100 Best universities for Management in France

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Management. A graph of 2.78M citations received by 131K academic papers made by 122 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.

1. Pierre and Marie Curie University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#76 in Europe

#257 in the World

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

2. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Management

#124 in Europe

#378 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

3. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Management

#128 in Europe

#386 in the World

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

4. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Management

#164 in Europe

#466 in the World

Enrollment: 57,000
Founded: 1339

5. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Management

#184 in Europe

#511 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

6. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Management

#193 in Europe

#532 in the World

Enrollment: 71,429
Founded: 2018

7. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#207 in Europe

#567 in the World

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

8. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Management

#211 in Europe

#577 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

9. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Management

#220 in Europe

#602 in the World

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

10. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Management

#237 in Europe

#636 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

11. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Management

#250 in Europe

#668 in the World

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

12. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Management

#260 in Europe

#696 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

13. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#261 in Europe

#698 in the World

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

14. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Management

#274 in Europe

#733 in the World

Enrollment: 66,378
Founded: 2012

15. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Management

#284 in Europe

#758 in the World

Enrollment: 2,272
Founded: 1872

16. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Management

#293 in Europe

#779 in the World

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

17. Paris Dauphine University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#307 in Europe

#812 in the World

Enrollment: 11,281
Founded: 1968

18. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Management

#308 in Europe

#813 in the World

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

19. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Management

#347 in Europe

#908 in the World

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

20. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Management

#353 in Europe

#932 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

21. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Management

#371 in Europe

#996 in the World

Enrollment: 25,327
Founded: 1965

22. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Management

#375 in Europe

#1008 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

23. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Management

#377 in Europe

#1014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,900
Founded: 1970

24. ESSEC Business School Paris

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Management

#380 in Europe

#1028 in the World

Founded: 1907

25. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Management

#382 in Europe

#1033 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

26. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Management

#386 in Europe

#1040 in the World

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

27. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#396 in Europe

#1067 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

28. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Management

#410 in Europe

#1118 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

29. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Management

#411 in Europe

#1119 in the World

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

30. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Management

#414 in Europe

#1124 in the World

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

31. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Management

#421 in Europe

#1147 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

32. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Management

#424 in Europe

#1154 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

33. HEC School of Management

Ile-de-France | Jouy-en-Josas

For Management

#428 in Europe

#1159 in the World

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

34. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Management

#430 in Europe

#1178 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

35. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#432 in Europe

#1182 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

36. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Management

#447 in Europe

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 27,820
Founded: 1431

37. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Management

#455 in Europe

#1239 in the World

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

38. Paris Institute of Political Studies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#457 in Europe

#1243 in the World

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

39. EMLYON Business School

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Management

#465 in Europe

#1277 in the World

Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1872

40. Eurecom

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

For Management

#470 in Europe

#1303 in the World

Founded: 1991

41. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Management

#479 in Europe

#1328 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Management

#497 in Europe

#1396 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

43. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Management

#498 in Europe

#1397 in the World

Enrollment: 1,382
Founded: 1912

44. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#499 in Europe

#1402 in the World

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

45. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Management

#503 in Europe

#1426 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

46. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Management

#521 in Europe

#1523 in the World

Enrollment: 31,975
Founded: 1964

47. EDHEC Business School

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Management

#525 in Europe

#1536 in the World

Founded: 1906

48. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Management

#529 in Europe

#1545 in the World

Enrollment: 21,677
Founded: 1423

49. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Management

#542 in Europe

#1605 in the World

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

50. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Management

#552 in Europe

#1642 in the World

Enrollment: 24,480
Founded: 1548

51. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Management

#554 in Europe

