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.^[1] The French government also uses the Shanghai ranking as its national ranking for French universities and Grandes écoles.^[2]

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.^[3][4] 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.^[5] 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.

University or Grande école	Department	ARWU (2024)[6]		QS (2025)[7]	THE (2024)[8]
Paris-Saclay University (includes 4 Grandes écoles)	Essonne	1	12	73	58
PSL University (includes 10 Grandes écoles)	Paris	2	33	24	40
Sorbonne University	Paris	3	41	63	75
Paris Cité University	Paris	4	60	302	152
Aix Marseille University	Bouches-du-Rhône	5	101–150
Grenoble Alpes University	Isère	6	101–150
University of Strasbourg	Bas-Rhin	7	101–150
University of Montpellier	Hérault	8	151–200
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1	Rhône	9	201–300
University of Bordeaux	Gironde	10	201–300
University of Lorraine	Meurthe-et-Moselle	11	201–300
École normale supérieure de Lyon	Rhône	12	301–400
Polytechnic Institute of Paris (Grande école)	Essonne	13	301–400	46	71
Toulouse Capitole University	Haute-Garonne	14	301–400
Paul Sabatier University	Haute-Garonne	15	301–400
University of Lille	Nord	16	301–400

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

Rank (1–5)	Law School	Department	Rank (6–10)	Law School	Department
1	Sorbonne Law School, Panthéon-Sorbonne University	Paris	6	J. Monnet Faculty of Law, Paris-Saclay University	Val-de-Marne
2	Sciences Po Law School, Sciences Po	Paris	7	University of Strasbourg Faculty of Law	Bas-Rhin
3	Assas Law School, Panthéon-Assas University	Paris	8	Paris Nanterre University Faculty of Law	Hauts-de-Seine
4	Aix-Marseille University Faculty of Law	Bouches-du-Rhône	9	Toulouse Capitole University Faculty of Law	Haute-Garonne
5	Dauphine, PSL University	Paris	10	University of Rennes Faculty of Law	Ille-et-Vilaine

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.^[10]

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* 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.

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