Université de Paris

The University of Paris is a public university created by decree on 20 March 2019 and resulting from the merger of Paris Descartes (Paris V) and Paris Diderot (Paris VII) universities established following the division of the University of Paris (c. 1150–1793, 1896–1970), and the integration of Institut de physique du globe de Paris as a component institution. As of January 1, 2020, the universities of Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot have fully relinquished their rights and bonds at University of Paris.

Division of the University of Paris

Following the disruption, de Gaulle appointed Edgar Faure as minister of education; Faure was assigned to draft reforms about the French university system, with the help of academics.Their proposal was adopted on 12 November 1968; in accordance with the new law, the faculties of the University of Paris were to reorganize themselves.

Some of the new universities took over the old faculties and the majority of their professors: social sciences by Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne University;[9] law by Paris-II Panthéon-Assas University;[10] humanities by Paris-III Sorbonne Nouvelle and Paris-IV Sorbonne University; science by Paris-V Descartes University,Paris-VI Pierre and Marie Curie University and Paris-XII Orsay University.

The thirteen successor universities to the University of Paris are now split over the three academies of the Île-de-France region.