Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (French: Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis), or usually the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris 8, is a public university in Paris, France. Once part of the historic University of Paris, it is now an autonomous public institution. It is one of the thirteen successors of the University of Paris, and was established shortly before the latter officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970. It was founded as a direct response to events of May 1968. This response was twofold: it was sympathetic to students' demands for more freedom, but also represented the movement of students out of central Paris, especially the Latin Quarter, where the street fighting of 1968 had taken place. Source: Wikipedia (en)