| Rank | university | country | city | GLOBAL SCORE | ENROLLMENT |
| #1 in Best Universities in France #43 in Best Global Universities |
Sorbonne Universite | France | Paris | 75.7 | 43,585 |
| #2 in Best Universities in France #68 in Best Global Universities |
Université de Paris | France | Paris | 73.5 | 63,219 |
| #3 in Best Universities in France #171 in Best Global Universities |
University of Aix-Marseille | France | Marseille | 64.5 | 68,841 |
| #4 in Best Universities in France #204 in Best Global Universities |
University of Montpellier | France | Montpellier | 62.4 | 39,703 |
| #5 in Best Universities in France #205 in Best Global Universities |
Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA) | France | Saint-Martin-d'Heres | 62.3 | 40,486 |
| #6 in Best Universities in France #247 in Best Global Universities |
University of Strasbourg | France | Strasbourg | 60.3 | N/A |
| #7 in Best Universities in France #252 in Best Global Universities |
École Normale Superieure, Paris | France | Paris | 60.0 | N/A |
| #8 in Best Universities in France #258 in Best Global Universities |
University Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 | France | Toulouse | 59.7 | N/A |
| #9 in Best Universities in France #261 in Best Global Universities |
Universite de Bordeaux | France | Talence | 59.6 | 54,812 |
| #10 in Best Universities in France #292 in Best Global Universities |
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | France | Villeurbanne | 58.1 | N/A |
| #11 in Best Universities in France #342 in Best Global Universities |
École Polytechnique | France | Palaiseau | 55.9 | N/A |
| #12 in Best Universities in France #349 in Best Global Universities |
Grenoble Institute of Technology | France | Grenoble | 55.8 | N/A |
| #13 in Best Universities in France #390 in Best Global Universities |
Université de Lille | France | Lille | 54.2 | N/A |
| #14 in Best Universities in France #399 in Best Global Universities |
Universite de Lorraine | France | Nancy | 53.9 | 59,690 |
| #15 in Best Universities in France #402 in Best Global Universities |
College de France | France | Paris | 53.8 | N/A |
| #16 in Best Universities in France #432 in Best Global Universities |
University of Auvergne | France | Clermont-Ferrand | 53.1 | N/A |
| #17 in Best Universities in France #486 in Best Global Universities |
ENS De Lyon | France | Lyon | 50.7 | N/A |
| #18 in Best Universities in France #499 in Best Global Universities |
Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris | France | Paris | 50.3 | N/A |
| #19 in Best Universities in France #538 in Best Global Universities |
University of Savoie | France | Chambery | 49.1 | N/A |
| #20 in Best Universities in France #553 in Best Global Universities |
AgroParisTech | France | Paris | 48.8 | N/A |
| #21 in Best Universities in France #564 in Best Global Universities |
Université de Rennes 1 | France | Rennes | 48.5 | N/A |
| #21 in Best Universities in France #564 in Best Global Universities |
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (UVSQ) | France | Versailles | 48.5 | N/A |
| #23 in Best Universities in France #572 in Best Global Universities |
University of Nantes | France | Nantes | 48.4 | N/A |
| #24 in Best Universities in France #697 in Best Global Universities |
University of Paris-Est Creteil | France | Creteil | 44.6 | N/A |
| #25 in Best Universities in France #703 in Best Global Universities |
Montpellier SupAgro | France | Montpellier | 44.3 | N/A |
| #26 in Best Universities in France #729 in Best Global Universities |
Université Côte d'Azur | France | Nice | 43.5 | N/A |
| #27 in Best Universities in France #741 in Best Global Universities |
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse | France | Toulouse | 43.2 | N/A |
| #28 in Best Universities in France #746 in Best Global Universities |
National Institute for Applied Sciences - Lyon | France | Villeurbanne | 43.0 | N/A |
| #29 in Best Universities in France #756 in Best Global Universities |
INSEAD Business School | France | Fontainebleau | 42.7 | N/A |
| #30 in Best Universities in France #763 in Best Global Universities |
IMT Atlantique | France | Toulouse | 42.5 | 1,628 |
| #31 in Best Universities in France #787 in Best Global Universities |
CentraleSupelec | France | Chatenay-Malabry | 41.8 | N/A |
| #32 in Best Universities in France #801 in Best Global Universities |
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes | France | Paris | 41.4 | N/A |
| #33 in Best Universities in France #817 in Best Global Universities |
Universite de Haute-Alsace (UHA) | France | Mulhouse | 41.1 | N/A |
| #33 in Best Universities in France #817 in Best Global Universities |
University of Burgundy | France | Dijon | 41.1 | N/A |
| #35 in Best Universities in France #826 in Best Global Universities |
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech | France | Marne-la-Vallee | 40.9 | N/A |
| #36 in Best Universities in France #831 in Best Global Universities |
Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 | France | Montpellier | 40.8 | N/A |
| #37 in Best Universities in France #856 in Best Global Universities |
University of Angers | France | Angers | 40.2 | N/A |
| #38 in Best Universities in France #913 in Best Global Universities |
University of Paris Nord - Paris XIII | France | Villetaneuse | 38.3 | N/A |
| #39 in Best Universities in France #919 in Best Global Universities |
University of Orleans | France | Orleans | 38.2 | N/A |
| #40 in Best Universities in France #933 in Best Global Universities |
