93 Best universities for Chemical Engineering 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 Chemical Engineering. A graph of 4.86M citations received by 164K academic papers made by 93 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

#7 in Europe

#61 in the World

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

2. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Chemical Engineering

#13 in Europe

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

3. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemical Engineering

#32 in Europe

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

4. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Chemical Engineering

#33 in Europe

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

5. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Chemical Engineering

#37 in Europe

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

6. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#52 in Europe

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

7. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Chemical Engineering

#58 in Europe

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

8. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemical Engineering

#94 in Europe

#355 in the World

Enrollment: 427
Founded: 1957

9. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Chemical Engineering

#107 in Europe

#388 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

10. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Chemical Engineering

#116 in Europe

#413 in the World

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

11. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Chemical Engineering

#136 in Europe

#462 in the World

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

12. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Chemical Engineering

#152 in Europe

#488 in the World

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

13. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Chemical Engineering

#157 in Europe

#500 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

14. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Chemical Engineering

#169 in Europe

#524 in the World

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

15. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Chemical Engineering

#182 in Europe

#560 in the World

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

16. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#183 in Europe

#562 in the World

Enrollment: 565
Founded: 1896

17. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Chemical Engineering

#190 in Europe

#583 in the World

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

18. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#191 in Europe

#590 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

19. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Chemical Engineering

#193 in Europe

#594 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 2018

20. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Chemical Engineering

#227 in Europe

#698 in the World

Enrollment: 9,921
Founded: 1975

21. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Chemical Engineering

#228 in Europe

#699 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

22. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Chemical Engineering

#230 in Europe

#704 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

23. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Chemical Engineering

#247 in Europe

#744 in the World

Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

24. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Chemical Engineering

#249 in Europe

#746 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#251 in Europe

#749 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

26. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#267 in Europe

#808 in the World

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

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

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Chemical Engineering

#278 in Europe

#852 in the World

Founded: 1994

28. National Graduate School of Chemistry of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Villeneuve-d'Ascq

For Chemical Engineering

#286 in Europe

#879 in the World

Enrollment: 363
Founded: 1894

29. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Chemical Engineering

#301 in Europe

#935 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

30. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Chemical Engineering

#304 in Europe

#943 in the World

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

31. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Chemical Engineering

#305 in Europe

#952 in the World

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

32. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Chemical Engineering

#313 in Europe

#991 in the World

Enrollment: 24,480
Founded: 1548

33. National Graduate School of Engineering, Caen

Normandy | Caen

For Chemical Engineering

#321 in Europe

#1014 in the World

Enrollment: 818
Founded: 1976

34. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Chemical Engineering

#326 in Europe

#1032 in the World

Enrollment: 28,333
Founded: 1965

35. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Chemical Engineering

#328 in Europe

#1050 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

36. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Chemical Engineering

#345 in Europe

#1119 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

37. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Chemical Engineering

#348 in Europe

#1134 in the World

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

38. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Chemical Engineering

#351 in Europe

#1142 in the World

Enrollment: 21,550
Founded: 1423

39. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#356 in Europe

#1159 in the World

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

40. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Chemical Engineering

#358 in Europe

#1173 in the World

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

41. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Chemical Engineering

#362 in Europe

#1199 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

42. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Chemical Engineering

#368 in Europe

#1237 in the World

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

43. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#369 in Europe

#1245 in the World

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

44. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#374 in Europe

#1267 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Chemical Engineering

#379 in Europe

#1286 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

46. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Chemical Engineering

#388 in Europe

#1332 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

47. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Chemical Engineering

#394 in Europe

