100 Best universities for Marketing 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 Marketing. A graph of 898K citations received by 50.1K academic papers made by 107 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 Marketing

#98 in Europe

#286 in the World

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

2. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Marketing

#137 in Europe

#365 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

3. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Marketing

#207 in Europe

#548 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

4. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Marketing

#212 in Europe

#561 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

5. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Marketing

#227 in Europe

#594 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

6. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Marketing

#243 in Europe

#618 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

7. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Marketing

#246 in Europe

#624 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

8. HEC School of Management

Ile-de-France | Jouy-en-Josas

For Marketing

#250 in Europe

#633 in the World

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

9. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Marketing

#267 in Europe

#673 in the World

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

10. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Marketing

#268 in Europe

#674 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

11. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Marketing

#303 in Europe

#759 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 2018

12. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Marketing

#304 in Europe

#761 in the World

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

13. ESSEC Business School Paris

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Marketing

#311 in Europe

#781 in the World

Founded: 1907

14. Paris Dauphine University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#316 in Europe

#789 in the World

Enrollment: 11,281
Founded: 1968

15. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#330 in Europe

#820 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

16. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Marketing

#332 in Europe

#828 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

17. EMLYON Business School

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Marketing

#348 in Europe

#885 in the World

Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1872

18. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Marketing

#359 in Europe

#908 in the World

Enrollment: 28,333
Founded: 1965

19. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Marketing

#381 in Europe

#976 in the World

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

20. Kedge Business School

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Marketing

#410 in Europe

#1061 in the World

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

21. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#419 in Europe

#1094 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

22. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Marketing

#421 in Europe

#1097 in the World

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

23. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Marketing

#439 in Europe

#1156 in the World

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

24. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#450 in Europe

#1188 in the World

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

25. Audencia Nantes School of Management

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Marketing

#462 in Europe

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1900

26. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Marketing

#464 in Europe

#1240 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

27. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Marketing

#471 in Europe

#1258 in the World

Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

28. SKEMA Business School

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Marketing

#475 in Europe

#1269 in the World

Founded: 1892

29. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Marketing

#476 in Europe

#1271 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

30. Toulouse Business School

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Marketing

#477 in Europe

#1274 in the World

Enrollment: 5,600
Founded: 1903

31. Grenoble Graduate School of Business

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Marketing

#482 in Europe

#1292 in the World

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

32. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Marketing

#486 in Europe

#1309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

33. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Marketing

#503 in Europe

#1365 in the World

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

34. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Marketing

#519 in Europe

#1429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

35. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#524 in Europe

#1438 in the World

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

36. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Marketing

#525 in Europe

#1439 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

37. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Marketing

#533 in Europe

#1482 in the World

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

38. EDHEC Business School

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Marketing

#534 in Europe

#1484 in the World

Founded: 1906

39. ESCP Europe

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#545 in Europe

#1541 in the World

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

40. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Marketing

#549 in Europe

#1555 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#550 in Europe

#1559 in the World

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

42. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Marketing

#569 in Europe

#1617 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

43. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Marketing

#573 in Europe

#1647 in the World

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

44. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Marketing

#576 in Europe

#1658 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

45. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#577 in Europe

#1665 in the World

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

46. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Marketing

#579 in Europe

#1677 in the World

Enrollment: 31,975
Founded: 1964

47. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Marketing

#580 in Europe

#1678 in the World

Enrollment: 24,480
Founded: 1548

48. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#588 in Europe

#1708 in the World

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

49. Paris Institute of Political Studies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#589 in Europe

#1712 in the World

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

50. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Marketing

#590 in Europe

#1714 in the World

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

51. Eurecom

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

For Marketing

#598 in Europe

#1740 in the World

Founded: 1991

52. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Marketing

#605 in Europe

#1765 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Marketing

#606 in Europe

#1774 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

54. Lille Catholic University

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Marketing

#608 in Europe

#1788 in the World

Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1875

55. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Marketing

#614 in Europe

#1822 in the World

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

56. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Marketing

#616 in Europe

#1832 in the World

Enrollment: 14,735
Founded: 1979

57. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Marketing

#623 in Europe

#1877 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

58. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#624 in Europe

#1879 in the World

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

59. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Marketing

#627 in Europe

#1904 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

60. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Marketing

#638 in Europe

#1953 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

61. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Marketing

#643 in Europe

#1973 in the World

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

62. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Marketing

#648 in Europe

#1982 in the World

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

63. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#662 in Europe

#2020 in the World

Enrollment: 2,613
Founded: 1947

64. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Marketing

#664 in Europe

#2032 in the World

Enrollment: 21,550
Founded: 1423

65. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Marketing

#674 in Europe

#2109 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

66. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Marketing

#679 in Europe

#2122 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

67. Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#682 in Europe

#2129 in the World

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

68. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Marketing

#690 in Europe

#2191 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

69. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Marketing

#691 in Europe

#2192 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

70. Catholic University of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Marketing

#692 in Europe

#2193 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1875

71. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Marketing

#695 in Europe

#2212 in the World

Enrollment: 1,382
Founded: 1912

72. University of Paris 8

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

For Marketing

#705 in Europe

#2280 in the World

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

73. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Marketing

#725 in Europe

#2396 in the World

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

74. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Marketing

#727 in Europe

#2404 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1993

75. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Marketing

#740 in Europe

#2452 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#750 in Europe

#2500 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

77. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Marketing

#752 in Europe

#2505 in the World

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

78. Angers Graduate School of Business

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Marketing

#756 in Europe

#2530 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1909

79. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Marketing

#760 in Europe

#2552 in the World

Enrollment: 6,458
Founded: 1991

80. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Marketing

#782 in Europe

#2677 in the World

Enrollment: 6,434
Founded: 1984

81. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Marketing

#789 in Europe

#2709 in the World

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

82. National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Marketing

#792 in Europe

#2723 in the World

Enrollment: 419
Founded: 1889

83. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Marketing

#795 in Europe

#2735 in the World

Enrollment: 9,921
Founded: 1975

84. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Marketing

#805 in Europe

#2788 in the World

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

85. National School of Statistics and Economic Administration

Ile-de-France | Malakoff

For Marketing

#825 in Europe

#2871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1942

86. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Marketing

#839 in Europe

#2933 in the World

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

87. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Marketing

#859 in Europe

#3048 in the World

Enrollment: 2,272
Founded: 1872

88. Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Marketing

#873 in Europe

#3134 in the World

Enrollment: 26,754
Founded: 1809

89. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#889 in Europe

#3215 in the World

Enrollment: 565
Founded: 1896

90. EHESP School of Public Health

Brittany | Rennes

For Marketing

#892 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Enrollment: 433
Founded: 1945

91. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Marketing

#897 in Europe

#3238 in the World

Enrollment: 2,073
Founded: 1966

92. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Marketing

#900 in Europe

#3248 in the World

Enrollment: 17,195
Founded: 1970

93. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Marketing

#907 in Europe

#3284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 2,009
Founded: 2003

94. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Marketing

#920 in Europe

#3341 in the World

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

95. University of Rennes 2

Brittany | Rennes

For Marketing

#933 in Europe

#3437 in the World

Enrollment: 23,365
Founded: 1969

96. National School of Civil Aviation

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Marketing

#935 in Europe

#3442 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1949

97. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Marketing

#964 in Europe

#3626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

98. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Marketing

#985 in Europe

#3731 in the World

Enrollment: 427
Founded: 1957

99. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Marketing

#988 in Europe

#3745 in the World

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

100. Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Marketing

#996 in Europe

#3813 in the World

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

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