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CEEDE
(Centre d'Equivalence et d'Evaluation des Dipômes Etrangers) Our
Credential Evaluations of foreign degrees
for the European
Community  French President Co-Prince of Andorra Nicolas, Paul, Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa Our Statistics on Degrees awarded this year. Associate : 5.02% Bachelor: 33.11% Mastaire: 28.43% Ph.D.: 24.41% Other: 9.03% |
 Dear prospective student, I
am the Doyen
J. Thomas of the Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon.
I am glad to give you some historical and factual information about our French registered private institution of higher education. Our name comes from Robert de Sorbon, chaplain and confessor of Saint Louis, king of France.  The first
Sorbon
Institution was born in the 11th century of the
corporative organization of Paris masters and scholars. Originally
installed in the Ile de la Cité, it was moved during the 12th
century
to what was to become the "Latin Quarter", where theology, law,
medicine and art were taught outside to young pupils from the 4 Nations
(France, Picardy, Normandy and England), which endowed it from the
start with international prestige. The collège de Sorbon , founded in 1257/58 for poor students, was located at the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève. These colleges soon became the center of the Paris academic disciplines and the Sorbon college, a famous theology faculty, was to play a major role in the political and philosophical discussions of the time. Rebuilt by Cardinal Richelieu in the 17th century, closed by the French Revolution in 1791 because of its religious links, turned into artists studios in 1801, the Sorbonne once again devoted itself to teaching in 1821. At the end of the 19th century, the French government rebuilted it again, making the "Nouvelle Sorbonne" a sanctuary of the intellect, a privileged center of knowledge. In 1981, French Universities were reorganized and split into in independent entities.
For your information, five French institutions of higher education carry the word "Sorbon orSorbonne" as they did it historically before: Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris IV Paris Sorbonne Paris V René Descartes ESRDS Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon Our Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in many disciplines. As of today, we were honored to have students from more than 90 countries from five continents. Lux, Veritas & Fides! Au revoir et à bientôt!  Doyen/Dean J. Thomas |
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