Partners & networks
As a result of the university’s close and long-standing ties with a large number of foreign universities and participation in international networks, the internationalisation of teaching and research is continually growing and strengthening. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University strives to provide researchers and students with unique opportunities to interact with a broad and global network of partners.
Partners
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University has over 320 partner institutions in 73 countries, covering all five continents. The aim of this cooperation is to implement the mobility of students, professors and administrative staff members, or joint research, and thus contribute to the internationalisation of the university.
Map of international partners
Click on a map marker to display the name of the partner institution or download the list as a PDF file (192 KB) - Data: July 2025.
Networks and programmes
In addition to its international partners throughout the world, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University is actively involved in a large number of networks, programmes and associations, both at European and global level. These international networks give the university the opportunity to enrich its partnerships and develop new projects.
Erasmus+ programme
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University has strong European links and has been involved in the Erasmus+ programme since its launch. It is active in many European projects co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, including a project to build a European university of the future, called Una Europa.
Europe is a major strategic axis of our internationalisation policy. Improving the quality of higher education and strengthening its European connections are major challenges for Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. That is the reason why it is involved in mobility projects (Intra-European mobility, International Credit Mobility, Erasmus Mundus) and cooperation projects in the field of innovation and exchange of good practices (strategic partnerships, knowledge alliances, capacity building) and support for policy reform.
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University holds the Erasmus+ Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027. For more information on the institution's Erasmus+ 2021-2027 strategy, please check this document (PDF - 84 KB - French).
The UNESCO Chairs
The UNESCO Chair “Tourism, Culture, Development” was established in 1998 by Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University within the Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Tourism (IREST). It leads the UNITWIN network “Culture, Tourism and Development,” which aims to create an international inter-university cooperation framework in the fields of tourism, culture, and heritage.
The UNESCO Chair “Shared Challenges of Development: Knowledge, Understanding, Action”, founded in 2017, is led by the Sorbonne Institute of Development Studies (IEDES). It is the result of collaboration among academic institutions located in Europe, America, and Africa, which have been structured as a network since 2011 and are engaged in development-related issues.