98 Best universities for Chemistry in France

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Chemistry. A graph of 6.02M citations received by 180K academic papers made by 98 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. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#21 in Europe

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,400
Founded: 1794

2. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Chemistry

#55 in Europe

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

3. Pierre and Marie Curie University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#64 in Europe

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,037
Founded: 1150

4. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Chemistry

#76 in Europe

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

5. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemistry

#85 in Europe

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

6. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Chemistry

#107 in Europe

#331 in the World

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

7. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Chemistry

#135 in Europe

#401 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

8. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemistry

#147 in Europe

#422 in the World

Enrollment: 31,388
Founded: 1960

9. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Chemistry

#160 in Europe

#456 in the World

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

10. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Chemistry

#164 in Europe

#472 in the World

Enrollment: 50,822
Founded: 1621

11. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Chemistry

#178 in Europe

#497 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

12. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#194 in Europe

#542 in the World

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

13. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Chemistry

#197 in Europe

#555 in the World

Enrollment: 55,000
Founded: 1339

14. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Chemistry

#205 in Europe

#584 in the World

Enrollment: 34,169
Founded: 1722

15. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Chemistry

#225 in Europe

#642 in the World

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

16. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Chemistry

#227 in Europe

#648 in the World

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

17. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Chemistry

#229 in Europe

#653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,383
Founded: 1957

18. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Chemistry

#235 in Europe

#676 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 2018

19. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Chemistry

#251 in Europe

#727 in the World

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

20. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Chemistry

#255 in Europe

#734 in the World

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

21. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Chemistry

#258 in Europe

#755 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

22. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Chemistry

#260 in Europe

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

23. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#266 in Europe

#789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1896

24. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Chemistry

#277 in Europe

#825 in the World

Enrollment: 28,333
Founded: 1965

25. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Chemistry

#281 in Europe

#832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 1,468
Founded: 1857

26. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#290 in Europe

#858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 25,889
Founded: 1970

27. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Chemistry

#293 in Europe

#880 in the World

Enrollment: 22,971
Founded: 1548

28. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Chemistry

#295 in Europe

#885 in the World

Enrollment: 2,469
Founded: 1987

29. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Chemistry

#310 in Europe

#931 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

30. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#319 in Europe

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1780

31. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Chemistry

#323 in Europe

#979 in the World

Enrollment: 21,550
Founded: 1423

32. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Chemistry

#336 in Europe

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 4,400
Founded: 1972

33. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Chemistry

#339 in Europe

#1030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 25,687
Founded: 1971

34. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Chemistry

#348 in Europe

#1062 in the World

Enrollment: 10,555
Founded: 1975

35. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Chemistry

#355 in Europe

#1081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1900

36. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#391 in Europe

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 32,302
Founded: 2019

37. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Chemistry

#393 in Europe

#1261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 13,400
Founded: 1970

38. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemistry

#394 in Europe

#1263 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1957

39. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Chemistry

#401 in Europe

#1287 in the World

Enrollment: 13,820
Founded: 1991

40. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Chemistry

#405 in Europe

#1307 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

41. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Chemistry

#418 in Europe

#1373 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

42. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Chemistry

#419 in Europe

#1381 in the World

Enrollment: 14,735
Founded: 1979

43. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Chemistry

#426 in Europe

#1411 in the World

Enrollment: 1,700
Founded: 1912

44. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Chemistry

#431 in Europe

#1442 in the World

Enrollment: 8,691
Founded: 1993

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#445 in Europe

#1506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,300
Founded: 2007

46. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Chemistry

#454 in Europe

#1547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 2,696
Male:Female: 77:23
Founded: 1994

47. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Chemistry

#459 in Europe

#1567 in the World

Enrollment: 3,059
Founded: 1999

48. Cergy-Pontoise University

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Chemistry

#466 in Europe

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 15,052
Founded: 1991

49. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Chemistry

#475 in Europe

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 8,730
Founded: 1970

50. National Graduate School of Engineering - Saint Etienne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Chemistry

