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I am the Doyen (Dean) 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.  Donation from King St. Louis to Robert de Sorbon Feb.1257  The first Sorbon
Institution was created in the 11th century
through the corporatist organization of Paris
masters and scholars. Originally installed in the île
de la Cité, it was moved during the 12th century to
what was to become the "Latin Quarter", where
theology, law, medicine and arts 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 the Cardinal de 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 rebuilt it again, making the "Nouvelle Sorbonne" a sanctuary of the intellect, a privileged center of knowledge. In 1968, French Universities were reorganized and split into in independent entities. The Ecole supérieure Robert de Sobon® was founded in 2004. For your information, five French institutions of higher education carry the name "Sorbon or Sorbonne" as they did it historically before: Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (public) Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle (public) Paris IV Paris Sorbonne (public) Paris V René Descartes (public) ESRDS Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon (private) Our Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon® grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in many disciplines in Arts, Science, Business, Heath, Law, Humanities, Religion, etc... As of today, we were honored to have students from more than 154 countries from five continents. In 2002 in France the VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience) was established (Art L-613-3 of the code of Education). It is a codified procedures that mandates French Universities to grant regular degrees on work/life experience. In 2004, Our institution was the first one to offer the VAE (Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience) in French, English, Italian. 3 years later Spanish was added and in 2013 Russian students can do it in their own language. While it was "revolutionary" at that time Now most of the other French universities accept foreign languages. In 2005, the Ecole Supérieure Robert de Sorbon® was the first to grant a Ph.D. through the VAE procedure. One year later the University of Strasbourg II did it and now it is totally admitted while being controversial at the time. Once again we were the pionneer of the VAE. in 2010, de Sorbon is a participant of the United Nations PRME program. in 2012, Our institution was accepted as an institutional member of the US CAEL (Council for Adult Educational Learning) in 2013, French public entities of the FPA (Formation Professionnelle des Adultes) funded de Sorbon VAE application and Jury fees (600€ In total) .While this funding is reserved only to French Legal residents, it shows the quality and recognition of our VAE. in 2013, French Authorities granted the ® Registered Trade Mark "Marque de Service" to our institution. in 2014 ICANN granted us the sorbon.education domain and we celabrate 10 Years of International VAE Experientiia Docet Au revoir et à bientôt ! PS: De Sorbon® is now mentioned in the prestigious Larousse Dictionary! Restez au Contact/ Stay in Touch avec de Sorbon® |
