Top Universities in France

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

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
101 Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse not ranked #41 1,656,456
102 Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne not ranked #42 1,629,074
103 Université de Picardie Jules-Verne not ranked #44 1,528,684
104 Université d'Orléans not ranked #43 1,484,714
105 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier not ranked #47 1,152,970
106 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris not ranked #48 1,146,714
107 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris not ranked #49 1,050,591
108 Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne not ranked #51 754,798
109 École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay not ranked #53 742,016
110 Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers not ranked #54 703,504
111 Université de Perpignan not ranked #56 649,480
112 Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour not ranked #57 620,699
113 Ecole Centrale de Lyon not ranked #60 597,405
114 National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse not ranked #59 586,864
115 Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse not ranked #58 586,864
116 Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité not ranked #62 562,174
117 Université du Sud, Toulon et Var not ranked #61 559,793
118 Ecole Centrale de Lille not ranked #63 525,192
119 Université Jean Monnet not ranked #69 492,732
120 Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen not ranked #68 487,560
121 Université de La Rochelle not ranked #71 470,039
122 Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail (Toulouse II) not ranked #73 439,111
123 Université d'Artois not ranked #72 439,105
124 Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort not ranked #75 424,971
125 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées not ranked #77 390,655
126 Université de Technologie de Belfort Montbéliard not ranked #79 354,484
127 Université de Rennes 2 not ranked #81 334,819
128 Université de Nimes not ranked #83 285,485
129 Université de Bretagne Sud not ranked #84 272,285
130 Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes not ranked #86 268,971
131 Université du Littoral Cote d'Opale not ranked #88 245,864
132 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes not ranked #87 238,933
133 Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse not ranked #89 226,295
134 Université de Corse Pascal Paoli not ranked #90 215,087
135 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Alès not ranked #91 194,221
136 Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris III) not ranked #93 178,950
137 Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lyon not ranked #97 146,482
138 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy not ranked #95 143,063
139 Université Rennes I not ranked #96 142,440
140 Université Pierre Mendès France not ranked #99 124,290
141 Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) not ranked — 124,193
142 Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne not ranked #100 120,924
143 Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris not ranked #103 120,570
144 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace not ranked #101 116,466
145 Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord not ranked #105 105,749
146 Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen not ranked #104 105,000
147 Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse not ranked #109 99,783
148 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Douai not ranked #108 97,694
149 Université Lumiére (Lyon II) not ranked #110 97,403
150 Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III) not ranked #112 95,494
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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

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked Malaysia 11 ranked