#1647 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

52. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Management

#555 in Europe

#1654 in the World

Enrollment: 6,458
Founded: 1991

53. Kedge Business School

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Management

#560 in Europe

#1672 in the World

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

54. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Management

#562 in Europe

#1697 in the World

Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

55. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#563 in Europe

#1700 in the World

Enrollment: 2,613
Founded: 1947

56. SKEMA Business School

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Management

#565 in Europe

#1706 in the World

Founded: 1892

57. Audencia Nantes School of Management

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Management

#569 in Europe

#1727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1900

58. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Management

#570 in Europe

#1736 in the World

Enrollment: 14,735
Founded: 1979

59. Grenoble Graduate School of Business

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Management

#574 in Europe

#1752 in the World

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

60. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Management

#582 in Europe

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

61. ENSEA Graduate School

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Management

#583 in Europe

#1796 in the World

Enrollment: 840
Founded: 1952

62. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#585 in Europe

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 31,690
Founded: 2019

63. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Management

#587 in Europe

#1823 in the World

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

64. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Management

#590 in Europe

#1832 in the World

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

65. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Management

#597 in Europe

#1875 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

66. Toulouse Business School

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Management

#599 in Europe

#1882 in the World

Enrollment: 5,600
Founded: 1903

67. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#606 in Europe

#1908 in the World

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

68. University of Paris 8

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

For Management

#608 in Europe

#1914 in the World

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

69. ESCP Europe

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#618 in Europe

#1948 in the World

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

70. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Management

#636 in Europe

#2031 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

71. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Management

#637 in Europe

#2045 in the World

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

72. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Management

#643 in Europe

#2076 in the World

Enrollment: 768
Founded: 1948

73. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Management

#647 in Europe

#2090 in the World

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

74. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Management

#655 in Europe

#2132 in the World

Enrollment: 2,073
Founded: 1966

75. National School of Civil Aviation

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Management

#661 in Europe

#2168 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1949

76. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Management

#662 in Europe

#2172 in the World

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

77. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#665 in Europe

#2179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

78. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Management

#701 in Europe

#2363 in the World

Enrollment: 9,921
Founded: 1975

79. Lille Catholic University

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Management

#711 in Europe

#2417 in the World

Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1875

80. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Management

#713 in Europe

#2422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 12,051
Founded: 1992

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#724 in Europe

#2479 in the World

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

82. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Management

#732 in Europe

#2514 in the World

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

83. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Management

#733 in Europe

#2517 in the World

Enrollment: 17,195
Founded: 1970

84. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Management

#742 in Europe

#2566 in the World

Enrollment: 6,434
Founded: 1984

85. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Management

#752 in Europe

#2607 in the World

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

86. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Management

#761 in Europe

#2642 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

87. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Management

#764 in Europe

#2657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

88. Catholic University of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Management

#770 in Europe

#2694 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1875

89. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Management

#784 in Europe

#2722 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1993

90. Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#788 in Europe

#2753 in the World

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

91. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Management

#804 in Europe

#2832 in the World

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

92. Graduate School of Chemistry, Physics and Electronics, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Management

#809 in Europe

#2852 in the World

Founded: 1994

93. National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Management

#817 in Europe

#2893 in the World

Enrollment: 762
Founded: 1902

94. National Graduate School of Engineering, Caen

Normandy | Caen

For Management

#818 in Europe

#2894 in the World

Enrollment: 818
Founded: 1976

95. Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Management

#822 in Europe

#2915 in the World

Enrollment: 26,754
Founded: 1809

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Management

#845 in Europe

#3016 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

97. National School of Statistics and Economic Administration

Ile-de-France | Malakoff

For Management

#846 in Europe

#3035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1942

98. University of Rennes 2

Brittany | Rennes

For Management

#888 in Europe

#3297 in the World

Enrollment: 23,365
Founded: 1969

99. EHESP School of Public Health

Brittany | Rennes

For Management

#890 in Europe

#3308 in the World

Enrollment: 433
Founded: 1945

100. National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Management

#891 in Europe

#3310 in the World

Enrollment: 419
Founded: 1889

The best cities to study Management in France based on the number of universities and their ranks are Paris, Villeurbanne, Nancy, and Saint Martin d'Heres.