University of Paris Descartes

Paris Descartes University

Université Paris 5 René Descartes
Type	Public
Established	1971, following the division of the University of Paris
Parent institution	Sorbonne Paris Cité
Budget	Euro 340 Million(US $476 Million)
Chancellor	Patrick Gérard Chancellor of the Universities of Paris
President	Frédéric Dardel
Students	33 500
Undergraduates	15 000
Postgraduates	18 500
Location	Paris, France 48°51′05″N 2°20′26″E / 48.851389°N 2.340556°E / 48.851389; 2.340556
Colours	Magenta and white
Affiliations	Sorbonne Paris Cité University group
Website	http://www.univ-paris5.fr/
France Paris

Paris Descartes University (French: Université Paris 5 René Descartes), also known as Paris V, is a French public research university located in Paris.

It is one of the inheritors of the University of Paris (often referred as the Sorbonne), which ceased to exist in 1970. It is a member of the Sorbonne Paris Cité University (USPC) group.

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

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

The historic University of Paris (French: Université de 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.

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.

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.

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.