Paris Descartes University

Paris Descartes University

Université Paris 5 René Descartes
Type	Public
Active	1970–2019
Budget	Euro 340 Million(US $476 Million)
Chancellor	Patrick Gérard Chancellor of the Universities of Paris
President	Frédéric Dardel
Students	33 500
Undergraduates	15 000
Postgraduates	18 500
Location	Paris , France 48°51′05″N 2°20′26″E / 48.851389°N 2.340556°E / 48.851389; 2.340556
Colours	Magenta and white
Website	www.parisdescartes.fr
France Paris

Paris Descartes University (French: Université Paris 5 René Descartes), 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 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.^[1]

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