Before becoming a university, Sorbonne was an idea. An idea of scientific excellence. Of collaboration. Of opportunity.
And no story encapsulates this better than that of Maria Skłodowska-Curie.
Barred from university in Russia-occupied Poland, she studied in secret, moved to Paris, and changed the world.
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
The only person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences.
Her work saved millions of lives.
But her story is not just about science. It’s also about freedom.
The freedom to think. To explore. To invent.
The freedom that fuels progress.
To every young dreamer who looks up and asks “Why?” or “What if?”
To every researcher, at home or abroad:
Choose Science. Choose Europe.
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