#1359 in the World

Enrollment: 14,735
Founded: 1979

48. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Chemical Engineering

#397 in Europe

#1377 in the World

Enrollment: 2,272
Founded: 1872

49. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Chemical Engineering

#400 in Europe

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

50. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#409 in Europe

#1433 in the World

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

51. Cergy-Pontoise University

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Chemical Engineering

#410 in Europe

#1436 in the World

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

52. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Chemical Engineering

#411 in Europe

#1438 in the World

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

53. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Chemical Engineering

#425 in Europe

#1523 in the World

Enrollment: 1,382
Founded: 1912

54. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Chemical Engineering

#429 in Europe

#1535 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

55. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Chemical Engineering

#441 in Europe

#1572 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#452 in Europe

#1610 in the World

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

57. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Chemical Engineering

#453 in Europe

#1619 in the World

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

58. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Chemical Engineering

#456 in Europe

#1644 in the World

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

59. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Chemical Engineering

#467 in Europe

#1685 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

60. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Chemical Engineering

#484 in Europe

#1769 in the World

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

61. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemical Engineering

#500 in Europe

#1841 in the World

Enrollment: 2,073
Founded: 1966

62. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Chemical Engineering

#506 in Europe

#1867 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1993

63. National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Chemical Engineering

#508 in Europe

#1876 in the World

Enrollment: 419
Founded: 1889

64. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Chemical Engineering

#516 in Europe

#1908 in the World

Enrollment: 17,195
Founded: 1970

65. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Chemical Engineering

#532 in Europe

#1992 in the World

Enrollment: 768
Founded: 1948

66. National School Mines - Telecom Lille Douai

Hauts-de-France | Douai

For Chemical Engineering

#556 in Europe

#2076 in the World

Founded: 2017

67. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Chemical Engineering

#568 in Europe

#2146 in the World

Enrollment: 6,458
Founded: 1991

68. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Chemical Engineering

#571 in Europe

#2154 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

69. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Chemical Engineering

#576 in Europe

#2174 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

70. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

Hauts-de-France | Dunkirk

For Chemical Engineering

#579 in Europe

#2188 in the World

Enrollment: 10,381
Founded: 1991

71. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Chemical Engineering

#580 in Europe

#2190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

72. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Chemical Engineering

#582 in Europe

#2194 in the World

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

73. National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Chemical Engineering

#615 in Europe

#2348 in the World

Enrollment: 762
Founded: 1902

74. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#616 in Europe

#2351 in the World

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

75. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#618 in Europe

#2364 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

76. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#620 in Europe

#2369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

77. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Chemical Engineering

#622 in Europe

#2373 in the World

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

78. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Chemical Engineering

#639 in Europe

#2462 in the World

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

79. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#647 in Europe

#2495 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

80. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Chemical Engineering

#652 in Europe

#2517 in the World

Enrollment: 6,434
Founded: 1984

81. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Chemical Engineering

#656 in Europe

#2528 in the World

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

82. University of Paris 8

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

For Chemical Engineering

#697 in Europe

#2793 in the World

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

83. University of the French West Indies

Guadeloupe | Pointe-a-Pitre

For Chemical Engineering

#750 in Europe

#3041 in the World

Enrollment: 11,593
Founded: 1850

84. Paris Institute of Political Studies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#760 in Europe

#3090 in the World

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

85. University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

Corsica | Corte

For Chemical Engineering

#789 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Enrollment: 4,183
Founded: 1981

86. National School of Engineering - Saint Etienne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Chemical Engineering

#792 in Europe

#3249 in the World

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

87. National Veterinary School of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#813 in Europe

#3324 in the World

Founded: 1828

88. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Chemical Engineering

#814 in Europe

#3326 in the World

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

89. Paris Dauphine University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#821 in Europe

#3342 in the World

Enrollment: 11,281
Founded: 1968

90. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Chemical Engineering

#862 in Europe

#3607 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

#893 in Europe

#3752 in the World

Enrollment: 31,975
Founded: 1964

92. University of Nimes

Occitanie | Nimes

For Chemical Engineering

#925 in Europe

#3944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 5,687
Founded: 2007

93. New Sorbonne University - Paris III

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Chemical Engineering

#996 in Europe

#4224 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.