University of Paris, Sorbonne

Timeline

1. 1257Left Bank of Paris (site of the original Sorbonne college) · ParisRobert de Sorbon, with the support of Louis IX, established a theological college providing lodging and lecture halls for poor theology students, laying the foundation of the Sorbonne college system.
2. c. 1274–1300University of Paris · ParisThe Sorbonne college merged institutionally with the University of Paris theology faculty, becoming the core college of one of the university's four faculties, with scholastic disputation and degree-granting procedures gradually standardized.
3. 1331–1340Sorbonne college, Paris · ParisDuring this period the Sorbonne gathered Thomist and Ockhamist controversies, attracting scholars from various places to study theology in Paris, with its library and lecture chairs ranking among the foremost in European universities.
4. 1793Sorbonne University (present site) · ParisAfter the Revolution the University of Paris system was repeatedly split and merged, but the Sorbonne name and architectural tradition continued, becoming a major center of modern humanities and scientific research.