Paris Descartes University

{{short description|French public research university in Paris}} {{Infobox University | name = Paris Descartes University | native_name = Université Paris 5 René Descartes | parent = | image_name = Paris_Descartes_University.png | motto = | established = 1970 | closed = 2019 | type = [[public university|Public]] | president = Frédéric Dardel | chancellor = Patrick Gérard<br/><small>Chancellor of the Universities of Paris</small> | students = 33 500 | undergrad = 15 000 | postgrad = 18 500 | colours = Magenta and white {{color box|#CA1F7B}}{{color box|white}} | budget = Euro 340 Million(US $476 Million) | city = [[Paris]] | country = France | affiliations = | website = {{URL|http://www.parisdescartes.fr}} | pushpin_map_caption = France Paris | pushpin_map = France Paris | coordinates = {{coord|48.851389|N|2.340556|E|type:edu|format=dms|display=inline}} }}

'''Paris Descartes University''' ({{langx|fr|Université Paris 5 René Descartes|links=no}}), 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 [[Université Paris Cité|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parisdescartes.fr/|title=L'Université Paris Descartes}}</ref>

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

==History==

The historic [[University of Paris]] ({{langx|fr|Université de Paris}}) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was [[University of Paris#1970: Dissolution|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 [[Latin Quarter, Paris|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, Hauts-de-Seine|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.droit.univ-paris5.fr/INTERNATIONAL/Etudiants-partants-Outgoing-students/Universites-partenaires|title=Nos universités partenaires / Étudiants partants/Outgoing students / INTERNATIONAL / Droit - Faculte de Droit - Universite Paris Descartes}}</ref>

==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<ref name=leuven>{{cite web| url=https://soc.kuleuven.be/fsw/english/calendar/ehrenberg-language-game| title=What we talk about when we talk about mental health:The language-game of mental health in individualist society | website=[[KU Leuven]]. Faculty of Social Sciences| date=12 November 2019| access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref> and co-directed the research group "Psychotropics, Politics, Society" (Centre de recherche Psychotropes, Santé mentale, Société, aka CESAMES).<ref name=kultur>{{cite web | title=Alain Ehrenberg| website=Kulturaustausch | date=17 June 2022 | url=https://www.kulturaustausch.de/en/archive?tx_amkulturaustausch_pi1%5Bauuid%5D=1855&tx_amkulturaustausch_pi1%5Bview%5D=AUTHOR&cHash=a0bbbe7cee53dc9d02239e2f45a9ca7d | access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref> This is a joint research unit of Paris Descartes and the [[Centre national de la recherche scientifique]] (CNRS - National Centre for Scientific Research),<ref>{{cite web | title=Présentation du Cesames | website=Cesames en Ligne | url=https://cesames.org/spip/presentation-du-cesames/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116171725/https://cesames.org/spip/presentation-du-cesames/ | archive-date=16 January 2021 | url-status=live | language=fr | access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> where Ehrenberg is professor of sociology.<ref>{{cite web | title=Einstein Forum – Discontent in the Civilization or New Social Cohesion? | website= Einstein Forum | date=8 June 2007 | url=https://www.einsteinforum.de/veranstaltungen/discontent-in-the-civilization-or-new-social-cohesion/?lang=en | access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref>

==Rankings== {{Infobox university rankings | ARWU_W = | ARWU_W_year = | ARWU_W_ref = | THE_W = | THE_W_year = | THE_W_ref = | QS_W = =441-450 | QS_W_year = 2018 | QS_W_ref = <ref>[https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018 QS World University Rankings 2018]</ref> }} 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)<ref>[https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2017 QS World University Rankings 2017 – Subject Rankings]</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/subject-ranking/clinical-pre-clinical-health#!/page/0/length/25|title=Subject Ranking 2015-2016: clinical, pre-clinical and health top 100|date=13 October 2015}}</ref>

In Law, in 2016/17, it was not ranked among the top 10 of France of [[Eduniversal]] rankings.<ref>[http://www.meilleures-licences.com/licence-droit.html Law, France, Eduniversal]</ref>

==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 (Cambodia)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] of the [[Khmer Republic]] * [[Ramata Ly-Bakayoko]], Ivorian Minister of Women, Families, and Children<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macommune.info/465346-2/|title=L'université de Franche-Comté décerne le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa au Pr Ramata Bakayoko-Ly|website=macommune.info|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref> * [[Sophie Postel-Vinay]], French physician and oncology researcher<ref>{{Cite web |title=SELECTBIO - Epigenetics in Drug Discovery Speaker Biography |url=https://selectbiosciences.com/conferences/biographies.aspx?speaker=1570045&conf=edd2017 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=selectbiosciences.com}}</ref> * [[Élizabeth Teissier]], astrologist

== Points of interest == * [[Jardin Botanique, Université Paris V]] * [[Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière]]

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Université René Descartes, Paris 1.JPG|{{center|The historic [[École de Chirurgie]], now the headquarters of Paris Descartes University}} File:Paris-Descartes Building.JPG|{{center|Facade of the famous Anatomy Theatre in the École de Chirurgie}} File:Paris 75006 Boulevard Saint-Germain no 083 Faculté de Medecine 20110225 (01).jpg|{{center|Paris Descartes Medecine on the boulevard Saint-Germain}} </gallery>

==See also== * {{annotated link|René Descartes}} * {{annotated link|A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Commons category inline|Université Paris Descartes}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120606082521/http://www.univ-paris5.fr/ University web site] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.shs.univ-paris5.fr Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales - Sorbonne] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.psycho.univ-paris5.fr Institut de Psychologie] {{in lang|fr}}

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