Paris 8 University, in French Universite Paris 8 and also known as the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, is a public university in Greater Paris, France. It is one of the thirteen successors of the University of Paris and was founded as a direct response to the events of May 1968, first as the experimental Centre Universitaire Experimental de Vincennes on 13 January 1969, gaining full university status in 1971. Since moving to Saint-Denis in 1980 it has become a major teaching and research centre for the humanities in the Ile-de-France region. Its campuses lie mainly in Saint-Denis and Aubervilliers, and it helped found the Condorcet Campus.
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Paris 8 University (French: Université Paris 8), also known as the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris VIII, or Paris 8, is a public university in Greater Paris, France.
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Paris 8 University (French: Université Paris 8), also known as the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris VIII, or Paris 8, is a public university in Greater Paris, France.
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It was founded as a direct response to events of May 1968, as a campus of the University of Paris in Vincennes.
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Paris 8 University (French: Université Paris 8), also known as the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris VIII, or Paris 8, is a public university in Greater Paris, France.
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