Universite de Brest | France | Brittany | 37.6 | N/A |
| #41 in Best Universities in France #941 in Best Global Universities |
MINES ParisTech | France | Paris | 37.4 | N/A |
| #42 in Best Universities in France #999 in Best Global Universities |
Universite de Franche-Comte | France | Besancon | 35.8 | N/A |
| #43 in Best Universities in France #1,003 in Best Global Universities |
University of Poitiers | France | Poitiers | 35.7 | N/A |
| #44 in Best Universities in France #1,074 in Best Global Universities |
Ecole nationale superieure de chimie de Montpellier | France | Montpellier | 34.0 | N/A |
| #45 in Best Universities in France #1,110 in Best Global Universities |
Universite d'Evry-Val-d'Essonne | France | Evry | 33.1 | N/A |
| #46 in Best Universities in France #1,122 in Best Global Universities |
University of Limoges | France | Limoges | 32.8 | N/A |
| #47 in Best Universities in France #1,134 in Best Global Universities |
University of Francois Rabelais - Tours | France | Tours | 32.5 | N/A |
| #48 in Best Universities in France #1,174 in Best Global Universities |
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) | France | Paris | 31.5 | N/A |
| #49 in Best Universities in France #1,187 in Best Global Universities |
Centrale Lille | France | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 31.3 | N/A |
| #50 in Best Universities in France #1,195 in Best Global Universities |
Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology | France | Paris | 31.1 | N/A |
| #50 in Best Universities in France #1,195 in Best Global Universities |
Universite Perpignan Via Domitia | France | Perpignan | 31.1 | N/A |
| #52 in Best Universities in France #1,202 in Best Global Universities |
University of Rouen | France | Mont-Saint-Aignan | 31.0 | N/A |
| #53 in Best Universities in France #1,209 in Best Global Universities |
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) | France | Paris | 30.7 | N/A |
| #53 in Best Universities in France #1,209 in Best Global Universities |
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris | France | Paris | 30.7 | N/A |
| #55 in Best Universities in France #1,217 in Best Global Universities |
Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) Cachan | France | Cachan | 30.5 | N/A |
| #56 in Best Universities in France #1,226 in Best Global Universities |
Central School of Lyon | France | Ecully | 30.3 | N/A |
| #57 in Best Universities in France #1,234 in Best Global Universities |
Agrocampus Ouest | France | Rennes | 30.1 | N/A |
| #58 in Best Universities in France #1,258 in Best Global Universities |
Université Toulouse--Jean Jaurès | France | Toulouse | 29.6 | N/A |
| #59 in Best Universities in France #1,262 in Best Global Universities |
University of Picardie-Jules-Verne | France | Amiens | 29.5 | N/A |
| #60 in Best Universities in France #1,271 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pau & Pays Adour | France | Pyrenees-Atlantiques | 29.3 | N/A |
| #61 in Best Universities in France #1,308 in Best Global Universities |
University of Technology of Compiegne | France | Compiegne | 28.6 | N/A |
| #62 in Best Universities in France #1,315 in Best Global Universities |
Jean Monnet University | France | Saint-Etienne | 28.3 | N/A |
| #63 in Best Universities in France #1,356 in Best Global Universities |
Universite de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambresis | France | Valenciennes | 27.2 | N/A |
| #64 in Best Universities in France #1,367 in Best Global Universities |
Université de La Rochelle | France | La Rochelle | 26.9 | N/A |
| #65 in Best Universities in France #1,369 in Best Global Universities |
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse | France | Toulouse | 26.8 | N/A |
| #66 in Best Universities in France #1,372 in Best Global Universities |
CY Cergy Paris Université | France | Cergy-Pontoise | 26.6 | N/A |
| #67 in Best Universities in France #1,378 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pantheon Sorbonne - Paris I | France | Paris | 26.5 | N/A |
| #68 in Best Universities in France #1,381 in Best Global Universities |
Avignon Université | France | Avignon | 26.4 | N/A |
| #69 in Best Universities in France #1,387 in Best Global Universities |
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | France | Reims | 26.3 | N/A |
| #70 in Best Universities in France #1,429 in Best Global Universities |
VetAgro Sup | France | Marcy-l'Etoile | 25.3 | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
AgroSup Dijon | France | Dijon | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Ecole Centrale de Nantes | France | Nantes | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Institut d'Optique Graduate School | France | Palaiseau | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
IPAG Business School | France | Paris | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Paris School of Economics | France | Paris | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Télécom ParisTech | France | Palaiseau | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) | France | Belfort | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Universite du Maine | France | Le Mans | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole | France | Toulouse | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
University of Caen | France | Caen | N/A | N/A |
| #Unranked in Best Universities in France #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
University of Paris Dauphine - Paris IX | France | Paris | N/A | N/A |
