Sorbonne (building)

Sorbonne
La Sorbonne
The Sorbonne Chapel.
Location within Paris
Alternative names	La Sorbonne or "Centre Sorbonne
General information
Type	Academic
Location	1 Rue Victor Cousin, Paris
Coordinates	48°50′55″N 2°20′36″E / 48.8485°N 2.3432°E / 48.8485; 2.3432
Current tenants	Sorbonne University, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Completed	1253 (1st building) 1635 (2nd building by Jacques Lemercier) 1884 (3rd building by Henri-Paul Nénot)
Owner	Chancellerie 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,
• Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University,
• Sorbonne Nouvelle University,
• and the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris, which manages the building.

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]