100 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in France

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 1.57M citations received by 63.1K academic papers made by 102 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. Normal Superior School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#78 in Europe
#246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,400
Founded
1794

2. University of Montpellier

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#194 in Europe
#504 in the World
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1289

3. University of Bordeaux

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#211 in Europe
#565 in the World
Enrollment
54,000
Founded
1441

4. University of Aix-Marseilles

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#225 in Europe
#597 in the World
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
2012

5. Paris Descartes University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#233 in Europe
#614 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
32,302
Founded
2019

6. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#241 in Europe
#633 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,037
Founded
1150

7. Paris Diderot University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#302 in Europe
#810 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
25,889
Founded
1970

8. University of Lille

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#304 in Europe
#816 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
2018

9. University of Strasbourg

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#306 in Europe
#830 in the World
Enrollment
50,822
Founded
1621

10. Grenoble Alpes University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#315 in Europe
#848 in the World
Enrollment
55,000
Founded
1339

11. Paris-Sud University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#324 in Europe
#880 in the World
Enrollment
31,400
Founded
2014

12. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#350 in Europe
#959 in the World
Enrollment
38,007
Founded
1809

13. University of Burgundy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#359 in Europe
#984 in the World
Enrollment
34,169
Founded
1722

14. Paris Institute of Political Studies

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#374 in Europe
#1023 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1872

15. Polytechnic School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#382 in Europe
#1053 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
2,316
Founded
1794

17. ESCP Europe

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#389 in Europe
#1071 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1819

18. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#399 in Europe
#1109 in the World
Enrollment
28,333
Founded
1965

19. University of Nantes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#429 in Europe
#1229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
37,252
Founded
1460

20. University of Lorraine

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#430 in Europe
#1230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
60,404
Founded
2012

21. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#434 in Europe
#1248 in the World
Enrollment
31,388
Founded
1960

22. Paris Dauphine University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#444 in Europe
#1281 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Enrollment
8,681
Founded
1968

23. University of Poitiers

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#446 in Europe
#1287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
25,078
Founded
1431

24. Francois Rabelais University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#447 in Europe
#1288 in the World
Enrollment
27,388
Founded
1969

25. HEC School of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#458 in Europe
#1322 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
4,500
Founded
1881

26. ESSEC Business School Paris

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#470 in Europe
#1378 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1907

27. University of Caen Normandy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#488 in Europe
#1475 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
27,465
Founded
1432

28. University of Franche-Comte

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#495 in Europe
#1528 in the World
Enrollment
21,550
Founded
1423

29. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#498 in Europe
#1538 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
1,500
Founded
1783

30. EMLYON Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#506 in Europe
#1572 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
9,000
Founded
1872

31. Sorbonne University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#508 in Europe
#1581 in the World
Enrollment
55,600
Founded
2018

32. University of Rouen Normandie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#511 in Europe
#1597 in the World
Enrollment
31,500
Founded
1966

33. Normal Superior School of Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#515 in Europe
#1605 in the World
Enrollment
2,469
Founded
1987

34. University of Clermont Auvergne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#517 in Europe
#1610 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1854

35. New Sorbonne University - Paris III

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#520 in Europe
#1616 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
16,161
Founded
1971

36. University of Angers

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#545 in Europe
#1796 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
25,687
Founded
1971

37. University of Western Brittany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#555 in Europe
#1884 in the World
Enrollment
22,303
Founded
1461

38. University of Picardie Jules Verne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#562 in Europe
#1935 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
27,490
Founded
1970

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#564 in Europe
#1943 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,300
Founded
2007

40. Grenoble Graduate School of Business

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#569 in Europe
#1960 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1984

41. University of Limoges

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#571 in Europe
#1976 in the World
Enrollment
17,658
Founded
1968

42. University of Orleans

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#573 in Europe
#1994 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
16,629
Founded
1962

43. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#578 in Europe
#2009 in the World
Enrollment
13,820
Founded
1991

44. Lille Catholic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#582 in Europe
#2029 in the World
Enrollment
32,000
Founded
1875

45. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#589 in Europe
#2053 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
13,400
Founded
1970

46. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#592 in Europe
#2069 in the World
Enrollment
22,971
Founded
1548

47. Kedge Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#608 in Europe
#2144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
14,800
Founded
2013

48. SKEMA Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#610 in Europe
#2148 in the World
Founded
1892

49. Toulouse Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#624 in Europe
#2221 in the World
Enrollment
5,600
Founded
1903

