100 Best universities for Mathematics in France

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in France ranked based on their research performance in Mathematics. A graph of 11.5M citations received by 422K academic papers made by 133 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 Mathematics

#13 in Europe

#77 in the World

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

2. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

For Mathematics

#77 in Europe

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

3. Paris-Sud University

Ile-de-France | Orsay

For Mathematics

#103 in Europe

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

4. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Mathematics

#115 in Europe

#335 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

5. University of Montpellier

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Mathematics

#125 in Europe

#353 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

6. Normal Superior School

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#138 in Europe

#374 in the World

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

7. Polytechnic School

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

For Mathematics

#144 in Europe

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,790
Founded: 1794

8. Grenoble Alpes University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

For Mathematics

#151 in Europe

#409 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

9. Paris Dauphine University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#173 in Europe

#458 in the World

Enrollment: 11,281
Founded: 1968

10. University of Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Mathematics

#180 in Europe

#483 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

11. University of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Mathematics

#190 in Europe

#509 in the World

Enrollment: 69,000
Founded: 2018

12. University of Lorraine

Grand Est | Nancy

For Mathematics

#203 in Europe

#551 in the World

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

13. University of Aix-Marseilles

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

For Mathematics

#206 in Europe

#559 in the World

Enrollment: 66,378
Founded: 2012

14. TELECOM ParisTech

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#236 in Europe

#628 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

15. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

For Mathematics

#272 in Europe

#736 in the World

Enrollment: 25,327
Founded: 1965

16. Normal Superior School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Mathematics

#279 in Europe

#755 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

17. Paris Descartes University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#301 in Europe

#821 in the World

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

18. Paris Diderot University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#303 in Europe

#830 in the World

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

19. University of Clermont Auvergne

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

For Mathematics

#308 in Europe

#842 in the World

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

20. University of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Mathematics

#316 in Europe

#871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1460

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

Ile-de-France | Creteil

For Mathematics

#318 in Europe

#874 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

22. CentraleSupelec

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

For Mathematics

#322 in Europe

#887 in the World

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

23. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#326 in Europe

#892 in the World

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

24. University of Strasbourg

Grand Est | Strasbourg

For Mathematics

#331 in Europe

#903 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

25. Eurecom

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

For Mathematics

#333 in Europe

#915 in the World

Founded: 1991

26. Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

Ile-de-France | Cachan

For Mathematics

#337 in Europe

#929 in the World

Enrollment: 1,382
Founded: 1912

27. University of Technology of Compiegne

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

For Mathematics

#343 in Europe

#951 in the World

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

28. University of Burgundy

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

For Mathematics

#346 in Europe

#957 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

29. University of Rouen Normandie

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

For Mathematics

#353 in Europe

#975 in the World

Enrollment: 31,500
Founded: 1966

30. University of Western Brittany

Brittany | Brest

For Mathematics

#354 in Europe

#979 in the World

Enrollment: 22,303
Founded: 1461

31. Grenoble Institute of Technology

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Mathematics

#357 in Europe

#989 in the World

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

32. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#359 in Europe

#991 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

33. University of Caen Normandy

Normandy | Caen

For Mathematics

#391 in Europe

#1094 in the World

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

34. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Ile-de-France | Versailles

