Collège de France
French higher education and research establishment in Paris
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Summary
Collège de France is a higher education institution[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of higher education institution entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,786 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: educational institution[3]
- Member of: Couperin Consortium[4], Fédération et Ressources sur l'Antiquité[5], ORCID, Inc.[6], Agence universitaire de la Francophonie[7]
- Country: France[8]
- Instance of: archives[9], library[10]
- Founder: Francis I of France[11]
- Operator: Q125754060[12]
- Headquarters location: Paris[13]
- Child organization or unit: Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris[14], Kastler–Brossel Laboratory[15], Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology[16], Centre d'études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques[17], Orient et Méditerranée, Textes, Archéologie, Histoire[18], Pathologie et Virologie Moléculaire[19], Proche-Orient, Caucase : Langues, Archéologie, Cultures[20]
- Commons category: Collège de France[21]
- Inception: 1530[22]
- Coordinate location: 48.849167, 2.345556[23]
- Official website: https://www.college-de-france.fr/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Collège de France[25]
- Director / manager: Thomas Römer[26]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[31]
- Replaces: Collège des Quatre Langues[32]
- Official name: Collège de France[33]
- Native label: Collège de France[34]
- Has list: list of professors at Collège de France[35]
- Position held by head of the organization: Director of the Collège de France[36]
- Category for alumni of educational institution: Category:Collège de France alumni[37]
Why It Matters
Collège de France has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]