Editing Sorbonne University (section)

=== Faculty of Humanities of Paris, "the Sorbonne" ===
{{Main article|University of Paris Faculty of Humanities}}
Based at the [[Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne]], the University of Paris Faculty of Humanities (commonly known as the ''Sorbonne'' because of its location) was created by the decree of 17 March 1808 on the organisation of the [[University of France|Imperial University of France]].<ref>George Weisz, ''The emergence of modern universities in France, 1863–1914'' (Princeton University Press, 2014).</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Sorbonne in the 19th century – La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris |url=https://www.sorbonne.fr/en/the-sorbonne/history-of-the-sorbonne/la-sorbonne-au-xixe-siecle-le-temps-des-grands-travaux-sous-la-troisieme-republique/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris}}</ref> 

Under the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]], the faculty welcomed an average of 1,000 to 1,500 students a year, rising to 2,000 under the [[July Monarchy]]. But the number of teaching staff remained limited: between 1809 and 1878, only 51 professors taught at the Faculty of Humanities.<ref name=":0" />

Following the promulgation of laws on 28 April 1893, giving civil personality to the bodies formed by the union of several faculties of an academy, and 10 July 1896, giving the name of university to the bodies of faculties, the new [[University of Paris]] was created in 1896 through the merger of the Faculty of Science, the [[University of Paris Faculty of Humanities|Faculty of Humanities]], the [[University of Paris Faculty of Law|Faculty of Law]], the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Protestant Theology (created in 1877 and transformed into a free faculty in 1905), and the ''École supérieure de pharmacie''. It was inaugurated on 19 November 1896 by its president, [[Félix Faure]].