University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3  The New Sorbonne University (French: "Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle", also known as Paris III) is a public university in Paris, France. It is one of the inheritors of the faculty of humanities of the old University of Paris, which ceased to exist in 1970. "Paris III" offers courses in a wide range of Arts and Humanities subjects, areas in which - according to the 2018 QS World University Rankings - the university is the 71st best worldwide. The historic University of Paris first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was reorganised in 1970 as 13 autonomous universities after the student protests of the French May. Sorbonne Nouvelle, or "Paris III", is one of the inheritors of University of Paris faculty of humanities ("arts et lettres"). The Sorbonne Nouvelle has sites at various locations in Paris. The main university centres are:  Central Sorbonne Building - central administration offices, Literature. Censier - the main teaching site, named after the adjacent street  Bièvre - houses teaching and research facilities for language study and the main staff and student refectories  Rue Saint Jacques - French as a Foreign Language  Rue des Bernardins - Linguistics and Phonetics  Rue de l' Ecole de Médecine - English Studies   Rue Saint Guillaume - Latin American Studies  Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny - Houses the E.S.I.T (School of Interpreting and Translation)  Asnières - located outside of Paris, where was housed the German Studies department is now closed. The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central and five specialised libraries (Foreign language and culture and French literature). It is also connected to the Library of Saint Genevieve, the Central Sorbonne Library, the Inter-University Library for Oriental Languages and the Library of Saint Barbara. The "Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle" publishes research carried out by the university. The "CROUS de Paris" (Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires) is the organisation responsible for both student accommodation and refectories in Paris. It runs various student halls of residence and student restaurants both in central Paris and in its outskirts. The "Restaurant Universitaire Censier" is the student refectory which is used by the large majority of Paris III students due to its proximity to the Censier university site.