Ranking of the best French universities in 2023

The QS World University Rankings are an annual ranking of universities published by Quacquarelli Symonds every year. Indeed, it is one of the most popular and verified rankings in the world.
This year, France is a perfect example with 21 institutions that appear in this annual ranking which highlights the best universities.

The criteria for ranking the best universities in the world

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) compared over 1,600 higher education institutions across 54 disciplines. These different disciplines are grouped into 5 areas, namely:

To choose the best universities, QS used the following criteria:

• Academic reputation,
• The reputation of the employer of young graduates,
• The number of scientific publications and citations,
• The international research network.

Top 21 of the best French universities in the world by field in 2023

In this world top 100, there are 21 French universities.

Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University

Sorbonne University

PSL University
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Engineering and technology field

The Polytechnic Institute of Paris

Paris Saclay University

PSL University

Sorbonne University

Grenoble INP
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Field of Life Sciences and Medicine

Sorbonne University

Paris Cité University
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Field of Natural Sciences

Sorbonne University

PSL University

Paris Saclay University

The Polytechnic Institute of Paris

Grenoble Alpes University

Paris Cité University
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Field of Social Sciences and Management

INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration)

HEC Paris

Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University

Sciences Po

PSL University

This ranking gives you a precise idea of the universities on which you can choose in the Campus France process.

Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023