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Parismus is the international student association of Sorbonne University

Parismus

Parismus is the international student association of Sorbonne University.

Bringing together 10 institutions that offer studies in literature, medicine, science, engineering, technology and management, our alliance fosters a global approach to teaching and research, promoting access to knowledge for all.

Alliance 4EU+

The 4EU+ Alliance

In a changing world, Sorbonne University has joined forces with six universities: Charles University in Prague, the University of Warsaw, Heidelberg University, the University of Milan, the University of Geneva and the University of Copenhagen to create the 4EU+ Alliance.

With an innovative model of the European university, seven large research-intensive universities are working together to respond to the educational and research challenges facing Europe today.

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Université des Patients - nouvelle chaire
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The Patients' University: the Inauguration of the Skills and Vulnerabilities Chair

The Patients' University at Sorbonne University created a Skills and Vulnerabilities chair to promote learning and life experiences in vulnerable situations. This chair also offers recognition for the status of Patient Partner. On March 22, the inauguration of this chair was held at the Faculty of Medicine with the Dean, Bruno Riou, and the founder of the Patients University and now the chair, Catherine Tourette-Turgis.

Catherine Tourette-Turgis is a university professor and researcher with an atypical background enriched by her experience with patients in vulnerable situations. The creation of the Patients' University, in 2010, was an important step in her professional and personal life. This idea came to her after ten years spent in San Francisco, where she had already developed a model for supporting patients.

The Patients' University is an ambitious program aimed at developing degree programs for patients who want to use their experience of vulnerability to provide expertise to the community. To date, more than 200 patients have graduated from the program.

The Skills and Vulnerabilities Chair is a unique project in the world, supported by Sorbonne University and its Foundation, with the backing of Malakoff Humanis. It represents a new stage of the Patients' University by proposing innovative concepts via new research and teaching themes. "The experience of the Patients' University has shown me how important it is to start substantial work on the conceptualizations available on the theme of skills and vulnerabilities," announced Catherine Tourette-Turgis.

The association of the terms skills and vulnerabilities announces the social dimension that the Chair has chosen to adopt. Indeed, the experience of illness is a trial for the patient, which involves a different relationship to work, life, oneself and one's environment.

People who have had these trying experiences often feel a strong desire to contribute to the community. The Patients' University actively supports this. "Vulnerability can be a mobilizing force when it takes the form of a strong collective commitment," said Catherine Tourette-Turgis.
The integration, recognition and graduation process both integrates and recognizes the status of these expert patients in the new health and research professions. "The status of Patient Partner is not yet well recognized in France. It therefore seemed important to us to begin work to have it recognized and to integrate it into the new health professions," explains Catherine Tourette-Turgis.
 

Université des Patients - nouvelle chaire

From left to right: Bruno Riou, Cynthia Fleury (Professor of Humanities and Health at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers), Serge Uzan, Catherine Tourette-Turgis, Sandra Laugier (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and member of the Institut Universitaire de France), Pierre-Marie Chauvin and Pascal Andrieux (Director of Social and Societal Commitments, Director of the Malakoff Humanis Handicap Foundation)

Excerpts from the inauguration speeches

Pierre-Marie Chauvin, vice-president of Arts, Sciences, Culture and Society at Sorbonne University: "Catherine Tourette-Turgis' career path shows what the university can do for society: welcome people, give them tools to treat vulnerabilities...".

Bruno Riou, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Sorbonne University: "The chair covers several topics, including health democracy and the crossroads of knowledge between artificial intelligence, medicine, and human and social sciences.”

Serge Uzan, vice-president of the French National Council of Physicians: "For the past 12 years, the Patients University - Sorbonne University has made it possible to transform difficult experiences into expertise at the service of the community.”

Welcome to Sorbonne University's Faculty of Science & Engineering

A unique combination of courses and expertise

Our international study programmes are organised according to the major disciplinary areas of the faculty. They represent the graduate study programmes that are not strictly conducted in French or that could be suitable (in part) for non French-speaking students. They also reflect part of the diversity of the disciplines involved and the bi- and inter-disciplinary aspects of many of the courses we offer.

 

Research & Innovation

We rely on disciplinary skills and on interdisciplinary approaches to renew concepts, methods and research subjects and to focus on some of the crucial issues faced by our societies: transformations affecting the very construction of knowledge (data, AI), the treatment of complex objects (the environment, marine and ocean sciences, cultural heritage) or our contributions to addressing societal challenges (climate change, healthcare).

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Our campuses offer different and unique experiences to our students, visitors and staff. Resources and support services are also available to ensure an equal chance at success to all.

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In addition to the cultural activities and events organised throughout the year by our clubs and societies, the Parismus society organises numerous events, evenings and cultural visits that will help you discover France and its parisian life.

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