After the French Revolution, Napoleon set up a central organization in charge of all universities in the Empire, and the University of Paris ceased to exist in reality although not in name.
可惜的是，一七八九年法國大革命爆發；不久，拿破侖以「帝國大學」為名，設立了一個「中央集權式」、掌管所有法蘭西帝國大學教育的機構，「巴黎大學」自然也就名存實亡，消失無蹤。