100 Best universities for Nanotechnology in France

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Nanotechnology. A graph of 5.08M citations received by 169K academic papers made by 100 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 Nanotechnology

#10 in Europe

#89 in the World

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

2. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Nanotechnology

#22 in Europe

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

3. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Nanotechnology

#29 in Europe

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

4. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Nanotechnology

#37 in Europe

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 57,000
Founded: 1339

5. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Nanotechnology

#41 in Europe

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

6. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Nanotechnology

#55 in Europe

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

7. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Nanotechnology

#61 in Europe

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

8. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Nanotechnology

#79 in Europe

#293 in the World

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

9. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Nanotechnology

#83 in Europe

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

10. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Nanotechnology

#112 in Europe

#379 in the World

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

11. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Nanotechnology

#114 in Europe

#385 in the World

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

12. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Nanotechnology

#127 in Europe

#415 in the World

Enrollment: 66,378
Founded: 2012

13. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#164 in Europe

#504 in the World

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

14. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Nanotechnology

#171 in Europe

#525 in the World

Enrollment: 71,429
Founded: 2018

15. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#189 in Europe

#572 in the World

Enrollment: 565
Founded: 1896

16. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Nanotechnology

#199 in Europe

#599 in the World

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

17. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Nanotechnology

#218 in Europe

#665 in the World

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

18. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Nanotechnology

#220 in Europe

#667 in the World

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

19. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Nanotechnology

#228 in Europe

#682 in the World

Enrollment: 427
Founded: 1957

20. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Nanotechnology

#232 in Europe

#704 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#235 in Europe

#717 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

22. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Nanotechnology

#236 in Europe

#720 in the World

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

23. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Nanotechnology

#259 in Europe

#785 in the World

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

24. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Nanotechnology

#261 in Europe

#788 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

25. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Nanotechnology

#274 in Europe

#834 in the World

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

26. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Nanotechnology

#294 in Europe

#920 in the World

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

27. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Nanotechnology

#305 in Europe

#956 in the World

Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

28. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Nanotechnology

#313 in Europe

#982 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

29. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Nanotechnology

#314 in Europe

#990 in the World

Enrollment: 9,921
Founded: 1975

30. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#317 in Europe

#996 in the World

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

31. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#320 in Europe

#1015 in the World

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

32. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Nanotechnology

#321 in Europe

#1017 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

33. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Nanotechnology

#330 in Europe

#1054 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

34. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Nanotechnology

#344 in Europe

#1112 in the World

Enrollment: 1,382
Founded: 1912

35. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Nanotechnology

#345 in Europe

#1116 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

36. National Graduate School of Chemistry of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Villeneuve-d'Ascq

For Nanotechnology

#348 in Europe

#1127 in the World

Enrollment: 363
Founded: 1894

37. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Nanotechnology

#350 in Europe

#1134 in the World

Enrollment: 21,677
Founded: 1423

38. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Nanotechnology

#353 in Europe

#1144 in the World

Enrollment: 2,272
Founded: 1872

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

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Nanotechnology

#358 in Europe

#1160 in the World

Founded: 1994

40. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Nanotechnology

#359 in Europe

#1162 in the World

Enrollment: 25,327
Founded: 1965

41. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Nanotechnology

#363 in Europe

#1186 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

42. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Nanotechnology

#366 in Europe

#1199 in the World

Enrollment: 24,480
Founded: 1548

43. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Nanotechnology

#370 in Europe

#1227 in the World

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

44. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#386 in Europe

#1276 in the World

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

45. Cergy-Pontoise University

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Nanotechnology

#392 in Europe

#1307 in the World

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

46. National Graduate School of Engineering, Caen

Normandy | Caen

For Nanotechnology

#394 in Europe

#1310 in the World

Enrollment: 818
Founded: 1976

47. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Nanotechnology

#398 in Europe

#1321 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Nanotechnology

#402 in Europe

#1353 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

49. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Nanotechnology

#412 in Europe

#1398 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

50. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Nanotechnology

#427 in Europe

#1490 in the World

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

51. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Nanotechnology

#431 in Europe

#1509 in the World

Enrollment: 14,735
Founded: 1979

52. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Nanotechnology

#432 in Europe

#1514 in the World

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

53. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Nanotechnology

#434 in Europe

#1516 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

54. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Nanotechnology

#442 in Europe

#1560 in the World

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

55. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Nanotechnology

#447 in Europe

#1592 in the World

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

56. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Nanotechnology

#454 in Europe

#1605 in the World

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

57. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Nanotechnology

#464 in Europe

#1634 in the World

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

58. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Nanotechnology

#465 in Europe

#1635 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

59. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Nanotechnology

#477 in Europe

#1715 in the World

Enrollment: 2,073
Founded: 1966

60. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Nanotechnology

#479 in Europe

#1728 in the World

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

61. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Nanotechnology

#485 in Europe

#1758 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

62. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Nanotechnology

#518 in Europe

#1911 in the World

Enrollment: 768
Founded: 1948

63. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Nanotechnology

#525 in Europe

#1933 in the World

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

64. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#526 in Europe

#1934 in the World

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

65. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Nanotechnology

#527 in Europe

#1951 in the World

Enrollment: 17,195
Founded: 1970

66. National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Nanotechnology

#529 in Europe

#1964 in the World

Enrollment: 419
Founded: 1889

67. National School of Engineering - Saint Etienne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Nanotechnology

#546 in Europe

#2054 in the World

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

68. National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Nanotechnology

#547 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Enrollment: 762
Founded: 1902

69. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Nanotechnology

#550 in Europe

#2076 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1993

70. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Nanotechnology

#559 in Europe

#2137 in the World

Enrollment: 6,458
Founded: 1991

71. National School Mines - Telecom Lille Douai

Hauts-de-France | Douai

For Nanotechnology

#593 in Europe

#2279 in the World

Founded: 2017

72. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Nanotechnology

#604 in Europe

#2326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

73. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#618 in Europe

#2434 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

74. Paris Dauphine University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#626 in Europe

#2456 in the World

Enrollment: 11,281
Founded: 1968

75. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#644 in Europe

#2523 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

76. Paris Institute of Political Studies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#646 in Europe

#2539 in the World

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

77. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

Hauts-de-France | Dunkirk

For Nanotechnology

#648 in Europe

#2547 in the World

Enrollment: 10,381
Founded: 1991

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#660 in Europe

#2627 in the World

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

79. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Nanotechnology

#670 in Europe

#2685 in the World

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

80. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Nanotechnology

#671 in Europe

#2699 in the World

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

81. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#679 in Europe

#2740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

82. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Nanotechnology

#744 in Europe

#2981 in the World

Enrollment: 6,434
Founded: 1984

83. University of Paris 8

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

For Nanotechnology

#746 in Europe

#2985 in the World

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

84. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Nanotechnology

#756 in Europe

#3023 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

85. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#761 in Europe

#3058 in the World

Enrollment: 2,613
Founded: 1947

86. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Nanotechnology

#768 in Europe

#3092 in the World

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

87. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Nanotechnology

#770 in Europe

#3100 in the World

Enrollment: 31,975
Founded: 1964

88. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Nanotechnology

#784 in Europe

#3163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

89. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Nanotechnology

#817 in Europe

#3322 in the World

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

90. University of Rennes 2

Brittany | Rennes

For Nanotechnology

#861 in Europe

#3537 in the World

Enrollment: 23,365
Founded: 1969

91. Graduate School of Engineers in Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#865 in Europe

#3554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1955

92. Eurecom

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

For Nanotechnology

#869 in Europe

#3570 in the World

Founded: 1991

93. National School of Engineering, Tarbes

Occitanie | Tarbes

For Nanotechnology

#872 in Europe

#3581 in the World

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

94. New Sorbonne University - Paris III

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#896 in Europe

#3732 in the World

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

95. Graduate School of Information Technology, Electronics, Automation

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Nanotechnology

#898 in Europe

#3740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 1,648
Founded: 1958

96. National Veterinary School of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Nanotechnology

#903 in Europe

#3780 in the World

Founded: 1828

97. University of the French West Indies

Guadeloupe | Pointe-a-Pitre

For Nanotechnology

#930 in Europe

#3949 in the World

Enrollment: 11,593
Founded: 1850

98. University of Nimes

Occitanie | Nimes

For Nanotechnology

#931 in Europe

#3956 in the World

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

99. ENSEA Graduate School

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Nanotechnology

#939 in Europe

#3981 in the World

Enrollment: 840
Founded: 1952

100. Graduate School of Electrical Engineering

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Nanotechnology

#950 in Europe

#4022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 1,650
Founded: 1901

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