For Mathematics

#392 in Europe

#1099 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

35. University of Orleans

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

For Mathematics

#397 in Europe

#1110 in the World

Enrollment: 16,629
Founded: 1962

36. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Mathematics

#409 in Europe

#1141 in the World

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

37. University of Franche-Comte

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

For Mathematics

#415 in Europe

#1170 in the World

Enrollment: 21,677
Founded: 1423

38. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Mathematics

#429 in Europe

#1233 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

39. Francois Rabelais University

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

For Mathematics

#434 in Europe

#1243 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

40. University of Angers

Pays de la Loire | Angers

For Mathematics

#441 in Europe

#1275 in the World

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

41. University of Limoges

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

For Mathematics

#451 in Europe

#1322 in the World

Enrollment: 17,658
Founded: 1968

42. Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

For Mathematics

#458 in Europe

#1345 in the World

Enrollment: 31,975
Founded: 1964

43. University of Poitiers

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

For Mathematics

#461 in Europe

#1350 in the World

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

44. National School of Bridges and Roads

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

For Mathematics

#468 in Europe

#1391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

45. HEC School of Management

Ile-de-France | Jouy-en-Josas

For Mathematics

#484 in Europe

#1443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 5,453
Founded: 1881

46. University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

Grand Est | Reims

For Mathematics

#488 in Europe

#1452 in the World

Enrollment: 24,480
Founded: 1548

47. National School of Statistics and Economic Administration

Ile-de-France | Malakoff

For Mathematics

#491 in Europe

#1460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1942

48. University of Paris 8

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

For Mathematics

#492 in Europe

#1474 in the World

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

49. Paris Institute of Political Studies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#495 in Europe

#1484 in the World

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

50. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Mathematics

#506 in Europe

#1552 in the World

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

51. University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

For Mathematics

#507 in Europe

#1559 in the World

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

52. University of Picardie Jules Verne

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

For Mathematics

#511 in Europe

#1574 in the World

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

53. ESSEC Business School Paris

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Mathematics

#516 in Europe

#1610 in the World

Founded: 1907

54. Central School of Nantes

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Mathematics

#530 in Europe

#1666 in the World

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

55. University of Toulon

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

For Mathematics

#533 in Europe

#1677 in the World

Enrollment: 11,014
Founded: 1979

56. University of Technology of Troyes

Grand Est | Troyes

For Mathematics

#545 in Europe

#1715 in the World

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

57. Central School of Lille

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Mathematics

#547 in Europe

#1725 in the World

Enrollment: 2,272
Founded: 1872

58. National Advanced School of Engineering

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#549 in Europe

#1727 in the World

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

59. University of Savoy Mont Blanc

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

For Mathematics

#555 in Europe

#1746 in the World

Enrollment: 14,498
Founded: 1979

60. University of Evry-Val d'Essonne

Ile-de-France | Evry

For Mathematics

#562 in Europe

#1777 in the World

Enrollment: 6,458
Founded: 1991

61. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#568 in Europe

#1800 in the World

Enrollment: 2,613
Founded: 1947

62. University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee

Ile-de-France | Marne-la-Vallee

For Mathematics

#590 in Europe

#1906 in the World

Enrollment: 12,335
Founded: 1991

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#594 in Europe

#1938 in the World

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

64. University of Perpignan Via Domitia

Occitanie | Perpignan

For Mathematics

#596 in Europe

#1944 in the World

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

65. Cergy-Pontoise University

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Mathematics

#598 in Europe

#1949 in the World

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

66. Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

For Mathematics

#606 in Europe

#1992 in the World

Enrollment: 10,994
Founded: 1964

67. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

For Mathematics

#617 in Europe

#2039 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

68. EHESP School of Public Health

Brittany | Rennes

For Mathematics

#620 in Europe

#2051 in the World

Enrollment: 433
Founded: 1945

69. Central School of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

For Mathematics

#622 in Europe

#2063 in the World

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

70. EDHEC Business School

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

For Mathematics

#631 in Europe

#2122 in the World

Founded: 1906

71. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

For Mathematics

#639 in Europe

#2143 in the World

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

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

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#647 in Europe

#2195 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

73. National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#649 in Europe

#2204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 897
Founded: 1970

74. University of La Rochelle

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

For Mathematics

#650 in Europe

#2212 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1993

75. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

Brittany | Rennes

For Mathematics

#652 in Europe

#2227 in the World

Enrollment: 1,854
Founded: 1966

76. University of Southern Brittany

Brittany | Lorient

For Mathematics

#656 in Europe

#2241 in the World

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

77. Jean Monnet University

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

For Mathematics

#657 in Europe

#2248 in the World

Enrollment: 17,195
Founded: 1970

78. Upper Alsace University

Grand Est | Mulhouse

For Mathematics

#664 in Europe

#2274 in the World

Enrollment: 9,921
Founded: 1975

79. EMLYON Business School

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Mathematics

#668 in Europe

#2320 in the World

Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1872

80. University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

For Mathematics

#687 in Europe

#2397 in the World

Enrollment: 6,434
Founded: 1984

81. University of the Littoral Opal Coast

Hauts-de-France | Dunkirk

For Mathematics

#702 in Europe

#2503 in the World

Enrollment: 10,381
Founded: 1991

82. University of Le Havre

Normandy | Le Havre

For Mathematics

#704 in Europe

#2524 in the World

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

83. ENSEA Graduate School

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

For Mathematics

#706 in Europe

#2526 in the World

Enrollment: 840
Founded: 1952

84. Agrocampus Ouest

Brittany | Rennes

For Mathematics

#713 in Europe

#2560 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

85. Artois University

Hauts-de-France | Arras

For Mathematics

#719 in Europe

#2580 in the World

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

86. National School of Civil Aviation

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Mathematics

#733 in Europe

#2674 in the World

Enrollment: 3,000
Founded: 1949

87. Montpellier SupAgro

Occitanie | Montpellier

For Mathematics

#756 in Europe

#2826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

88. Lille Catholic University

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Mathematics

#757 in Europe

#2827 in the World

Enrollment: 39,424
Founded: 1875

89. Kedge Business School

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

For Mathematics

#758 in Europe

#2838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 14,800
Founded: 2013

90. National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

For Mathematics

#767 in Europe

#2869 in the World

Enrollment: 768
Founded: 1948

91. Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#776 in Europe

#2913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 19,018
Founded: 1970

92. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#783 in Europe

#2964 in the World

Enrollment: 565
Founded: 1896

93. Audencia Nantes School of Management

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

For Mathematics

#785 in Europe

#2975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1900

94. University of the French West Indies

Guadeloupe | Pointe-a-Pitre

For Mathematics

#786 in Europe

#2980 in the World

Enrollment: 11,593
Founded: 1850

95. Catholic University of Lyon

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

For Mathematics

#789 in Europe

#3004 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1875

96. Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Mathematics

#792 in Europe

#3013 in the World

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

97. Toulouse Business School

Occitanie | Toulouse

For Mathematics

#802 in Europe

#3101 in the World

Enrollment: 5,600
Founded: 1903

98. Grenoble Graduate School of Business

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

For Mathematics

#803 in Europe

#3102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1984

99. SKEMA Business School

Hauts-de-France | Lille

For Mathematics

#814 in Europe

#3163 in the World

Founded: 1892

100. ESCP Europe

Ile-de-France | Paris

For Mathematics

#821 in Europe

#3228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1819

The best cities to study Mathematics in France based on the number of universities and their ranks are Paris, Villeurbanne, Orsay, and Toulouse.

Mathematics subfields in France

Actuarial Science30

Applied Mathematics93

Blockchain and Cryptography77

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics97

Math Teachers68

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