100 Best universities for Fashion Design in France

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Fashion Design. A graph of 917K citations received by 53.5K academic papers made by 114 universities in France was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Pierre and Marie Curie University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#26 in Europe

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

2. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Fashion Design

#77 in Europe

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

3. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Fashion Design

#117 in Europe

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

4. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Fashion Design

#131 in Europe

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

5. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Fashion Design

#140 in Europe

#352 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

6. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Fashion Design

#164 in Europe

#400 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

7. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Fashion Design

#183 in Europe

#436 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

8. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Fashion Design

#187 in Europe

#449 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

9. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Fashion Design

#219 in Europe

#518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 60,404
Founded: 2012

10. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Fashion Design

#230 in Europe

#542 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

11. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#254 in Europe

#602 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

12. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Fashion Design

#259 in Europe

#612 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 2018

13. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Fashion Design

#270 in Europe

#643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,316
Founded: 1794

14. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Fashion Design

#279 in Europe

#666 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

15. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#296 in Europe

#707 in the World

Enrollment: 2,613
Founded: 1947

16. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Fashion Design

#297 in Europe

#708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 37,252
Founded: 1460

17. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Fashion Design

#320 in Europe

#777 in the World

Enrollment: 28,333
Founded: 1965

18. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#328 in Europe

#797 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

19. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Fashion Design

#342 in Europe

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 7,646
Founded: 1900

20. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Fashion Design

#351 in Europe

#847 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

21. Paris Institute of Political Studies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#358 in Europe

#863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 11,196
Founded: 1872

22. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Fashion Design

#360 in Europe

#872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 6,067
Founded: 1957

23. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#365 in Europe

#890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,536
Founded: 1794

24. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Fashion Design

#367 in Europe

#892 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

25. Paris Dauphine University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#376 in Europe

#915 in the World

Enrollment: 11,281
Founded: 1968

26. University of Paris 8

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

For Fashion Design

#377 in Europe

#916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 22,023
Founded: 1968

27. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#389 in Europe

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1783

28. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Fashion Design

#401 in Europe

#987 in the World

Enrollment: 31,975
Founded: 1964

29. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Fashion Design

#403 in Europe

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 25,078
Founded: 1431

30. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Fashion Design

#405 in Europe

#994 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

31. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#424 in Europe

#1050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 25,523
Founded: 1970

32. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#425 in Europe

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1780

33. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Fashion Design

#434 in Europe

#1077 in the World

Enrollment: 24,480
Founded: 1548

34. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Fashion Design

#447 in Europe

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

35. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Fashion Design

#454 in Europe

#1145 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

36. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Fashion Design

#455 in Europe

#1153 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

37. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Fashion Design

#461 in Europe

#1164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 8,238
Founded: 1970

38. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Fashion Design

#468 in Europe

#1203 in the World

Enrollment: 1,382
Founded: 1912

39. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Fashion Design

#470 in Europe

#1207 in the World

Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

40. Paris-Est Creteil Val-de-Marne University

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Fashion Design

#479 in Europe

#1229 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

41. EMLYON Business School

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Fashion Design

#482 in Europe

#1234 in the World

Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1872

42. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Fashion Design

#486 in Europe

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

43. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#490 in Europe

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 31,704
Founded: 2019

44. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Fashion Design

#491 in Europe

#1267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 4,367
Founded: 1972

45. Eurecom

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Biot Sophia-Antipolis

For Fashion Design

#501 in Europe

#1306 in the World

Founded: 1991

46. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Fashion Design

#512 in Europe

#1350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 27,465
Founded: 1432

47. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Fashion Design

#526 in Europe

#1385 in the World

Enrollment: 9,477
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1995

48. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Fashion Design

#531 in Europe

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 4,300
Founded: 1894

49. New Sorbonne University - Paris III

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#533 in Europe

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 15,232
Founded: 1971

50. Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#550 in Europe

#1499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 2,300
Founded: 2007

51. University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

Corsica | Corte

For Fashion Design

#557 in Europe

#1522 in the World

Enrollment: 4,183
Founded: 1981

52. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Fashion Design

#559 in Europe

#1529 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

53. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Fashion Design

#560 in Europe

#1532 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1993

54. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Fashion Design

#561 in Europe

#1535 in the World

Enrollment: 21,550
Founded: 1423

55. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Fashion Design

#570 in Europe

#1571 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

56. University of Rennes 2

Brittany | Rennes

For Fashion Design

#574 in Europe

#1589 in the World

Enrollment: 23,365
Founded: 1969

57. ESSEC Business School Paris

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Fashion Design

#579 in Europe

#1617 in the World

Founded: 1907

58. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Fashion Design

#584 in Europe

#1636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 12,629
Founded: 1970

59. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Fashion Design

#585 in Europe

#1643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 2,920
Founded: 1857

60. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Fashion Design

#586 in Europe

#1645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 3,196
Male:Female: 77:23
Founded: 1994

61. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Fashion Design

#588 in Europe

#1652 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

62. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Fashion Design

#590 in Europe

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 3,077
Founded: 1963

63. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Fashion Design

#594 in Europe

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,490
Founded: 1970

64. Kedge Business School

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Fashion Design

#595 in Europe

#1675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 14,800
Founded: 2013

65. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Fashion Design

#601 in Europe

#1693 in the World

Enrollment: 14,735
Founded: 1979

66. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Fashion Design

#603 in Europe

#1697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 14,690
Founded: 1854

67. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Fashion Design

#605 in Europe

#1706 in the World

Enrollment: 6,434
Founded: 1984

68. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Fashion Design

#606 in Europe

#1708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 2,287
Founded: 1919

69. HEC School of Management

Ile-de-France | Jouy-en-Josas

For Fashion Design

#609 in Europe

#1718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 5,453
Founded: 1881

70. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Fashion Design

#615 in Europe

#1753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,003
Founded: 1985

71. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Fashion Design

#616 in Europe

#1755 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

72. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Fashion Design

#618 in Europe

#1772 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

73. EHESP School of Public Health

Brittany | Rennes

For Fashion Design

#621 in Europe

#1787 in the World

Enrollment: 433
Founded: 1945

74. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Fashion Design

#624 in Europe

#1800 in the World

Enrollment: 2,272
Founded: 1872

75. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Fashion Design

#629 in Europe

#1816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 25,687
Founded: 1971

76. Catholic University of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Fashion Design

#635 in Europe

#1836 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1875

77. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Fashion Design

#636 in Europe

#1839 in the World

Enrollment: 6,458
Founded: 1991

78. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Fashion Design

#639 in Europe

#1853 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

79. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Fashion Design

#664 in Europe

#1977 in the World

Enrollment: 9,921
Founded: 1975

80. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#674 in Europe

#2038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

81. School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry of the City of Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#680 in Europe

#2074 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

82. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Fashion Design

#685 in Europe

#2088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 7,591
Founded: 1984

83. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Fashion Design

#689 in Europe

#2112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 11,091
Founded: 1992

84. EDHEC Business School

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Fashion Design

#691 in Europe

#2122 in the World

Founded: 1906

85. Grenoble Graduate School of Business

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Fashion Design

#698 in Europe

#2164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1984

86. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#720 in Europe

#2277 in the World

Enrollment: 565
Founded: 1896

87. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Fashion Design

#723 in Europe

#2305 in the World

Enrollment: 17,195
Founded: 1970

88. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Fashion Design

#725 in Europe

#2313 in the World

Enrollment: 768
Founded: 1948

89. Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#729 in Europe

#2369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 19,018
Founded: 1970

90. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Fashion Design

#746 in Europe

#2457 in the World

Enrollment: 2,073
Founded: 1966

91. Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Fashion Design

#757 in Europe

#2519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 21,997
Founded: 1970

92. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Fashion Design

#775 in Europe

#2617 in the World

Enrollment: 427
Founded: 1957

93. Audencia Nantes School of Management

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Fashion Design

#780 in Europe

#2650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1900

94. University of French Polynesia

French Polynesia | Puna'auia

For Fashion Design

#781 in Europe

#2652 in the World

Enrollment: 2,944
Founded: 1987

95. SKEMA Business School

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Fashion Design

#789 in Europe

#2693 in the World

Founded: 1892

96. ENSEA Graduate School

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Fashion Design

#790 in Europe

#2733 in the World

Enrollment: 840
Founded: 1952

97. ESCP Europe

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Fashion Design

#801 in Europe

#2786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1819

98. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Fashion Design

#804 in Europe

#2807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 1,700
Founded: 2007

99. Lille Catholic University

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Fashion Design

#806 in Europe

#2817 in the World

Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1875

100. Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Fashion Design

#835 in Europe

#2973 in the World

Enrollment: 26,754
Founded: 1809

The best cities to study Fashion Design in France based on the number of universities and their ranks are Paris, Bordeaux, Villeurbanne, and Montpellier.