Which France universities are better?According 2017 USNEWS World University Rankings,France have 30 universities on the list.
| National Rank |
University name | National | World Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 | France | 49 |
| 2 | Université Paris-Sud | France | 88 |
| 3 | Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 | France | 109 |
| 4 | Université de Strasbourg | France | 113 |
| 5 | Joseph Fourier University - Grenoble 1 | France | 119 |
| 6 | University of Montpellier | France | 168 |
| 7 | Aix-Marseille Université | France | 175 |
| 8 | École Normale Supérieure, Paris | France | 214 |
| 9 | École Polytechnique | France | 222 |
| 10 | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 | France | 222 |
| 11 | Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 | France | 230 |
| 12 | Université Paris Descartes - Paris V | France | 235 |
| 13 | Université de Savoie | France | 314 |
| 14 | Universite de Bordeaux | France | 365 |
| 15 | Grenoble Institute of Technology | France | 375 |
| 16 | Université de Lorraine | France | 394 |
| 17 | ENS de Lyon | France | 420 |
| 18 | Université de Rennes 1 | France | 422 |
| 19 | Université de Lille I | France | 482 |
| 20 | University of Nantes | France | 538 |
| 21 | University of Burgundy | France | 562 |
| 22 | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon | France | 614 |
| 23 | Université Paris Nord- Paris XIII | France | 621 |
| 24 | Université of Paris-Est Créteil | France | 653 |
| 25 | Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse | France | 660 |
| 26 | University of Orleans | France | 672 |
| 27 | Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | France | 691 |
| 28 | University of Poitiers | France | 708 |
| 29 | University of Caen | France | 736 |
| 30 | University of Lille II | France | 749 |