Rankings of universities in France

There is no national rankings of universities and Grandes écoles in France, but only rankings based on the Academic major, the completion and graduation rates in a bachelor's (Licence) or master's degree, or on employment after graduation. According to a parliamentary report by the French Senate, global university rankings, in particular the Academic Ranking of World Universities, are being taken into greater consideration and have been very successful over the past decade. The French government also uses the Shanghai ranking as its national ranking for French universities and Grandes écoles.

Only Le Figaro, Le Parisien and L'Étudiant, based on figures from the French government's two national higher education access platforms Parcoursup and MonMaster, rank the best bachelor's (Licence) and master's degrees according to completion rates. Le Figaro, L'Étudiant and Le Nouvel Obs also produce an annual ranking of the best Grandes écoles in business and engineering, which are only accessible on the basis of a highly selective competitive examination. Eduniversal provides rankings of undergraduate and graduate degrees of French universities in some areas.

Some of France's universities also rank highly in global university rankings, with five French universities (all in Paris) ranking in the top 100 of at least one of the three major global rankings: QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings and Academic Ranking of World Universities.

French Universities and Grandes écoles in global rankings

University or Grande écoleDepartmentARWU (2024)QS (2025)THE (2024)PSL University (includes 10 Grandes écoles)2332440Paris-Saclay University (includes 4 Grandes écoles)1127358Sorbonne University3416375Paris Cité University460302152Aix-Marseille University5101–150Grenoble Alpes University6101–150University of Strasbourg7101–150University of Montpellier8151–200Claude Bernard University Lyon 19201–300University of Bordeaux10201–300University of Lorraine11201–300École normale supérieure de Lyon12301–400Polytechnic Institute of Paris (Grande école)13301–4004671Toulouse Capitole University14301–400Paul Sabatier University15301–400University of Lille16301–400

French Universities and Grandes écoles in national rankings The following rankings of French universities and Grandes écoles are produced annually:

National rankings of universities and Grandes Écoles by academic major

Law

QS Law School ranking Rank (1–5)Law SchoolDepartmentRank (6–10)Law SchoolDepartment1Sorbonne Law School, Panthéon-Sorbonne University6J. Monnet Faculty of Law, Paris-Saclay University2Sciences Po Law School, Sciences Po7University of Strasbourg Faculty of Law3Assas Law School, Panthéon-Assas University8Paris Nanterre University Faculty of Law4Aix-Marseille University Faculty of Law9Toulouse Capitole University Faculty of Law5Dauphine, PSL University10University of Rennes Faculty of Law

Le Figaro Law School ranking Le Figaro's ranking uses eight different criteria, including selectivity on the Parcoursup national platform, the proportion of stable jobs, the median net monthly salary after a master's degree in law, and the number of university PhDs admitted to the agrégation competitive examination in law. Rank (1–10)Law SchoolRank (11–20)Law School1Assas Law School, Panthéon-Assas University11Faculty of Law, Toulouse Capitole University2Sorbonne Law School, Panthéon-Sorbonne University12Faculty of Law, Côte d'Azur University3Faculty of Law, Jean Moulin University (Lyon III)13Faculty of Law, University of Lille4Malakoff Faculty of Law, Paris Cité University14Faculty of Law, CY Cergy Paris University5Faculty of Law, Aix-Marseille University15Montesquieu College of Law, University of Bordeaux6Faculty of Law, Paris Nanterre University16Faculty of Law, University of Montpellier7J. Monnet Faculty of Law, Paris-Saclay University17Law School, Paris-East Créteil University8Faculty of Law, University of Strasbourg18Faculty of Law, University of Angers9Faculty of Law, Lumière University (Lyon III)19Faculty of Law, University of Burgundy10Faculty of Law, University of Rennes20Nancy Faculty of Law, University of Lorraine

Management Grande écoleLe Figaro (2024)L'Étudiant (2024)HEC Paris11ESSEC Business School23ESCP Business School32EDHEC Business School44EMLyon Business School55Skema Business School66IÉSEG School of ManagementN/A7Neoma Business School78Kedge Business School811Audencia Business School98Grenoble School of Management1014

Psychology

Engineering * Precision for "Le Figaro" rankings : two different rankings are available depending on whether having been to a prepa is required or not. Schools which require it are often considered more prestigious. Therefore the post-prepa ranking is considered the main one. +Grande écoleDaur (2023)Le Figaro (2024) and L'Étudiant (2024)L'Usine Nouvelle (2024)Ecole polytechnique1111Mines Paris - PSL2232ESPCI Paris - PSL3103011CentraleSupélec4363Ecole des Ponts ParisTech5411Not includedENSTA662Not includedENSAE791236Télécom Paris857Not includedSupaéro981613Centrale Lyon107912Centrale Nantes19114Not includedIMT Atlantique1414517Mines Nancy121485mines St-Etienne211410Not includedESILV433*204ECE919*477EEIGM7042*568EFREI988*339ESIEA7919*3610

Politics

Challenges Institutes of political sciences ranking Rankings of the institutes of political sciences according to Challenges. RankGrande école1Sciences Po (Paris)2Lyon Institute of Political Studies3Sciences Po Lille, University of Lille4Sciences Po Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg5Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies, University of Bordeaux6Sciences Po Aix, Aix-Marseille University7Sciences Po Toulouse8Rennes Institute of Political Studies, University of Rennes9Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, Grenoble Alpes University10Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye

National undergraduate university rankings by completion rate UniversityL'Étudiant (2024)Le Parisien (2024)University of Upper Alsace11University of Angers23Panthéon-Sorbonne University34University of La Rochelle416Panthéon-Assas University52University of Poitiers65University of Clermont715Lumière University (Lyon II)813University of Savoy9N/AChampollion University (Albi)1012Paris Nanterre University1118University of Rennes II1219University of Pau13N/AParis-Saclay University147Southern Brittany University1510Jean Moulin University (Lyon III)1611University of Corsica178University of Western Brittany1817University of Franche-Comté19N/AJean Monnet University20N/A

National university graduate rankings by completion rate UniversityL'Étudiant (2024)University of Versailles1University of La Rochelle2University of Toulon3University of Bordeaux4University of Montpellier5University of Corsica6Jean Monnet University7Côte d'Azur University8University of Angers9Jean Moulin University (Lyon III)10University of Savoy11University of Reims12Eiffel University13University of Caen Normandy14University of Perpignan15University of Burgundy16University of Rennes17Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III)18Champollion University (Albi)19University of Pau20

Criticism

References

External links

Le Figaro Universités Le Figaro Masters in Management Ranking Le Figaro Graduate Engineering Schools Ranking Global University Rankings: France L'Étudiant Rankings L'Étudiant Masters Rankings L'Étudiant Masters in Management Ranking