Top Universities in France

175 universities in France with a measured position, 19 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
51 Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique not ranked #115 83,445
52 Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale not ranked #117 76,745
53 Grenoble Ecole de Management not ranked #120 76,736
54 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications not ranked #118 76,103
55 Rennes School of Business not ranked #119 76,075
56 Ecole d'Architecture de Nancy not ranked #122 73,213
57 Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique not ranked #124 62,676
58 Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture Rhone-Alpes not ranked #125 56,872
59 Ecole Superieur d'Ingenieurs Leonard de Vinci not ranked #127 34,779
60 Université Catholique de l' Ouest not ranked #128 33,412
61 Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Génie Electrique not ranked #130 29,884
62 Ecole Centrale d'Electronique - ECE not ranked #135 28,661
63 Institut Supérieure d'Electronique de Paris not ranked #134 25,311
64 Ecole Supérieure d'Informatique-Electronique-Automatique not ranked #133 24,566
65 Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture d'Angers not ranked #136 23,805
66 Ecole Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancees not ranked #139 20,437
67 Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'information not ranked #140 17,768
68 Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique not ranked #141 17,124
69 EPF Ecole d'Ingénieurs not ranked #143 14,758
70 Ecole Supérieure d'Electronique de l'Ouest not ranked #142 14,154
71 Université Champollion not ranked #144 13,050
72 Ecole Catholique d'Arts & Metiers not ranked #151 8,989
73 Centre d'Etudes Supérieures Industrielles Paris not ranked #149 8,769
74 Institut polytechnique des sciences avancees not ranked #150 7,732
75 IDRAC (Institut de recherche en action commerciale) not ranked #152 7,500
76 EIGSI La Rochelle not ranked #153 6,735
77 Institut Textile et Chimique de Lyon not ranked #155 6,603
78 Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers Lille not ranked #154 6,330
79 Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics du Bâtiment et de l'Industrie not ranked #156 6,216
80 Institut Catholique de Paris not ranked #157 5,361
81 Ecole Française d'Electronique et d'Informatique not ranked #159 3,612
82 Ecole Spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité not ranked #158 3,208
83 Institut Sup'Biotech de Paris not ranked #160 3,180
84 Institute Français de la Mode not ranked #171 1,797
85 Clermont School of Business not ranked #172 1,783
86 Ecole pour l'Informatique et les nouvelles Technologies not ranked #170 1,624
87 Université Paris Sud (Paris XI) not ranked #20 19,123,069
88 Université de Toulouse not ranked #22 7,104,940
89 École Polytechnique not ranked #21 7,080,932
90 Université de Nantes not ranked #25 4,834,933
91 Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines not ranked #27 3,493,619
92 Université Paris est Créteil Val de Marne Paris XII not ranked #28 2,946,409
93 Collège de France not ranked #29 2,863,810
94 Université de Rouen - Haute Normandie not ranked #30 2,798,307
95 University of Burgundy not ranked #31 2,708,878
96 Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Informatique pour l'Industrie not ranked #34 2,088,517
97 Université François Rabelais de Tours not ranked #35 2,088,517
98 Université de Haute-Alsace not ranked #38 1,840,021
99 Université d'Angers not ranked #39 1,700,011
100 Université de Bretagne Occidentale not ranked #40 1,688,642
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries