University of Paris 8 Vincennes–Saint-Denis is a public research and teaching institution founded in 1969 as an experimental campus in response to the May 1968 events, relocating to Saint-Denis in 1980. The university operates 11 faculties across five teaching areas—Arts, Literature, Human and Social Sciences, Law/Economics/Management, and Science/Technology/Health—offering 21 bachelor's degrees, 42 master's degrees, 53 doctoral programs, and 7 technical bachelor's degrees to approximately 21,290 enrolled students. Its research infrastructure includes 4 doctoral schools, 33 research departments (9 of which are joint units with the CNRS), and approximately 1,082 doctoral students completing around 150 theses annually. The university is located primarily in Saint-Denis with additional campuses in Aubervilliers and northern Paris as part of the Condorcet Campus initiative launched in 2008 with nine other institutions. Paris 8 has historically specialized in fields including psychoanalysis, geopolitics, cinema, visual arts, and gender studies, maintaining an emphasis on linking research with teaching and interdisciplinary approaches.