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Chancellery of the Universities of Paris
Chancellerie des Universités de Paris


Entrance to the Chancellery Academic Palace, on the rue des Écoles side of the Sorbonne.
Other name
La Sorbonne, the Universities of Paris
MottoHic et ubique terrarum (Latin)
Motto in English
Here and anywhere on Earth
TypePublic university system
Established1215; 809 years ago (1215), 1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Parent institution
Ministry of Higher Education
ChancellorBernard Beignier[1]
Vice-ChancellorIsabelle Prat
Secretary GeneralAlexandre Bosch
Students300,000[2]
Location
Sorbonne, 47 rue des Écoles, Paris, France

48°50′55″N 2°20′37″E / 48.848611°N 2.343611°E / 48.848611; 2.343611
CampusUrban
Sporting affiliations
Paris Université Club
Websitewww.sorbonne.fr

The Chancellerie des Universités de Paris (in English: "Chancellery of the Universities of Paris") is the public institution under the French Ministry of Higher Education that inherited the administration of the assets of the University of Paris, which was split into thirteen autonomous universities in 1971. It administers the Sorbonne, the Villa Finaly in Italy, the Château de Ferrières (until 2012), the Domaine de Richelieu in Indre-et-Loire,[3] the Jacques Doucet Library and other assets bequeathed to the former University of Paris. The chancellery also represents the eleven universities that own the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. The Sorbonne building and The Sorbonne brand name are owned by the chancellery. It also manages the official store of the Sorbonne and the universities of Paris.[4]

The chancellery was created in 1971 after the Faure law of 1968, which dismembered the University of Paris, at the same time as the university chancelleries in the other academies. Since 2021, it has been the only remaining chancellery in France, the others having been dissolved.[5]

Its headquarters are located at the Sorbonne, which it administers on behalf of the universities Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Mission

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In France, the Chancellor (chancelier) is one of the titles of the Rector (recteur), a senior civil servant of the Ministry of Education serving as manager of a regional educational district (académie). In his capacity as Chancellor, the Rector awards national academic degrees to the university's graduates, oversees the legality of the universities' executive acts and channels funding from the ministry.[citation needed] The Rector-Chancellor has no executive function in any university but remains a member ex officio of the board of every public university in his district.[citation needed] The Rector-Chancellor is the guarantor of the proper application of the French government's policy for universities and Grandes Ecoles in the Education Authority of Paris (Académie de Paris). In this capacity, he chairs or sits on various university boards of directors.[6]

From 1824 to 1920, the Minister of Public Education, Grand Maître of the University of Paris, was the Rector of the Education Authority of Paris. He was assisted in this role by a Vice-Rector, who was Chairman of the Board of the University of Paris. Since 1920, the Rector is no longer the Minister, but is independent.[6]

When the University of Paris split in 1971, the Rector of the Education Authority, Grand Maître of the University of Paris, became Chancellor of the Universities and Grandes Écoles of Paris.[6]

The chancellery (as an institution) assists the Rector-Chancellor in managing the various universities in Paris. It is responsible for a posteriori control of the actions of Parisian universities, as well as those of the Paris inter-university libraries, particularly with regard to state investments. Following the transition to autonomy for Parisian universities and Grandes Écoles, which relinquished responsibility for managing university staff, its main day-to-day mission is to manage the property of Parisian universities, in particular their joint and undivided assets.

Because of the special situation of the Île-de-France region, the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris has a jurisdiction that can extend beyond the city of Paris alone, to encompass the region's seventeen universities in certain cases. The Minister responsible may also, by decree, entrust the Chancellery with the management of the assets of other Grandes Écoles and universities, which constitutes an exception to the rule.

The thirteen universities of Paris, now numbering eleven after mergers:

There are also 17 Grandes Écoles under the authority of the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris, some of which were colleges of the University of Paris before it split in 1971:

Location

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The Palais Académique in the Sorbonne

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By royal decree of May 16, 1821, the headquarters of the rectorate of the Académie de Paris was established in perpetuity on the premises of the Sorbonne. When the Sorbonne was rebuilt at the end of the 19th century, the rector-chancellor was given luxurious premises in the north of the building, known as the Palais Académique (English: the Academic Palace). Since its creation following the dismemberment of the University of Paris, the chancellery's services have occupied the entire Sorbonne's Palais Académique, offices in various other parts of the building, and numerous other buildings in the city of Paris. The chancellery regularly uses the Sorbonne Grand Amphithéâtre for events, official ceremonies and awards ceremonies.[10]

List of inter-university centres and campuses shared by Paris universities

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Former shared campuses:

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Caroline Chamard-Heim (2014). "La Chancellerie des universités de Paris". La Semaine juridique - Administrations et collectivités territoriales. LexisNexis: 4.
  • Marie-Claude Delmas (2016), "De l'Université de Paris à la chancellerie des universités de Paris : Le rôle de Pierre Bartoli, 1951–1978", dans Florence Bourillon, Éléonore Marantz, Stéphanie Méchine and Loïc Vadelorge, De l'Université de Paris aux universités d'Île-de-France, Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, coll. "Histoire", 353 p. (ISBN 978-2-7535-4291-4), p. 123–141

References

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  1. ^ "Organisation and Missions – The Chancellerie des Universités de Paris". sorbonne.fr. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Organisation and Missions – The Chancellerie des Universités de Paris". sorbonne.fr. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Etude d'opportunité sur le patrimoine de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris à Richelieu". www.abcd-culture.com. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  4. ^ "La Chancellerie des universités de Paris a 50 ans". Académie de Paris (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  5. ^ Décret n° 2019-1600 du 31 décembre 2019 portant dissolution de chancelleries, 31 December 2019, retrieved 2024-10-17
  6. ^ a b c "Organisation, Mission - Rectorat et Chancellerie des Universités de Paris". La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  7. ^ "" Sorbonne Université " : Pierre-et-Marie-Curie et Paris-Sorbonne en route vers la fusion". Le Monde (in French). 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  8. ^ Pauline, Verge (21 March 2019). "Les universités Descartes et Diderot fusionnent au sein de "l'Université de Paris"". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  9. ^ Marcel, Jean-Christophe (2005-11-03). "Le déploiement de la recherche au Centre d'études sociologiques (1945-1960)". La revue pour l'histoire du CNRS (in French) (13). doi:10.4000/histoire-cnrs.1656. ISSN 1298-9800.
  10. ^ "Grand Amphithéâtre - La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris - La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris". www.sorbonne.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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