List of universities and colleges in France

This list of universities and colleges in France includes universities and other higher education institutes that provide both education curricula and related degrees up to doctoral degree and also contribute to research activities. They are the backbone of the tertiary education institutions in France. They are listed as different categories, depending on their administrative status, size and extents of research activity compared to educational activities.

Aside from the nationally funded public education system that provides recognised degrees to the vast majority of students in France and that keeps tuition fees low, there exist private institutes.

Public universities in France

French public universities (see List of public universities in France for a detailed list) are as of 2015 in the process of reorganization according to the Law on Higher Education and Research passed in July 2013. This includes some merging of institutions, and the previous high-level organization under Pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (PRES) has been dissolved for Communities of Universities and Institutions (COMUE).

Public technical universities, institutes of technologies and autonomous scientific higher education institutes

The Établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPCSP) that are not listed as universities in the list above operate as university-grade institutes.

Within a public university

Paris-Saclay University (Paris region)^[1]
- CentraleSupélec
- École normale supérieure de Paris-Saclay
PSL University (Paris region)^[2]
Sorbonne University (Paris region)^[3]
- University of Technology of Compiègne (alliance)
Paris Cité University (Paris region)
Gustave Eiffel University (Paris region)
- ESIEE Paris - École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique
CY Cergy Paris University (Paris region)
- Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris (alliance)
Hautes Écoles Sorbonne Arts et Métiers University (Paris region)
- Arts et Métiers
- Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
University of Lyon (Lyon)
University of Toulouse (Toulouse)
- ISAE-SUPAERO
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
- Toulouse Institute of Technology
  - ENSEEIHT
  - ENSIACET
  - ENSAT - École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse
Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France (Valenciennes)
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées des Hauts-de-France
Grenoble Alpes University (Grenoble)
- Grenoble Institute of Technology
[[University of Nantes]] ([[Nantes]])

Autonomous scientific higher education institutes

Autonomous art schools

European Academy of Art in Brittany (EESAB) (France)

Grandes écoles

Private universities in France

Independent institutions

Leonardo da Vinci University Center
INSEEC U.
- Hautes Etudes Internationales et Politiques
- Centre d'Études Diplomatiques et Stratégiques
Faculté libre de droit, d'économie et de gestion (FACO)
paris university of international education

Catholic universities

Protestant universities

Free Faculty of Reform Theology of Aix-en-Provence
Free Faculty of Protestant Theology of Montpellier
Free Faculty of Protestant Theology of Paris

Others

American University of Paris^[4]^[5]
Chavagnes Studium
American Graduate School in Paris
Schiller International University
Sigmund Freud University Paris
European Global School/University
International Institute for Image and Sound of Paris
International Institute of Paris
Higher Institute of Law (ISD)
Independent Cooperative University
Free Faculties of Philosophy and Psychology
European International University - Paris, France

References

^ Staley, Oliver (March 13, 2014). "Nations Choosing Harvard Merge Colleges to Ascend Rankings". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ "PSL Quick Facts". PSL Université Paris. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
^ Grove, Jack (November 2, 2017). "France's most iconic university, the Sorbonne, is reborn". Times Higher Education.
^ "AUP Facts". AUP. February 16, 2017.
^ "40 Graduated at Paris College" (PDF). The New York Times. June 2, 1964. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.

[1] Staley, Oliver (March 13, 2014). "Nations Choosing Harvard Merge Colleges to Ascend Rankings". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[2] "PSL Quick Facts". PSL Université Paris. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[3] Grove, Jack (November 2, 2017). "France's most iconic university, the Sorbonne, is reborn". Times Higher Education.

[4] "AUP Facts". AUP. February 16, 2017.

[5] "40 Graduated at Paris College" (PDF). The New York Times. June 2, 1964. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.

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v t e Public universities and higher education institutes in France
Public universities in France, by academy	Aix-Marseille Aix-Marseille Avignon Amiens Verne Besançon Franche-Comté Bordeaux Bordeaux 1 Segalen Montaigne Montesquieu Pau/Adour Caen Caen Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Pascal Corsica Paoli Créteil Paris 8 Paris 12 Paris 13 Marne la Vallée Dijon Burgundy French Guiana French West Indies/Guiana French Polynesia French Polynesia Grenoble Grenoble Alpes Savoie Mont Blanc Lille Lille Artois Littoral Valenciennes/Hainault-Cambrésis Limoges Limoges Lyon Bernard Lumière Moulin Monnet Montpellier Montpellier 1 Montpellier 2 Valéry Unîmes Perpignan Nancy/Metz Verlaine Poincaré Nancy 2 Nantes Angers Maine Nantes Nice Nice South Orleans/Tours Orléans Rabelais New Caledonia New Caledonia Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne Panthéon-Assas New Sorbonne Sorbonne Descartes Diderot Poitiers Poitiers La Rochelle Reims Reims Rennes Western Brittany Southern Brittany Rennes 1 Upper Brittany Réunion Réunion Rouen Le Havre Rouen Strasbourg Strasbourg Upper Alsace Toulouse Toulouse 1 Le Mirail Sabatier Champollion Versailles Cergy-Pontoise Versailles Évry Nanterre Paris-Sud
Autonomous public higher education institutes	École centrale de Lille Lyon Nantes Marseille École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon Rennes Toulouse Rouen Strasbourg Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris Universités de technologie Compiègne Belfort-Montbéliard Troyes
Écoles normales supérieures	Paris Cachan Lyon École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
Écoles françaises à l'étranger	Casa de Velázquez École française d'archéologie d'Athènes École française d'Extrême-Orient École française de Rome Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale
Grands établissements	Collège de France Conservatoire national des arts et métiers École centrale Paris École des hautes études en sciences sociales École Nationale des Chartes Arts et Métiers ParisTech École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques École pratique des hautes études Sciences Po Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Institut national d'histoire de l'art Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales Institut polytechnique de Grenoble Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Observatoire de Paris Palais de la Découverte Université Paris-Dauphine

v t e Catholic universities in France
École Catholique des Arts et Métiers Catholic University of Lille Catholic University of Lyon Catholic University of Rennes Catholic University of Toulouse Catholic University of the West Catholic Institute of Higher Studies Catholic University of Paris
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