Best Business Universities in France [2026 Rankings]

1

Ile-de-France | Paris

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Business

#77 in Europe #243 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

2

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Business

#150 in Europe #406 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

3

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

Grenoble Alpes University

For Business

#196 in Europe #531 in the World

14% Acceptance

53,949 Enrollment

1339 Founded

4

Grand Est | Nancy

University of Lorraine

For Business

#200 in Europe #542 in the World

11% Acceptance

60,404 Enrollment

2012 Founded

5

Occitanie | Toulouse

Paul Sabatier University – Toulouse III

For Business

#217 in Europe #586 in the World

25% Acceptance

29,680 Enrollment

1960 Founded

6

Hauts-de-France | Lille

University of Lille

For Business

#221 in Europe #593 in the World

12% Acceptance

69,000 Enrollment

2018 Founded

7

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Dauphine University

For Business

#233 in Europe #617 in the World

47% Acceptance

11,281 Enrollment

1968 Founded

8

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

Polytechnic School

For Business

#238 in Europe #625 in the World

11% Acceptance

2,790 Enrollment

1794 Founded

9

Ile-de-France | Orsay

Paris-Sud University

For Business

#239 in Europe #626 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

10

Ile-de-France | Paris

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Business

#251 in Europe #656 in the World

58% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1971 Founded

11

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Institute of Political Studies

For Business

#266 in Europe #687 in the World

9% Acceptance

11,196 Enrollment

1872 Founded

12

Ile-de-France | Jouy-en-Josas

HEC School of Management

For Business

#294 in Europe #745 in the World

11% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1881 Founded

13

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

ESSEC Business School Paris

For Business

#339 in Europe #867 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1907 Founded

14

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

For Business

#375 in Europe #958 in the World

15% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1783 Founded

15

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

For Business

#391 in Europe #989 in the World

47% Acceptance

25,327 Enrollment

1965 Founded

16

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

EMLYON Business School

For Business

#404 in Europe #1032 in the World

29% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

17

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

CentraleSupelec

For Business

#417 in Europe #1066 in the World

15% Acceptance

4,300 Enrollment

1894 Founded

18

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

University of Nantes

For Business

#425 in Europe #1090 in the World

70% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1460 Founded

19

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

Grenoble Institute of Technology

For Business

#441 in Europe #1131 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,646 Enrollment

1900 Founded

20

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

For Business

#446 in Europe #1140 in the World

54% Acceptance

31,975 Enrollment

1964 Founded

21

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

University of Technology of Compiegne

For Business

#459 in Europe #1210 in the World

11% Acceptance

4,367 Enrollment

1972 Founded

22

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

EDHEC Business School

For Business

#469 in Europe #1240 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1906 Founded

23

Hauts-de-France | Lille

Central School of Lille

For Business

#485 in Europe #1298 in the World

44% Acceptance

2,272 Enrollment

1872 Founded

24

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

Kedge Business School

For Business

#497 in Europe #1348 in the World

32% Acceptance

14,800 Enrollment

2013 Founded

25

Ile-de-France | Paris

TELECOM ParisTech

For Business

#500 in Europe #1355 in the World

18% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1878 Founded

26

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

University of Picardie Jules Verne

For Business

#501 in Europe #1359 in the World

50% Acceptance

27,900 Enrollment

1970 Founded

27

Ile-de-France | Paris

ESCP Europe

For Business

#503 in Europe #1366 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1819 Founded

