The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter

Latin Quarter

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, in Paris

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, France

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, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris

University of Paris

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. Nowadays, it houses several higher education and research institutions such as Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Sorbonne Nouvelle University

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, Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris Descartes University, the École Nationale des Chartes

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 and the École pratique des hautes études

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.

The name is commonly used to refer to this historic University of Paris

University of Paris

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 or one of its successor institutions (see below), but this is a recent usage, and "Sorbonne" has actually been used with different meanings over the centuries.