 The Collège de Sorbonne (founded in 1257) was a constituent of the University of Paris although, at least in the 20th century, the term Sorbonne has been applied to the whole of the University.The university was broken up in 1970 into thirteen universities.Three of them contain 'Sorbonne' in their names (University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 and Paris-Sorbonne University) and are nearby.