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Every year the Cité Internationale accommodates 10,000 students, researchers and artists in its 40 houses.

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A DIVERSE ORGANISATION

Home to 10,000 students, researchers and artists every year, over 140 nationalities, 40 houses and a host of services, the Cité Internationale offers a unique setting backed by a remarkable organisation.

The Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris is unique among French universities and institutions. It is run by a private body, the Fondation Nationale, and is listed as a public-interest organisation. It manages on-site services and 18 residences. The other 22 houses each represent a country or Grande Ecole and have their own legal status.

RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION

CITE INTERNATIONALE ADMISSIONS

Applicants for accommodation at the Cité Internationale are asked to meet a few basic criteria...

If you are a student or researcher or are involved in the arts, simply fill out an admissions form to submit your application. Please see the admissions criteria in the relevant section for details.

FAQ

A HUB FOR ARTS AND CULTURE

Every year, the Cité Internationale hosts 1,000 events in arts and culture, organised by houses, residents and specialist services.

Culture is a cornerstone of life at the Cité Internationale. In addition to its theatre, the campus is also home to an orchestra, choir and heritage centre. It offers a range of services for those researching information either as a hobby or for the purposes of work or studies.

ONLINE SERVICES FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

Covering everything from seminars and forums to award ceremonies, board meetings and receptions, the Seminars and Conferences service is on hand to provide help and advice to organise your events in beautiful surroundings.

The Cité Internationale offers an outstanding setting, providing event organisers with a complete raft of services including venue rental, catering, technical installations and staffing.
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TODAY'S MENU

  • LUNCH
  • Formule Bleue
  • Sauté de boeuf au paprika
    Pennes à la tomate

    Paupiette de boeuf
    Epinards au jus
    Chou fleur au gratin

    Filet de colin à la mexicaine
  • DINNER
  • Formule Bleue
  • Navarin de mouton aux légumes
    Blé aux petits légumes

    Ailes de poulet Tex Mex
    Ratatouille niçoise
    Chou de Bruxelles

    Aile de raie aux câpres

The menus for the week

PATRONAGE AT THE CITÉ INTERNATIONALE

The Cité Internationale has always drawn on the generous support of key private donors such as Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe and John Rockefeller Jr.

The Cité Internationale has now reached a turning point and is on the verge of launching a wide-ranging development campaign to renovate and enhance its architectural heritage, pursue intellectual and cultural projects and offer new scholarships. Why not support to this new drive?

CURRENT PROJECTS

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CENTRAL LIBRARY

HISTORY

In 1927, André Honnorat, one of the founding fathers of the Cité Internationale, gave Louis Barrau-Dihigo and Camille Bloch the task of drawing up a plan for a “reference library enabling on-site consultation of works conducive to exam preparation” for residents only. Housed in Maison Internationale, the library occupies an incredible vaulted gallery reminiscent of the classical architecture seen at Château de Fontainebleau.
 
The library was inaugurated on 14 November 1936 by the country’s president, Albert Lebrun, opening its doors to residents of the Cité Interationale on 3 January 1937. The initial body of works came through the purchase of 134 books from the library of Stephen d’Irsay, author of Histoire des universités françaises et étrangères des origines à nos jours.
 
In 1938, Georges Duhamel began a campaign in Nouvelles Littéraires to enrich this magnificent “library full of promise”. In response, French publishers and authors such as Paul Morand, Anatole France and André Gide donated more than 15,000 books and journals to expand the library’s collections.
The Second World War brought things to a standstill. Then, in the fifties, the library gave fresh impetus to its policy of active acquisitions. Following the events of 1968, the library opened its doors to non-resident academics and students.
 
In the nineties, the library began a modernisation campaign through involvement in national documentary and cataloguing services along with a drive to diversify its collections through the use of databases. The internet became available in the reading room in 1995.

Cité Internationale residents were given remote access to online documentation in 2000. The reading room was fully renovated in 2005.