Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis

Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis

Université Paris 8 Vincenne-Saint-Denis
Motto	Université Monde
Motto in English	World University
Type	Public
Established	1969
Academic affiliations	Université Paris Lumières UNIMED
Endowment	€113 million (2013)[1]
Chancellor	Annick Allaigre
Undergraduates	14,070
Postgraduates	6,259
Location	Saint-Denis , France 48°56′41″N 2°21′48″E / 48.94472°N 2.36333°E / 48.94472; 2.36333
Website	www.univ-paris8.fr/en

Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (French: Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis) is a public university in Paris, France. Once part of the historic University of Paris, it is now an autonomous public institution.

It is one of the thirteen successors of the world's second oldest academic institution, the University of Paris, and was established shortly before the latter officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970. It was founded as a direct response to events of May 1968. This response was twofold: it was sympathetic to students' demands for more freedom, but also represented the movement of students out of central Paris, especially the Latin Quarter, where the street fighting of 1968 had taken place.