Chancellery of the Universities of Paris

The Chancellerie des Universités de Paris (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃sɛlʁi dez‿ynivɛʁsite də paʁi], "Chancellery of the Universities of Paris") is the public institution under the French Ministry of Higher Education that inherited the administration of the assets of the University of Paris, which was split into thirteen autonomous universities in 1971. It administers the Sorbonne, the Villa Finaly in Italy, the Château de Ferrières (until 2012), the Domaine de Richelieu in Indre-et-Loire, the Jacques Doucet Library and other assets bequeathed to the former University of Paris. The chancellery also represents the eleven universities that own the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. The Sorbonne building and The Sorbonne brand name are owned by the chancellery. It also manages the official store of the Sorbonne and the universities of Paris.

The chancellery was created in 1971 after the Faure law of 1968, which dismembered the University of Paris, at the same time as the university chancelleries in the other academies. Since 2021, it has been the only remaining chancellery in France, the others having been dissolved.

Its headquarters are located at the Sorbonne, which it administers on behalf of the universities Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Sorbonne University and Sorbonne Nouvelle.