Dauphine History

  • 1959
    • Porte Dauphine buildings and grounds inaugurated as the Permanent Headquarters of NATO
  • 1966
    • Nato moves its headquarters to Brussels after France withdraws from NATO's integrated military structure
  • 1968
    • Dauphine College, University of Paris created by decree under Minister of Education Edgar Faure
  • 1970
    • Dauphine College becomes Université Paris IX-Dauphine
  • 1994
    • New wing of the Porte Dauphine Campus inaugurated
  • 2004
    • L'Université Paris-Dauphine obtains the status of "Grand Etablissement"
  • 2009
    • Dauphine becomes the first EQUIS accredited French university
    • Dauphine's La Défense campus inaugurated at the Pôle Léonard de Vinci site
  • 2011
    • Université Paris-Dauphine becomes an autonomous institution by virtue of the French LRU law
    • The Institut Pratique du Jouralisme (IJP) joins Dauphine to become IPJ Paris-Dauphine
    • Université Paris-Dauphine selected to become a member of the PSL Initiative for Excellence

Past Présidents of l'Université Paris-Dauphine

1970 – 1975
Paul DIDIER, professor of civil law

1975 – 1980
Jean-Paul GILLI, professor of public law

1980 – 1984
Henri TEZENAS DU MONTCEL d., professor of economics

1984 – 1989
Brigitte BERLIOZ-HOUIN, professor of civil law

1989 – 1994
Ivar EKELAND, professor of mathematics

1994 – 1999
Elie COHEN d., professor of management

1999 – 2007
Bernard de MONTMORILLON, professor of management

Current President

Laurent BATSCH, professor of management

The Dauphine photo album

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Equis Accredited

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