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The ___MASK16___ is an edifice of the Latin Quarter , in Paris , France , which was the historical house of the former ___MASK57___ . Today , it houses part or all of several higher education and research institutions such as Panthéon - ___MASK16___ University , ___MASK16___ Nouvelle University , Paris - ___MASK16___ University , Paris Descartes University , the École Nationale des Chartes and the École pratique des hautes études . Paris - ___MASK73___ ( also known as Paris IV ; French : " Université Paris - Sorbonne , Paris IV "), is a public research university in Paris , France . It was established in 1970 as one of the main successor of the ___MASK57___ ( the Sorbonne ), which ceased to exist following student protest in May 1968 . It took over the Humanities and Languages faculties of the ___MASK57___ . The ___MASK57___ , metonymically known as the Sorbonne ( its historical house ), was a university in Paris , France . Appearing around 1150 as a corporation associated with the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral school , it was the second - oldest modern university in Europe . Chartered in 1200 by King Philip II ( Philippe - Auguste ) of France and recognised in 1215 by Pope Innocent III , it was often nicknamed after its theology collegiate institution , College of Sorbonne , founded about 1257 by Robert de Sorbon . Sophie Mechaly , previously known as Sophie Albou ( born in 1967 ) is a Paris - born designer best known as the founder of the Paul & Joe clothing line . The daughter of Yvan and Nicole Haggiag , a clothing company executive and designer respectively , Mechaly was educated at the ___MASK16___ and the Institut Français de la Mode before going to work for the clothing company Azzedine Alaia in 1983 . In 1995 , she started a menswear company called Paul & Joe , adding a womenswear line in 1996 . The first show in the United States was opened in New York City in 1996 . Mechaly opened another store in Notting Hill , and also has a store in Covent Garden . The London stores were closed due to what was rumoured to be financial trouble -- they reopened in 2009 , with the explanation that it was simply restructuring . Mechaly partnered with American apparel company Urban Outfitters to produce a female casualwear line , Rendez - Vous , in 2011 . In 2015 , it was announced that Mechaly will partner with American lingerie company Cosabella to produced a female lingerie line , Paul & Joe x Cosabella , to be released in Spring - Summer 2016 . The ___MASK4___ is a French " grande école " which specializes in historical sciences . It was founded in 1821 and was located first at the National Archives , then at the Palais de la Sorbonne ( 5th arrondissement ). In October 2014 , it moved to 65 rue de Richelieu ( ___MASK57___ II ), opposite to the Richelieu - Louvois Site of the National Library of France . The school is administered by the Ministry of National Education , Higher Education and Research . It holds the status of " grand établissement ". Its students , who are recruited by competitive examination and hold the status of trainee civil servant , receive the qualification of archivist - paleographer after completing a thesis . They generally go on to follow a career as heritage curators in the archive and visual fields , as library curators or as lecturers and researchers in the human and social sciences . In 2005 , the school also introduced Master  s degrees , for which students were recruited based on an application file , and , in 2011 , doctorates . Paris Descartes University , also known as " Paris V ", is a French public research university located in Paris . It belongs to the leading academic alliance ___MASK16___ Paris Cité . It was established in order to succeed the medicine department of the world ' s second oldest academic institution , the ___MASK57___ ( often referred as the ___MASK16___ ), shortly before the latter officially ceased to exist on December 31 , 1970 , as a consequence of the French cultural revolution of 1968 , often referred to as " the French May ". It is one of the best and the most prestigious French universities , mainly in the areas of medical sciences , biomedical sciences , law , computer science , economics and psychology .