50. American University of Paris

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#625 in Europe
#2222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Founded
1962

51. University of Reunion

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#634 in Europe
#2275 in the World
Enrollment
19,200
Founded
1960

52. Jean Monnet University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#637 in Europe
#2294 in the World
Enrollment
17,553
Founded
1970

53. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#642 in Europe
#2310 in the World
Enrollment
31,001
Founded
1964

54. Montpellier SupAgro

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#650 in Europe
#2348 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
2007

55. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#652 in Europe
#2355 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
8,730
Founded
1970

56. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#657 in Europe
#2411 in the World
Enrollment
14,735
Founded
1979

57. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#672 in Europe
#2478 in the World
Enrollment
1,700
Founded
1912

58. Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#675 in Europe
#2493 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
21,997
Founded
1970

59. EHESP School of Public Health

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#676 in Europe
#2504 in the World
Founded
1945

60. EDHEC Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#681 in Europe
#2565 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1906

61. University of La Rochelle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#684 in Europe
#2575 in the World
Enrollment
8,691
Founded
1993

62. Agrocampus Ouest

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#689 in Europe
#2634 in the World
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
2008

63. University of Toulon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#697 in Europe
#2660 in the World
Enrollment
11,014
Founded
1979

64. National School of Bridges and Roads

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#700 in Europe
#2675 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1747

65. TELECOM ParisTech

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#705 in Europe
#2699 in the World
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
1878

66. Cergy-Pontoise University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#708 in Europe
#2706 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
15,052
Founded
1991

67. National Advanced School of Engineering

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#740 in Europe
#2847 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1780

68. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#757 in Europe
#2923 in the World
Enrollment
6,864
Founded
1984

69. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#760 in Europe
#2962 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
5,383
Founded
1957

70. University of Technology of Compiegne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#768 in Europe
#3025 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
4,400
Founded
1972

71. University of Le Havre

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#772 in Europe
#3038 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
7,591
Founded
1984

72. University of the French West Indies

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#777 in Europe
#3058 in the World
Enrollment
9,991
Founded
1850

73. Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#780 in Europe
#3068 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
16,221
Founded
1970

75. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#791 in Europe
#3122 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1991

76. Artois University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#795 in Europe
#3149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
11,091
Founded
1992

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#819 in Europe
#3319 in the World
Enrollment
32,779
Founded
1970

78. Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#828 in Europe
#3387 in the World
Enrollment
26,754
Founded
1809

79. Upper Alsace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#832 in Europe
#3398 in the World
Enrollment
10,555
Founded
1975

80. NEOMA Business School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#836 in Europe
#3418 in the World
Enrollment
8,893
Founded
2013

81. University of Southern Brittany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#839 in Europe
#3430 in the World
Enrollment
9,477
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1995

82. CentraleSupelec

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#843 in Europe
#3465 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
4,300
Founded
1894

83. University of Technology of Troyes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#845 in Europe
#3482 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
2,696
Male:Female
77:23
Founded
1994

84. National Veterinary School of Alfort

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#850 in Europe
#3501 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
800
Founded
1765

85. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#859 in Europe
#3533 in the World
Enrollment
10,381
Founded
1991

86. University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#869 in Europe
#3577 in the World
Enrollment
12,335
Founded
1991

87. University of Paris 8

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#874 in Europe
#3592 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
22,023
Founded
1968

88. Audencia Nantes School of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#882 in Europe
#3633 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
1900

89. National School of Statistics and Economic Administration

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#900 in Europe
#3734 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1942

90. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#910 in Europe
#3789 in the World
Enrollment
10,994
Founded
1964

91. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#920 in Europe
#3874 in the World
Enrollment
43,700
Founded
1971

92. National School of Civil Aviation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#924 in Europe
#3909 in the World
Enrollment
3,000
Founded
1949

93. National Veterinary School of Toulouse

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#931 in Europe
#3931 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1828

94. Central School of Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#943 in Europe
#3989 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
1,468
Founded
1857

95. University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#946 in Europe
#3996 in the World
Enrollment
4,183
Founded
1981

96. University of Nimes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1004 in Europe
#4379 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
5,735
Founded
2007

97. Central School of Nantes

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1006 in Europe
#4385 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
2,000
Founded
1919

98. Grenoble Institute of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1020 in Europe
#4487 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1900

99. University of French Polynesia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1035 in Europe
#4575 in the World
Enrollment
2,944
Founded
1987

100. Catholic University of Lyon

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1038 in Europe
#4589 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1875

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