieurs en électronique et électrotechnique
HESAM University		École nationale supérieure des arts et métiers (Arts et Métiers) Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) Centre des études supérieures industrielles (CESI) École Boulle École Duperré École Estienne École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art (ENSAAMA) École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette (ENSAPLV) École nationale supérieure de création industrielle (ENSCI - Les Ateliers) Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) Paris School of Business (PSB) Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris (CFJ)

Some groups have been terminated, such as Paris Universitas, Paris Centre Universités or UniverSud Paris, and some other are still in discussion.

Private universities

• Catholic University of Paris

Foreign universities

• American University of Paris
• University of London Institute in Paris

References

• L'Étudiant – Fusion, association, communauté : la nouvelle carte de France des universités