81 Best universities for Geotechnical Engineering in France

Updated: July 18, 2023

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Geotechnical Engineering. A graph of 28.7M citations received by 1.43M academic papers made by 81 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. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#62 in Europe

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1747

2. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Geotechnical Engineering

#99 in Europe

#355 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

3. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#118 in Europe

#391 in the World

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

4. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Geotechnical Engineering

#120 in Europe

#406 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

5. Pierre and Marie Curie University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#127 in Europe

#424 in the World

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

6. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Geotechnical Engineering

#131 in Europe

#435 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

7. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Geotechnical Engineering

#132 in Europe

#439 in the World

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

8. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Geotechnical Engineering

#139 in Europe

#454 in the World

Enrollment: 55,000
Founded: 1339

9. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#150 in Europe

#481 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

10. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#157 in Europe

#495 in the World

Enrollment: 50,822
Founded: 1621

11. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Geotechnical Engineering

#158 in Europe

#500 in the World

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

12. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Geotechnical Engineering

#160 in Europe

#507 in the World

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

13. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Geotechnical Engineering

#188 in Europe

#596 in the World

Enrollment: 31,388
Founded: 1960

14. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Geotechnical Engineering

#197 in Europe

#621 in the World

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

15. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Geotechnical Engineering

#199 in Europe

#624 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

16. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#211 in Europe

#647 in the World

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

17. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Geotechnical Engineering

#228 in Europe

#687 in the World

Enrollment: 14,735
Founded: 1979

18. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#249 in Europe

#738 in the World

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

19. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Geotechnical Engineering

#252 in Europe

#746 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1957

20. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#258 in Europe

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1780

21. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Geotechnical Engineering

#259 in Europe

#763 in the World

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

22. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Geotechnical Engineering

#263 in Europe

#776 in the World

Enrollment: 1,700
Founded: 1912

23. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Geotechnical Engineering

#272 in Europe

#812 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 2018

24. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#280 in Europe

#838 in the World

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

25. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Geotechnical Engineering

#283 in Europe

#859 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#294 in Europe

#898 in the World

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

27. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Geotechnical Engineering

#296 in Europe

#902 in the World

Enrollment: 28,333
Founded: 1965

28. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Geotechnical Engineering

#306 in Europe

#932 in the World

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

29. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Geotechnical Engineering

#312 in Europe

#953 in the World

Enrollment: 2,469
Founded: 1987

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#336 in Europe

#1050 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

31. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Geotechnical Engineering

#352 in Europe

#1109 in the World

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

32. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Geotechnical Engineering

#371 in Europe

#1160 in the World

Enrollment: 6,864
Founded: 1984

33. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Geotechnical Engineering

#376 in Europe

#1173 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

34. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Geotechnical Engineering

#381 in Europe

#1191 in the World

Enrollment: 13,820
Founded: 1991

35. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Geotechnical Engineering

#396 in Europe

#1241 in the World

Enrollment: 34,169
Founded: 1722

36. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Geotechnical Engineering

#398 in Europe

#1257 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

37. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Geotechnical Engineering

#400 in Europe

#1273 in the World

Enrollment: 22,971
Founded: 1548

38. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Geotechnical Engineering

#409 in Europe

#1323 in the World

Founded: 1872

39. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Geotechnical Engineering

#412 in Europe

#1337 in the World

Enrollment: 8,691
Founded: 1993

40. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#415 in Europe

#1356 in the World

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

41. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Geotechnical Engineering

#423 in Europe

#1385 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

42. National School Mines - Telecom Lille Douai

Hauts-de-France | Douai

For Geotechnical Engineering

#427 in Europe

#1412 in the World

Founded: 2017

43. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Geotechnical Engineering

#434 in Europe

#1440 in the World

Enrollment: 10,555
Founded: 1975

44. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Geotechnical Engineering

#436 in Europe

#1443 in the World

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

45. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#438 in Europe

#1446 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

46. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Geotechnical Engineering

#441 in Europe

#1464 in the World

Enrollment: 577
Founded: 1948

47. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Geotechnical Engineering

#444 in Europe

#1473 in the World

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

48. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Geotechnical Engineering

#446 in Europe

#1477 in the World

Enrollment: 21,550
Founded: 1423

49. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#475 in Europe

#1571 in the World

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

50. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Geotechnical Engineering

#478 in Europe

#1588 in the World

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

51. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Geotechnical Engineering

#480 in Europe

#1596 in the World

Enrollment: 3,059
Founded: 1999

52. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Geotechnical Engineering

#487 in Europe

#1611 in the World

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

53. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Geotechnical Engineering

#489 in Europe

#1616 in the World

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

54. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#490 in Europe

#1628 in the World

Enrollment: 2,073
Founded: 1966

55. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Geotechnical Engineering

#509 in Europe

#1754 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

56. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Geotechnical Engineering

#512 in Europe

#1765 in the World

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

57. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Geotechnical Engineering

#524 in Europe

#1810 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

58. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#525 in Europe

#1813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1896

59. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#531 in Europe

#1827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 1,984
Founded: 2003

60. National Graduate School of Engineering, Caen

Normandy | Caen

For Geotechnical Engineering

#548 in Europe

#1951 in the World

Enrollment: 750
Founded: 1976

61. EHESP School of Public Health

Brittany | Rennes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#558 in Europe

#2013 in the World

Founded: 1945

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

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#566 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Founded: 1994

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Geotechnical Engineering

#569 in Europe

#2072 in the World

Enrollment: 32,779
Founded: 1970

64. National School of Engineering - Saint Etienne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#578 in Europe

#2127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Founded: 1961

65. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Geotechnical Engineering

#581 in Europe

#2133 in the World

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

66. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Geotechnical Engineering

#587 in Europe

#2157 in the World

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

67. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#593 in Europe

#2187 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

68. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Geotechnical Engineering

#596 in Europe

#2207 in the World

Founded: 1969

69. National Graduate School of Chemistry of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Villeneuve-d'Ascq

For Geotechnical Engineering

#600 in Europe

#2224 in the World

Founded: 1894

70. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Geotechnical Engineering

#614 in Europe

#2289 in the World

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

71. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#629 in Europe

#2350 in the World

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

72. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#633 in Europe

#2385 in the World

Enrollment: 43,700
Founded: 1971

73. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

Hauts-de-France | Dunkirk

For Geotechnical Engineering

#634 in Europe

#2392 in the World

Enrollment: 10,381
Founded: 1991

74. University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

Corsica | Corte

For Geotechnical Engineering

#638 in Europe

#2403 in the World

Enrollment: 4,183
Founded: 1981

75. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#649 in Europe

#2484 in the World

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

76. Catholic University of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Geotechnical Engineering

#661 in Europe

#2547 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1875

77. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Geotechnical Engineering

#666 in Europe

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

78. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#724 in Europe

#2839 in the World

Enrollment: 17,553
Founded: 1970

79. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Geotechnical Engineering

#731 in Europe

#2894 in the World

Enrollment: 31,001
Founded: 1964

80. University of Nimes

Occitanie | Nimes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#732 in Europe

#2898 in the World

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

81. University of Rennes 2

Brittany | Rennes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#743 in Europe

#2958 in the World

Enrollment: 23,365
Founded: 1969

The best cities to study Geotechnical Engineering in France based on the number of universities and their ranks are Champs sur Marne, Montpellier, Paris, and Bordeaux.