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Université de Tours

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 779–1144 of 1,240 · score 29.7
Research Index =951

How it scores

Research
26
Alumni outcomes
37
Admissions & earnings
18/21

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 1,240 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country (France).

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Parcoursup access rate
69.0% src
Admits with a bac mention très bien
9% src
Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
3 src
Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
0 src
Students (undergraduate / total)
16,158 / 26,069

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
41.8
B · Strength
13.9

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: 774. On strength alone: 1124. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
9.1% (8.2%–10.2%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
0.9% (0.6%–1.3%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
139
All papers (fractional count)
1,532
International co-authored
50.6%
Open access
76.4%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
2 (0.27 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=529range 382–693 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences–fewer than 200 papers
Mathematics & computer science–fewer than 200 papers
Physical sciences & engineering–fewer than 200 papers
Social sciences & humanities–fewer than 200 papers

Position over time

bottom2018–2021: 773 of 1,1742020–2023: 951 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=951Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

No Nobel, Fields, Turing or Abel laureates linked to this university in Wikidata.