Updated Date: 6th January 2022
In case you're planning to study in France, you'll definitely want to know which colleges are the best. So which are the best French colleges and schools? As per Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2021, 24 French establishments are included among the best colleges in the world. The positioning majorly includes institutions in Paris and different alternatives dispersed around the nation.
JEDUKA brings you the list of top universities in France for those who want to pursue higher education in the country.
|
University |
QS Rank |
ARWU rank |
THE Rank |
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|
2022 |
2021 |
2021 |
2020 |
2022 |
2021 |
|
|
44 |
52 |
38 |
36 |
40 |
46 |
|
|
Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
49 |
- |
301-400 |
301-400 |
91 |
- |
|
Sorbonne University |
72 |
83 |
35 |
39+ |
88 |
87 |
|
Université Paris-Saclay |
86 |
305 |
13 |
14 |
117 |
178 |
|
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon |
130 |
161 |
301-400 |
301-400 |
301-350 |
251-300 |
|
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech |
245 |
242 |
- |
- |
251-300 |
251-300 |
|
Sciences Po |
261 |
242 |
- |
- |
401-500 |
501-600 |
|
Université de Paris |
261 |
275 |
73 |
65 |
155 |
136 |
|
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
290 |
287 |
- |
- |
601-800 |
601-800 |
|
Université Grenoble Alpes |
314 |
342 |
101-150 |
99 |
351-400 |
351-400 |
|
Université de Strasbourg |
421 |
398 |
101-150 |
101-150 |
501-600 |
501-600 |
|
Aix-Marseille University |
501-510 |
511-520 |
101-150 |
101-150 |
301-350 |
351-400 |
|
University of Bordeaux |
501-510 |
425 |
201-300 |
201-300 |
301-350 |
401-500 |
|
Université de Montpellier |
521-530 |
511-520 |
151-200 |
151-200 |
301-350 |
301-350 |
|
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA) |
531-540 |
541-550 |
801-900 |
- |
601-800 |
601-800 |
|
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III |
551-560 |
541-550 |
301-400 |
201-300 |
- |
- |
|
University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas |
601-650 |
541-550 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 |
651-700 |
701-750 |
201-300 |
201-300 |
401-500 |
501-600 |
|
Université Côte d'Azur |
701-750 |
601-650 |
401-500 |
301-400 |
401-500 |
501-600 |
|
CY Cergy Paris University |
801-1000 |
- |
- |
- |
601-800 |
- |
|
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
801-1000 |
801-1000 |
301-400 |
301-400 |
- |
- |
|
Université de Lille |
801-1000 |
751-800 |
401-500 |
401-500 |
501-600 |
601-800 |
|
Université de Lorraine |
801-1000 |
801-1000 |
201-300 |
201-300 |
601-800 |
601-800 |
|
Université de Nantes |
801-1000 |
801-1000 |
601-700 |
601-700 |
601-800 |
601-800 |
|
Université de Rennes 1 |
801-1000 |
801-1000 |
501-6000 |
501-600 |
801-1000 |
601-800 |
|
Paul Valéry University Montpellier |
1001-1200 |
801-1000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 |
1001-1200 |
1001+ |
- |
- |
1201+ |
- |
|
Université Lumière Lyon 2 |
1001-1200 |
1001+ |
- |
- |
1201+ |
801-1000 |
|
Université Paris-Nanterre |
1001-1200 |
1001+ |
- |
- |
1201+ |
1001+ |
|
Université de Poitiers |
1001-1200 |
1001+ |
901-1000 |
801-900 |
- |
- |
|
Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail |
1001-1200 |
1001+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Université de Caen Normandie |
1201+ |
1001+ |
- |
- |
801-1000 |
801-1000 |
The table above reflects the Top universities in France 2022, 2021 and 2020 according to Times Higher Education (THE), Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and the Shanghai-based ARWU.
Evaluation for the best Universities in France can be made from this list.
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