#481 in Europe

#1663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,160
Founded: 1816

51. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Chemistry

#484 in Europe

#1678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1854

52. National Graduate School of Chemistry of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Villeneuve-d'Ascq

For Chemistry

#486 in Europe

#1692 in the World

Founded: 1894

53. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Chemistry

#494 in Europe

#1730 in the World

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

54. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Chemistry

#503 in Europe

#1763 in the World

Enrollment: 6,864
Founded: 1984

55. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Chemistry

#510 in Europe

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1985

56. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

Hauts-de-France | Dunkirk

For Chemistry

#514 in Europe

#1825 in the World

Enrollment: 10,381
Founded: 1991

57. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Chemistry

#518 in Europe

#1838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1747

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#519 in Europe

#1839 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

59. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Chemistry

#524 in Europe

#1859 in the World

Enrollment: 17,553
Founded: 1970

60. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Chemistry

#527 in Europe

#1874 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

61. National School of Engineering - Saint Etienne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Chemistry

#530 in Europe

#1894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Founded: 1961

62. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Chemistry

#531 in Europe

#1896 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1991

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

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Chemistry

#548 in Europe

#1994 in the World

Founded: 1994

64. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Chemistry

#549 in Europe

#1995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1919

65. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemistry

#559 in Europe

#2027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

66. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Chemistry

#565 in Europe

#2044 in the World

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

67. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Chemistry

#569 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 7,591
Founded: 1984

68. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Chemistry

#580 in Europe

#2128 in the World

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

69. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemistry

#584 in Europe

#2153 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

70. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Chemistry

#589 in Europe

#2181 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

71. Higher National Institute of Agricultural Science, Food and Environment

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Chemistry

#594 in Europe

#2216 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 2009

72. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemistry

#607 in Europe

#2280 in the World

Founded: 1969

73. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Chemistry

#611 in Europe

#2310 in the World

Founded: 1872

74. National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Chemistry

#613 in Europe

#2323 in the World

Enrollment: 350
Founded: 1889

75. University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee

Ile-de-France | Marne-la-Vallee

For Chemistry

#620 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Enrollment: 12,335
Founded: 1991

76. University of Reunion

Reunion | Saint-Denis

For Chemistry

#626 in Europe

#2376 in the World

Enrollment: 19,200
Founded: 1960

77. National School Mines - Telecom Lille Douai

Hauts-de-France | Douai

For Chemistry

#628 in Europe

#2392 in the World

Founded: 2017

78. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemistry

#669 in Europe

#2612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,534
Founded: 1963

79. University of Rennes 1

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemistry

#672 in Europe

#2624 in the World

Enrollment: 28,187
Founded: 1970

80. University of the French West Indies

Guadeloupe | Pointe-a-Pitre

For Chemistry

#726 in Europe

#2940 in the World

Enrollment: 9,991
Founded: 1850

81. National Graduate School of Engineering, Caen

Normandy | Caen

For Chemistry

#743 in Europe

#3078 in the World

Enrollment: 750
Founded: 1976

82. University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

Corsica | Corte

For Chemistry

#744 in Europe

#3083 in the World

Enrollment: 4,183
Founded: 1981

83. Bordeaux National Polytechnic Institute

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Talence

For Chemistry

#762 in Europe

#3154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 3,400
Founded: 1920

84. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemistry

#763 in Europe

#3157 in the World

Enrollment: 2,073
Founded: 1966

85. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#790 in Europe

#3325 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

86. National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Chemistry

#805 in Europe

#3385 in the World

Enrollment: 868
Founded: 1902

87. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Chemistry

#813 in Europe

#3425 in the World

Enrollment: 577
Founded: 1948

88. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#844 in Europe

#3595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

89. Sorbonne University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemistry

#856 in Europe

#3651 in the World

Enrollment: 55,600
Founded: 2018

90. National Veterinary School of Alfort

Ile-de-France | Maisons-Alfort

For Chemistry

#861 in Europe

#3696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 800
Founded: 1765

91. Catholic University of the West

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Chemistry

#876 in Europe

#3776 in the World

Enrollment: 11,400
Founded: 1875

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Chemistry

#880 in Europe

#3782 in the World

Enrollment: 32,779
Founded: 1970

93. National School of Engineering, Tarbes

Occitanie | Tarbes

For Chemistry

#884 in Europe

#3812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 1,083
Founded: 1963

94. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemistry

#896 in Europe

#3875 in the World

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

95. Brest National School of Engineering

Brittany | Plouzane

For Chemistry

#918 in Europe

#4003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1961

96. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Chemistry

#928 in Europe

#4065 in the World

Enrollment: 31,001
Founded: 1964

97. ESIEE Paris

Ile-de-France | Noisy-le-Grand

For Chemistry

#947 in Europe

#4166 in the World

Enrollment: 2,100
Founded: 1904

98. University of Nimes

Occitanie | Nimes

For Chemistry

#951 in Europe

#4185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 5,735
Founded: 2007

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

Chemistry subfields in France

Biochemical Engineering32

Chemical Engineering53

Computational Chemistry28

Environmental Chemistry33

Inorganic Chemistry47

Materials Science88

Nanotechnology43

Nutrition and Food Science20

Organic Chemistry53

Petrology and Geochemistry35

Physical chemistry31

Polymer science and Plastics engineering43

Radiochemistry26