100 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in France

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Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 21.1M citations received by 1.23M academic papers made by 135 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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#11 in Europe
#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

2. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#47 in Europe
#138 in the World
Enrollment
38,007
Founded
1809

3. Paris Institute of Political Studies

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#53 in Europe
#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
11,196
Founded
1872

4. University of Aix-Marseilles

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#73 in Europe
#200 in the World
Enrollment
66,378
Founded
2012

5. University of Lorraine

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#81 in Europe
#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
60,404
Founded
2012

6. Grenoble Alpes University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#96 in Europe
#251 in the World
Enrollment
53,949
Founded
1339

7. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#100 in Europe
#256 in the World
Enrollment
42,700
Founded
1971

8. University of Montpellier

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#102 in Europe
#261 in the World
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1289

9. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#105 in Europe
#268 in the World
Enrollment
2,613
Founded
1947

10. University of Lille

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#106 in Europe
#271 in the World
Enrollment
69,000
Founded
2018

11. University of Bordeaux

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#117 in Europe
#295 in the World
Enrollment
46,845
Founded
1441

12. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#118 in Europe
#298 in the World
Enrollment
31,975
Founded
1964

13. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#159 in Europe
#382 in the World
Enrollment
29,680
Founded
1960

14. Paris-Sud University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#176 in Europe
#426 in the World
Enrollment
23,270
Founded
2014

15. University of Strasbourg

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#187 in Europe
#450 in the World
Enrollment
10,077
Founded
1621

16. University of Burgundy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#192 in Europe
#458 in the World
Enrollment
29,508
Founded
1722

17. Normal Superior School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#196 in Europe
#472 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,536
Founded
1794

18. University of Paris 8

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#198 in Europe
#478 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
22,023
Founded
1968

19. University of Picardie Jules Verne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#218 in Europe
#533 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
27,900
Founded
1970

20. Paris Dauphine University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#228 in Europe
#559 in the World
Enrollment
11,281
Founded
1968

21. New Sorbonne University - Paris III

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#230 in Europe
#562 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
15,232
Founded
1971

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#234 in Europe
#573 in the World
Enrollment
37,313
Founded
1970

23. Polytechnic School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#244 in Europe
#592 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
2,790
Founded
1794

24. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#264 in Europe
#640 in the World
Enrollment
25,327
Founded
1965

25. University of Nantes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#267 in Europe
#643 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1460

26. Paris Diderot University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#270 in Europe
#648 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
25,523
Founded
1970

27. Paris Descartes University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#275 in Europe
#660 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
31,690
Founded
2019

28. Normal Superior School of Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#276 in Europe
#662 in the World
Enrollment
2,297
Founded
1987

29. University of Clermont Auvergne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#280 in Europe
#674 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
14,690
Founded
1854

30. University of Caen Normandy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#286 in Europe
#697 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
27,465
Founded
1432

31. University of Rouen Normandie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#299 in Europe
#729 in the World
Enrollment
31,500
Founded
1966

32. University of Poitiers

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#303 in Europe
#736 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
27,820
Founded
1431

33. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#306 in Europe
#741 in the World
Enrollment
13,816
Founded
1991

34. Francois Rabelais University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#332 in Europe
#812 in the World
Enrollment
27,388
Founded
1969

35. University of Angers

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#343 in Europe
#856 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
25,687
Founded
1971

36. Catholic University of Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#356 in Europe
#906 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1875

37. EHESP School of Public Health

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#367 in Europe
#927 in the World
Enrollment
433
Founded
1945

38. Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#370 in Europe
#932 in the World
Enrollment
26,754
Founded
1809

39. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#375 in Europe
#949 in the World
Enrollment
24,480
Founded
1548

40. University of Orleans

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#376 in Europe
#952 in the World
Enrollment
16,629
Founded
1962

41. Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#380 in Europe
#967 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
19,018
Founded
1970

42. University of Franche-Comte

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#385 in Europe
#983 in the World
Enrollment
21,677
Founded
1423

43. University of Western Brittany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#390 in Europe
#1002 in the World
Enrollment
22,303
Founded
1461

44. Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#391 in Europe
#1003 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
21,997
Founded
1970

45. University of Limoges

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#392 in Europe
#1009 in the World
Enrollment
17,658
Founded
1968

46. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#396 in Europe
#1035 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
1,500
Founded
1783

47. TELECOM ParisTech

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#401 in Europe
#1054 in the World
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
1878

48. University of Rennes 2

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#406 in Europe
#1066 in the World
Enrollment
23,365
Founded
1969

49. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#429 in Europe
#1151 in the World
Enrollment
14,498
Founded
1979

50. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#450 in Europe
#1212 in the World
Enrollment
1,382
Founded
1912

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#460 in Europe
#1243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
2,300
Founded
2007

52. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#480 in Europe
#1298 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
12,629
Founded
1970

53. University of Toulon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#482 in Europe
#1304 in the World
Enrollment
11,014
Founded
1979

54. National School of Bridges and Roads

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#492 in Europe
#1346 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1747

55. HEC School of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#500 in Europe
#1379 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
5,453
Founded
1881

56. EMLYON Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#508 in Europe
#1395 in the World
Enrollment
9,000
Founded
1872

57. Artois University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#518 in Europe
#1427 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
12,051
Founded
1992

59. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#530 in Europe
#1468 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
6,067
Founded
1957

60. Jean Monnet University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#534 in Europe
#1486 in the World
Enrollment
17,195
Founded
1970

61. Upper Alsace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#537 in Europe
#1494 in the World
Enrollment
9,921
Founded
1975

62. Grenoble Institute of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#543 in Europe
#1522 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
7,646
Founded
1900

63. University of Technology of Compiegne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#544 in Europe
#1524 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
4,367
Founded
1972

64. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#553 in Europe
#1570 in the World
Enrollment
4,148
Founded
1969

65. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#555 in Europe
#1592 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
8,238
Founded
1970

66. Montpellier SupAgro

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#563 in Europe
#1635 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

67. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#566 in Europe
#1643 in the World
Enrollment
6,434
Founded
1984

68. Agrocampus Ouest

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#567 in Europe
#1647 in the World
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
2008

69. Lille Catholic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#570 in Europe
#1668 in the World
Enrollment
39,424
Founded
1875

70. National Advanced School of Engineering

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#571 in Europe
#1669 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1780

71. Catholic University of Paris

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#595 in Europe
#1752 in the World
Founded
1875

72. University of La Rochelle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#606 in Europe
#1782 in the World
Enrollment
7,832
Founded
1993

73. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#608 in Europe
#1785 in the World
Enrollment
6,458
Founded
1991

74. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#611 in Europe
#1799 in the World
Enrollment
10,381
Founded
1991

75. Grenoble Graduate School of Business

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#620 in Europe
#1829 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1984

76. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#626 in Europe
#1850 in the World
Enrollment
10,994
Founded
1964

77. Kedge Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#654 in Europe
#1982 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
14,800
Founded
2013

78. Audencia Nantes School of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#673 in Europe
#2068 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
1900

79. University of Le Havre

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#678 in Europe
#2081 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
7,591
Founded
1984

80. CentraleSupelec

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#691 in Europe
#2184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
4,300
Founded
1894

81. ESCP Europe

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#692 in Europe
#2188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1819

83. University of Southern Brittany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#707 in Europe
#2258 in the World
Enrollment
9,477
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1995

84. EDHEC Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#709 in Europe
#2267 in the World
Founded
1906

85. University of the French West Indies

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#721 in Europe
#2318 in the World
Enrollment
11,593
Founded
1850

86. SKEMA Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#729 in Europe
#2358 in the World
Founded
1892

87. University of Nimes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#748 in Europe
#2473 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
5,993
Founded
2007

88. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#759 in Europe
#2540 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
3,077
Founded
1963

89. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#768 in Europe
#2590 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
897
Founded
1970

90. Toulouse Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#769 in Europe
#2603 in the World
Enrollment
5,600
Founded
1903

91. University of Technology of Troyes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#789 in Europe
#2707 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
3,196
Male:Female
77:23
Founded
1994

92. University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#792 in Europe
#2715 in the World
Enrollment
4,183
Founded
1981

93. University of French Polynesia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#795 in Europe
#2735 in the World
Enrollment
2,944
Founded
1987

94. Central School of Lille

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#804 in Europe
#2791 in the World
Enrollment
2,272
Founded
1872

95. Central School of Nantes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#813 in Europe
#2836 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
2,287
Founded
1919

96. Catholic University of the West

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#815 in Europe
#2850 in the World
Enrollment
11,400
Founded
1875

97. National School of Statistics and Economic Administration

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#826 in Europe
#2899 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1942

98. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#842 in Europe
#3004 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
2,003
Founded
1985

99. Central School of Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#848 in Europe
#3023 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
2,920
Founded
1857

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in France based on the number of universities and their ranks are Paris, Villeurbanne, Marseille, and Nancy.