97 Best universities for Chemical Engineering in France

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Chemical Engineering. A graph of 5.84M citations received by 174K academic papers made by 97 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 Chemical Engineering

#9 in Europe

#79 in the World

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

2. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Chemical Engineering

#16 in Europe

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

3. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemical Engineering

#41 in Europe

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

4. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Chemical Engineering

#46 in Europe

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

5. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Chemical Engineering

#57 in Europe

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

6. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#59 in Europe

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

7. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Chemical Engineering

#60 in Europe

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

8. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Chemical Engineering

#66 in Europe

#287 in the World

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

9. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Chemical Engineering

#109 in Europe

#404 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

10. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemical Engineering

#136 in Europe

#472 in the World

Enrollment: 427
Founded: 1957

11. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Chemical Engineering

#140 in Europe

#479 in the World

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

12. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Chemical Engineering

#161 in Europe

#527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,790
Founded: 1794

13. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Chemical Engineering

#165 in Europe

#546 in the World

Enrollment: 66,378
Founded: 2012

14. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Chemical Engineering

#175 in Europe

#569 in the World

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

15. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Chemical Engineering

#181 in Europe

#591 in the World

Enrollment: 69,000
Founded: 2018

16. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#187 in Europe

#601 in the World

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

17. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#200 in Europe

#641 in the World

Enrollment: 565
Founded: 1896

18. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Chemical Engineering

#202 in Europe

#646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1460

19. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#209 in Europe

#662 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

20. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Chemical Engineering

#210 in Europe

#665 in the World

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

21. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Chemical Engineering

#211 in Europe

#666 in the World

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

22. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Chemical Engineering

#229 in Europe

#717 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

23. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Chemical Engineering

#239 in Europe

#744 in the World

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

24. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Chemical Engineering

#253 in Europe

#793 in the World

Enrollment: 9,921
Founded: 1975

25. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Chemical Engineering

#255 in Europe

#804 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

26. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Chemical Engineering

#268 in Europe

#840 in the World

Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

27. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#277 in Europe

#881 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#281 in Europe

#903 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

29. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Chemical Engineering

#288 in Europe

#929 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

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

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Chemical Engineering

#294 in Europe

#950 in the World

Founded: 1994

31. National Graduate School of Chemistry of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Villeneuve-d'Ascq

For Chemical Engineering

#312 in Europe

#1039 in the World

Enrollment: 363
Founded: 1894

32. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Chemical Engineering

#319 in Europe

#1061 in the World

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

33. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Chemical Engineering

#323 in Europe

#1080 in the World

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

34. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Chemical Engineering

#333 in Europe

#1118 in the World

Enrollment: 25,327
Founded: 1965

35. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Chemical Engineering

#339 in Europe

#1147 in the World

Enrollment: 24,480
Founded: 1548

36. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Chemical Engineering

#342 in Europe

#1160 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

37. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Chemical Engineering

#348 in Europe

#1200 in the World

Enrollment: 21,677
Founded: 1423

38. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Chemical Engineering

#355 in Europe

#1232 in the World

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

39. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Chemical Engineering

#360 in Europe

#1250 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

40. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#363 in Europe

#1258 in the World

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

41. National Graduate School of Engineering, Caen

Normandy | Caen

For Chemical Engineering

#367 in Europe

#1269 in the World

Enrollment: 818
Founded: 1976

42. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Chemical Engineering

#369 in Europe

#1278 in the World

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

43. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Chemical Engineering

#370 in Europe

#1280 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

44. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Chemical Engineering

#383 in Europe

#1337 in the World

Enrollment: 2,272
Founded: 1872

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Chemical Engineering

#389 in Europe

#1363 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

46. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Chemical Engineering

#394 in Europe

#1398 in the World

Enrollment: 14,498
Founded: 1979

47. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Chemical Engineering

#395 in Europe

#1403 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

48. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Chemical Engineering

#397 in Europe

#1412 in the World

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

49. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#404 in Europe

#1464 in the World

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

50. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Chemical Engineering

#413 in Europe

#1488 in the World

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

51. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#430 in Europe

#1583 in the World

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

52. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Chemical Engineering

#434 in Europe

#1601 in the World

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

53. Cergy-Pontoise University

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Chemical Engineering

#440 in Europe

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 20,784
Founded: 1991

54. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Chemical Engineering

#451 in Europe

#1692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

55. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Chemical Engineering

#453 in Europe

#1703 in the World

Enrollment: 1,382
Founded: 1912

56. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Chemical Engineering

#458 in Europe

#1723 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

57. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Chemical Engineering

#466 in Europe

#1754 in the World

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

58. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Chemical Engineering

#487 in Europe

#1841 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

59. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Chemical Engineering

#496 in Europe

#1878 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#508 in Europe

#1921 in the World

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

61. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemical Engineering

#523 in Europe

#1987 in the World

Enrollment: 1,854
Founded: 1966

62. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Chemical Engineering

#527 in Europe

#1999 in the World

Enrollment: 17,195
Founded: 1970

63. National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Chemical Engineering

#533 in Europe

#2011 in the World

Enrollment: 419
Founded: 1889

64. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Chemical Engineering

#541 in Europe

#2055 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1993

65. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Chemical Engineering

#569 in Europe

#2188 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

66. National School Mines - Telecom Lille Douai

Hauts-de-France | Douai

For Chemical Engineering

#575 in Europe

#2222 in the World

Founded: 2017

67. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Chemical Engineering

#591 in Europe

#2286 in the World

Enrollment: 768
Founded: 1948

68. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Chemical Engineering

#595 in Europe

#2299 in the World

Enrollment: 6,458
Founded: 1991

69. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

Hauts-de-France | Dunkirk

For Chemical Engineering

#596 in Europe

#2304 in the World

Enrollment: 10,381
Founded: 1991

70. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Chemical Engineering

#606 in Europe

#2356 in the World

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

71. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemical Engineering

#614 in Europe

#2408 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

72. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#625 in Europe

#2445 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

73. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#627 in Europe

#2456 in the World

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

74. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemical Engineering

#644 in Europe

#2525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

75. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Chemical Engineering

#645 in Europe

#2529 in the World

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

76. National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Chemical Engineering

#651 in Europe

#2549 in the World

Enrollment: 762
Founded: 1902

77. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Chemical Engineering

#668 in Europe

#2627 in the World

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

78. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Chemical Engineering

#669 in Europe

#2636 in the World

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

79. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Chemical Engineering

#675 in Europe

#2659 in the World

Enrollment: 6,434
Founded: 1984

80. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#677 in Europe

#2674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

81. Paris Institute of Political Studies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#678 in Europe

#2675 in the World

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

82. University of Paris 8

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

For Chemical Engineering

#706 in Europe

#2873 in the World

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

83. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#722 in Europe

#2940 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

84. University of the French West Indies

Guadeloupe | Pointe-a-Pitre

For Chemical Engineering

#781 in Europe

#3213 in the World

Enrollment: 11,593
Founded: 1850

85. National School of Engineering - Saint Etienne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Chemical Engineering

#782 in Europe

#3221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 1,022
Founded: 1961

86. University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

Corsica | Corte

For Chemical Engineering

#837 in Europe

#3522 in the World

Enrollment: 4,183
Founded: 1981

87. National Veterinary School of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#838 in Europe

#3528 in the World

Founded: 1828

88. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Chemical Engineering

#849 in Europe

#3569 in the World

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

89. Paris Dauphine University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#850 in Europe

#3571 in the World

Enrollment: 11,281
Founded: 1968

90. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#909 in Europe

#3917 in the World

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

91. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Chemical Engineering

#912 in Europe

#3925 in the World

Enrollment: 31,975
Founded: 1964

92. Eurecom

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

For Chemical Engineering

#922 in Europe

#3978 in the World

Founded: 1991

93. University of Nimes

Occitanie | Nimes

For Chemical Engineering

#932 in Europe

#4010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 5,993
Founded: 2007

94. National School of Engineering, Tarbes

Occitanie | Tarbes

For Chemical Engineering

#995 in Europe

#4254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 1,215
Founded: 1963

95. University of Rennes 2

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemical Engineering

#998 in Europe

#4267 in the World

Enrollment: 23,365
Founded: 1969

96. National School of Civil Aviation

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#1021 in Europe

#4353 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1949

97. New Sorbonne University - Paris III

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#1024 in Europe

#4363 in the World

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

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