Best Universities in France 2018
Based on US News Best Global Universities Rankings 2018
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| world rank | domestic rank | university | global score |
| 38 | 1 | Pierre and Marie Curie University | 74 |
| 93 | 2 | Université Paris-Sud | 66.7 |
| 100 | 3 | University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 | 66 |
| 146= | 4 | Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA) | 61.7 |
| 159= | 5 | University of Aix-Marseille | 60.8 |
| 187= | 6 | University of Strasbourg | 58.5 |
| 194= | 7 | Paris Descartes University-Paris V | 58.2 |
| 210= | 8= | école Polytechnique | 57.4 |
| 210= | 8= | University of Montpellier | 57.4 |
| 233 | 10 | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | 56 |
| 239= | 11 | école Normale Superieure, Paris | 55.4 |
| 308= | 12 | Grenoble Institute of Technology | 52.1 |
| 331= | 13 | University of Savoie | 50.6 |
| 367= | 14 | Universite de Bordeaux | 49.2 |
| 370= | 15 | University of Lorraine | 49.1 |
| 380= | 16 | Blaise Pascal University | 48.6 |
| 384 | 17 | ENS De Lyon | 48.4 |
| 385= | 18 | Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (UVSQ) | 48.3 |
| 405= | 19 | College de France | 47.3 |
| 426= | 20 | Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis | 46.2 |
| 445= | 21 | Université de Rennes 1 | 45.3 |
| 479= | 22 | AgroParisTech | 44.1 |
| 523= | 23= | CentraleSupelec | 43 |
| 523= | 23= | University of Nantes | 43 |
| 576= | 25 |
Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie
Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
| 40.9 |
| 579= | 26 | University of Lille I | 40.8 |
| 638= | 27 | Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse | 38.2 |
| 651= | 28 | INSEAD Business School | 37.8 |
| 663= | 29 | University of Burgundy | 37.1 |
| 681= | 30= | Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes | 36.6 |
| 681= | 30= | University of Orleans | 36.6 |
| 681= | 30= | University of Paris-Est Creteil | 36.6 |
| 726= | 33 | University of Lille II | 35 |
| 740= | 34 | University of Paris Dauphine - Paris IX | 34.5 |
| 742= | 35 | Universite de Haute-Alsace (UHA) | 34.4 |
| 763= | 36 | Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 | 33.9 |
| 768= | 37 | University of Paris Nord - Paris XIII | 33.6 |
| 773= | 38 | University of Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV | 33.2 |
| 777= | 39 | MINES ParisTech | 33 |
| 781= | 40 | University of Angers | 32.9 |
| 790= | 41 | Universite de Brest | 32.7 |
| 803= | 42 | Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris | 32.3 |
| 813= | 43 | University of Poitiers | 31.8 |
| 818= | 44 | University of Picardie-Jules-Verne | 31.7 |
| 835= | 45 | University of Rouen | 31.2 |
| 849= | 46 | University of Caen | 30.6 |
| 859= | 47 | University of Francois Rabelais - Tours | 30.3 |
| 875 | 48 | Jean Monnet University | 29.7 |
| 896= | 49 | Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) Cachan | 28.9 |
| 955 | 50 | University of Auvergne | 26.4 |
| 984 | 51 | University of Limoges | 25.4 |
| 985= | 52 | Central School of Lyon | 25.3 |
| 1003= | 53 | Universite Perpignan Via Domitia | 24.8 |
| 1010= | 54 | University of Pantheon Sorbonne - Paris I | 24.6 |
| 1058 | 55 | University of Pau & Pays Adour | 22.4 |
| 1062= | 56 | University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | 22.1 |
| 1086= | 57 | Universite de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambresis | 21.3 |
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| Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees |
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| Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort |
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| ENSTA ParisTech |
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| Institut d'Optique Graduate School |
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| Mines Nantes |
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| Paris School of Economics |
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| Toulouse School of Economics |
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| Universite Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee |
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| Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole |
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| University of Technology of Compiegne |
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