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Paris Descartes University

French public research university in Paris

Summary

French public research university in Paris

Field	Value
name	Paris Descartes University
native_name	Université Paris 5 René Descartes
image_name	Paris_Descartes_University.png
established	1970
closed	2019
type	Public
president	Frédéric Dardel
chancellor	Patrick Gérard
Chancellor of the Universities of Paris
students	33 500
undergrad	15 000
postgrad	18 500
colours	Magenta and white
budget	Euro 340 Million(US $476 Million)
city	Paris
country	France
website
pushpin_map_caption	France Paris
pushpin_map	France Paris
coordinates

Chancellor of the Universities of Paris

Paris Descartes University (), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Descartes completely merged with Paris Diderot University in 2019 to form a new Paris Cité University.

It was established as a multidisciplinary university "of humanities and health sciences" ("des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Santé". It focused on the areas of medical sciences, biomedical sciences, law, computer science, social sciences, economics and psychology.

Its main campus was in the historic École de Chirurgie in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

History

The historic University of Paris () first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was divided into thirteen universities, managed by a common rectorate, the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris, after the student protests of the French May.

Administration

Campus

Descartes University has ten campuses in Paris. Its headquarters are centered on the "Collège de chirurgie", which was built in place of the "Collège de Bourgogne", in the Quartier Latin, on the rue des Écoles. The teaching facilities and the research laboratories are housed in the Saints-Pères university center, as far as the medical school and the social sciences school are concerned. The refurbished Henri-Piéron center contains the school of psychology, whereas the Law school is located in Malakoff. The dentistry school is located in Montrouge.

Admission

The undergraduate program of Paris Descartes is selective, with an acceptance rate of 11%. Admission to the second year of the university's master programs is selective as well, some of these programs admitting only 1.7% of applicants which can represent 25 students by programs.

International conventions

The University Paris V has signed over 150 conventions with foreign universities across five continents, including Manchester, Warwick, Copenhagen, Rome, Madrid, Rotterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm or Ghent.

Research

Areas

The university focuses on medical sciences (medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, psychology), biomedical sciences (cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry, biomedical physics), social sciences (sociology, anthropology, linguistics, demographics, science of education), mathematics, computer science and law (information technology law, business law, tax law, public law, private law...).

The University Paris Descartes supports a modern approach to social sciences on the basis of fieldwork, participant observation and ethnography (master's degree in cultural and social anthropology at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences). The dual master's degree ("Economics and Psychology" and "Cogmaster") in partnership with other important French academic institutions such as Panthéon-Sorbonne University and the École Normale Supérieure emphasizes opportunities offered as far as research is concerned.

CESAMES

In 1994 Alain Ehrenberg founded and co-directed the research group "Psychotropics, Politics, Society" (Centre de recherche Psychotropes, Santé mentale, Société, aka CESAMES). This is a joint research unit of Paris Descartes and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS - National Centre for Scientific Research), where Ehrenberg is professor of sociology.

Rankings

Paris Descartes was rated by the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject:

51–100th in Pharmacy and Pharmacology (1st ex aequo in France),
151–200 in Biological Sciences (4th ex aequo in France),
121 in Medicine (2nd in France),
251–300th in Psychology (2nd in France),
251–300th in Linguistics (3rd ex aequo in France)

It was also rated by the 2016/17 The Times Higher Education Subject Rankings as:

201–250 (4th ex aequo in France) in Medicine,
201–250 (1st in France) in Psychology.

In Law, in 2016/17, it was not ranked among the top 10 of France of Eduniversal rankings.

Notable people

Faculty members

Georges Balandier
Jean-Michel Berthelot
Erwan Dianteill
Erol Gelenbe
Axel Kahn
Michel Kazatchkine
Michel Maffesoli
Hervé Morin
Georges Vigarello

Alumni

Amal Bourquia, Moroccan nephrologist, university professor, medical writer
Olivier Brandicourt, physician and former CEO of Sanofi
Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochère, former president of Panthéon-Assas University
Jon Elster, social and political theorist
François Fillon, former French Prime Minister
Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec, founder of the e. laboratory on Human Trace Complex System Unesco
Nadey Hakim, surgeon and Vice President of the Royal Society of Medicine
Keuky Lim, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Khmer Republic
Ramata Ly-Bakayoko, Ivorian Minister of Women, Families, and Children
Sophie Postel-Vinay, French physician and oncology researcher
Élizabeth Teissier, astrologist

Points of interest

Jardin Botanique, Université Paris V
Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière

Gallery

File:Université René Descartes, Paris 1.JPG| File:Paris-Descartes Building.JPG| File:Paris 75006 Boulevard Saint-Germain no 083 Faculté de Medecine 20110225 (01).jpg|

References

"L'Université Paris Descartes".
"Nos universités partenaires / Étudiants partants/Outgoing students / INTERNATIONAL / Droit - Faculte de Droit - Universite Paris Descartes".
(12 November 2019). "What we talk about when we talk about mental health:The language-game of mental health in individualist society".
(17 June 2022). "Alain Ehrenberg".
"Présentation du Cesames".
(8 June 2007). "Einstein Forum – Discontent in the Civilization or New Social Cohesion?".
[https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018 QS World University Rankings 2018]
[https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2017 QS World University Rankings 2017 – Subject Rankings]
(13 October 2015). "Subject Ranking 2015-2016: clinical, pre-clinical and health top 100".
[http://www.meilleures-licences.com/licence-droit.html Law, France, Eduniversal]
"L'université de Franche-Comté décerne le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa au Pr Ramata Bakayoko-Ly".
"SELECTBIO - Epigenetics in Drug Discovery Speaker Biography".

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