University of Panthéon-Assas

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University of Panthéon-Assas
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founding 1970 (originally 1200)
Sponsorship state
place Paris , France
president Guilaume Leyte
Students 19,086, including 14,847 law students (2019)
Employee 2,412
Annual budget 90.9 million euros
Website www.u-paris2.fr

The University of Panthéon-Assas ( French Université Panthéon-Assas [ ynivɛʁsite pɑ̃teɔ̃asas ], short: Assas [ asas ], Paris II [ paʁi dø ] or Sorbonne-Assas ) is a public university in Paris . It is the successor to the law faculty of the University of Paris , the Sorbonne, which was split up in 1970 . Its law faculty is considered to be the most prestigious in France.

In addition to law, the range of courses also includes economics, administration and social sciences.

The seat of the university at the Panthéon

Since its foundation, the university has produced numerous presidents, prime ministers and other important personalities from politics, business and science.

Most of the university's 19 locations are in the Latin Quarter . One location is in Melun . The namesake of the university is the main building in the Rue d'Assas, west of the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Panthéon , the in the late 18th century in the immediate vicinity of Jacques-Germain Soufflot designed building of the former Law Faculty of the University of Paris is . The university management is housed there today. The University of Panthéon-Assas shares the building with the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne, which was also built in 1970 . In the course of the split up of the University of Paris, some legal scholars decided to become part of this new interdisciplinary university, while 88 of the 108 legal scholars established the University of Panthéon-Assas as a primarily legal university.

Personalities

Notable graduates

François Hollande, President of the French Republic from 2012 to 2017

Eminent professors

Ronny Abraham , President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague from 2015 to 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ D'Agostino, Salvatore (1988). Università e Territorio: Squilibri e strategie di superamento . Guide Editori. P. 71.
  2. Nadeau, Jean-Benoît; Barlow, Julie (2005). Pas si fous, ces Français! Seuil. P. 180.
  3. Les programs de I à VII . June 24, 1970 ( lemonde.fr [accessed February 9, 2019]).

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 49 ″  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 41 ″  E