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World University Rankings 2026: France

62 universities ranked in France, out of 2,280 worldwide. Admissions figures for France come from official national data; each university’s page links to its sources.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Université PSL: Remi Mathis · CC BY-SA 4.0; Institut Polytechnique de Paris (EPE): Collections École Polytechnique / Jérémy Barande · CC BY-SA 3.0; Université de Paris-Cité (EPE): Connie Ma · CC BY-SA 2.0; Sciences Po: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0; Sorbonne University: Celette · CC BY-SA 4.0.

National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	Université PSL	34	71.2	91	98	3 of 62	20–67
2	Institut Polytechnique de Paris (EPE)	74	59.4	71	98	2 of 62	34–173
3	Université de Paris-Cité (EPE)	=167	45.6	96	62	6 of 62	93–422
4	Sciences Po	=185	44.6	51	95	1 of 62	65–557
5	Sorbonne University	=210	43.0	92	82	17 of 62	123–461
6	Université Paris-Saclay (EPE)	=230	42.0	86	84	9 of 62	129–533
7	University of Montpellier (EPE)	=362	37.4	83	77	12 of 62	200–674
8	University of Bordeaux	=396	36.1	82	75	16 of 62	224–745
9	University of Strasbourg	=414	35.6	74	92	31 of 62	196–745
10	Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University	=473	34.0	77	63	7 of 62	252–869
11	Université Côte d’Azur	=572	31.2	70	83	19 of 62	325–983
=12	Aix-Marseille University	=579	31.0	78	69	23 of 62	353–1028
=12	Université de Toulouse (EPE)	=579	31.0	77	21	13 of 62	351–1048
14	Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne	=675	28.5	71	60	14 of 62	363–1252
15	Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne	=681	28.4	39	92	8 of 62	289–1166
16	Université Grenoble Alpes	=707	27.6	72	74	32 of 62	428–1262
17	University of Technology of Compiègne	=728	27.0	30	21	4 of 62	222–1419
18	Nantes Université (EPE)	=826	24.8	68	70	29 of 62	540–1403
19	Université Bourgogne Europe (EPE)	=890	23.4	60	81	35 of 62	572–1482
20	École Centrale de Lille	=907	23.1	35	60	5 of 62	405–1603
=21	Université de Lille (EPE)	=918	23.0	67	53	28 of 62	606–1508
=21	Université de Rennes (EPE)	=918	23.0	66	21	21 of 62	609–1495
23	Paris West University Nanterre La Défense	=974	21.8	27	85	15 of 62	530–1724
24	Université de Lorraine	998	21.1	68	50	39 of 62	677–1697
25	Université Savoie Mont Blanc	=1001	20.9	45	82	26 of 62	580–1712
26	Université Toulouse Capitole (EPE)	=1015	20.5	41	72	11 of 62	648–1738
27	University of Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle	=1021	20.4	34	83	20 of 62	602–1738
28	Université Clermont-Auvergne (EPE)	=1044	19.9	66	21	42 of 62	728–1779
29	Université Sorbonne Paris Nord	=1060	19.6	39	68	10 of 62	624–1899
30	Université de Tours	=1101	19.1	59	55	33 of 62	787–1805
31	Université Paris 8	=1165	18.0	27	80	24 of 62	725–1959
32	University of Angers	=1190	17.5	48	66	27 of 62	846–1886
33	University of Orléans	=1248	16.8	50	70	38 of 62	899–1924
34	Gustave Eiffel University	=1298	16.2	42	21	18 of 62	910–2014
=35	University of Caen Normandy	=1418	15.0	44	72	49 of 62	981–2044
=35	Université Marie & Louis Pasteur (EPE)	=1418	15.0	47	65	43 of 62	990–2020
37	CY Cergy Paris Université	=1451	14.7	33	21	22 of 62	963–2081
38	University of Poitiers	=1461	14.6	35	73	41 of 62	973–2025
39	Université Lumière Lyon 2	=1512	14.1	26	59	25 of 62	1009–2062
40	University of Le Havre	=1538	13.9	32	74	53 of 62	1046–2113
41	University of Picardie Jules Verne	=1548	13.8	35	62	36 of 62	1072–2083
42	University of Limoges	=1618	13.3	31	70	47 of 62	1082–2107
=43	University of La Rochelle	=1634	13.2	31	21	30 of 62	1131–2109
=43	Université Jean Monnet (EPE)	=1634	13.2	37	47	37 of 62	1114–2119
=45	University of Rouen	=1665	13.0	33	66	44 of 62	1084–2125
=45	University of Upper Alsace	=1665	13.0	36	21	34 of 62	1140–2130
47	University of Rennes 2	=1759	12.5	32	70	59 of 62	1125–2162
48	University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne	=1776	12.4	16	69	40 of 62	1129–2158
49	Le Mans Université	=1821	12.1	22	69	48 of 62	1153–2155
50	Université de Bretagne Occidentale (EPE)	=1885	11.7	36	57	55 of 62	1168–2179
51	University of Toulon	=1931	11.4	32	21	45 of 62	1253–2179
52	University of Perpignan Via Domitia	=1969	11.2	29	55	50 of 62	1244–2194
53	Université Bretagne Sud	=1981	11.1	27	59	51 of 62	1279–2194
54	Artois University	=1996	11.0	30	51	52 of 62	1244–2198
55	University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès	=2032	10.7	25	61	56 of 62	1265–2198
56	Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France	=2052	10.6	30	51	57 of 62	1251–2217
57	University de Montpellier Paul-Valéry (EPE)	=2067	10.5	30	21	54 of 62	1290–2203
58	Avignon University	=2102	10.2	31	21	58 of 62	1284–2216
59	University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour	=2120	10.0	16	21	46 of 62	1314–2222
60	University of La Réunion	=2152	9.6	34	62	62 of 62	1256–2252
61	Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale	=2194	9.0	21	55	60 of 62	1351–2251
62	Université des Antilles	=2224	8.2	28	21	61 of 62	1379–2267

62 universities

Business schools in France

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1. 34INSEADINSEAD (independent)
2. 41HEC ParisHEC Paris (independent)
3. 76ESCP Business SchoolESCP Business School (independent)
4. 101EDHEC Business SchoolEDHEC (independent)

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Research Index for France · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,280 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.