Top University in France

Wowitukeren – That France is one of the world’s most popular study abroad destinations is surely no great surprise. Read on to find out why so many international students choose to study in France country. France’s strong academic and artistic tradition continues in the modern day, helped by the fact there are few countries which invest as much in research and education. Global university rankings reflect this. A total 39 French universities are include in Qs World University Rankings® 2018, of which 11 are within the global top 300, the nation’s two leadings universities, Ecole Normale Supreiure, Paris and Ecole Polytechnique ParisTech.

Top 10 Universities in Franch

Ecole Normale Superiure, Paris (ENS, Paris)

Ranked first among the top universities in France this year and 43^rdin the world 2018, ENS Paris, founded in 1793, is one France’s prestigious and competitive grandes ecoles and is considered particularly strong in the humanities and sciences. The university alumni include 13 Nobel Laureates, as well as philosophers such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Darrida.

Ecole Polytechnique (Paris Tech)

Ecole Polytechnique is ranked 59^th in the world in 2018 and is the founding member of the ParisTech collegiate university, which specializes in Science and Business courses.

Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)

Up 10 places to rank 131^st in the world, UPMC was founded in 1971 when the former university of Paris split into separate institutions, and is now the largest scientific and medical complex in France, it has around 34,000 students, of which 20% are international.

Ecole Normale Superiure de Lyon

Continuing to improve its position globally, Ecloe Normale Superiure de Lyon is ranked 157^th in the world this year, up 20 places from last year.

CentraleSupelec

CentraleSupelec is ranked joint 164^th in the world in 2018 and was formed by the 2015 marger of Ecole Centrale Paris and Supelec graduate school of engineering. It’s a founding member of the Universite Paris-Saclay, an association of research-intensive French Universities.

Sciences Po

Sciences Po, a university that specializes in law, economics, social science, politics, history and related place, retains its position 220^thin the world in 2018. It has around 13,000 students, of which almost half are international, representing 150 nationalities.

Universite Grenoble-Alpes

The Universite Grenooble-Alpes is ranked joint 236^th in the world in this year, and was formed as recently as January 2016, again through a merger, but its founding institutions date back much further-as far as at 1339 in the case of Pierre Mendes-France university.

Universite Paris-Sud 11

University Paris-Sud 11, another Parisian institutions, is spread across four campuses in the southern suburbs of the city. It’s particularly renowned for its science and mathematics courses and is ranked 242^nd in the world 2018.

Universite Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne

Ranked in 269^th in the world, The Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne was also formed as a result of the former university of Paris being divided. It’s now one of the country’s largest universities, with around 40,000 students. It will merge with UPMC to create the new Sorbonne University in January 2018.

Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

The last of the top 10 universities in France is Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, which is ranked joint 270^th in the world this year. One of the smaller France Universities, just over 2,000 students study here. The university is another founding member of ParisTech.

Location: France