28

Ile-de-France | Paris

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

For Business

#512 in Europe #1396 in the World

52% Acceptance

2,613 Enrollment

1947 Founded

29

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

For Business

#513 in Europe #1399 in the World

25% Acceptance

6,067 Enrollment

1957 Founded

30

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

University of Orleans

For Business

#525 in Europe #1459 in the World

50% Acceptance

16,629 Enrollment

1962 Founded

31

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

Audencia Nantes School of Management

For Business

#530 in Europe #1475 in the World

80% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

32

Hauts-de-France | Lille

SKEMA Business School

For Business

#531 in Europe #1476 in the World

36% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1892 Founded

33

Brittany | Brest, Brittany

University of Western Brittany

For Business

#534 in Europe #1493 in the World

49% Acceptance

22,303 Enrollment

1461 Founded

34

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

National School of Bridges and Roads

For Business

#537 in Europe #1513 in the World

20% Acceptance

9,477 Enrollment

1747 Founded

35

Ile-de-France | Cachan

Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

For Business

#543 in Europe #1538 in the World

24% Acceptance

1,382 Enrollment

1912 Founded

36

Occitanie | Toulouse

National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

For Business

#558 in Europe #1585 in the World

35% Acceptance

4,148 Enrollment

1969 Founded

37

Grand Est | Troyes

University of Technology of Troyes

For Business

#570 in Europe #1630 in the World

60% Acceptance

3,196 Enrollment

1994 Founded

38

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

University of Paris 8

For Business

#578 in Europe #1663 in the World

63% Acceptance

22,023 Enrollment

1968 Founded

39

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

Eurecom

For Business

#579 in Europe #1664 in the World

22% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

40

Occitanie | Toulouse

Toulouse Business School

For Business

#581 in Europe #1672 in the World

41% Acceptance

5,600 Enrollment

1903 Founded

41

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

Central School of Nantes

For Business

#585 in Europe #1683 in the World

16% Acceptance

2,287 Enrollment

1919 Founded

42

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

For Business

#588 in Europe #1687 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,994 Enrollment

1964 Founded

43

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

Grenoble Graduate School of Business

For Business

#589 in Europe #1688 in the World

20% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

44

Ile-de-France | Evry

University of Evry-Val d’Essonne

For Business

#602 in Europe #1748 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,458 Enrollment

1991 Founded

45

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Advanced School of Engineering

For Business

#611 in Europe #1790 in the World

25% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1780 Founded

46

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

For Business

#614 in Europe #1800 in the World

44% Acceptance

2,455 Enrollment

1999 Founded

47

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

University of Savoy Mont Blanc

For Business

#627 in Europe #1853 in the World

33% Acceptance

14,498 Enrollment

1979 Founded

48

Ile-de-France | Paris

Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

For Business

#649 in Europe #1971 in the World

20% Acceptance

19,018 Enrollment

1970 Founded

49

Hauts-de-France | Lille

Lille Catholic University

For Business

#655 in Europe #2015 in the World

32% Acceptance

39,424 Enrollment

1875 Founded

50

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour

For Business

#658 in Europe #2023 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,629 Enrollment

1970 Founded

51

Ile-de-France | Malakoff

National School of Statistics and Economic Administration

For Business

#682 in Europe #2174 in the World

20% Acceptance

11,281 Enrollment

1942 Founded

52

Normandy | Le Havre

University of Le Havre

For Business

#690 in Europe #2206 in the World

60% Acceptance

7,591 Enrollment

1984 Founded

53

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

University of Toulon

For Business

#707 in Europe #2283 in the World

35% Acceptance

11,014 Enrollment

1979 Founded

54

Occitanie | Montpellier

Montpellier SupAgro

For Business

#714 in Europe #2297 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,300 Enrollment

2007 Founded

55

Occitanie | Toulouse

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

For Business

#721 in Europe #2330 in the World

11% Acceptance

3,077 Enrollment

1963 Founded

56

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

Catholic University of Lyon

For Business

#731 in Europe #2411 in the World

27% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1875 Founded

57

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

For Business

#734 in Europe #2439 in the World

25% Acceptance

26,754 Enrollment

1809 Founded

58

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

Cergy-Pontoise University

For Business

#745 in Europe #2478 in the World

31% Acceptance

20,784 Enrollment

1991 Founded

59

Hauts-de-France | Arras

Artois University

For Business

#749 in Europe #2502 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,051 Enrollment

1992 Founded

60

Grand Est | Mulhouse

Upper Alsace University

For Business

#775 in Europe #2594 in the World

39% Acceptance

9,921 Enrollment

1975 Founded

61

Pays de la Loire | Angers

Angers Graduate School of Business

For Business

#810 in Europe #2762 in the World

54% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1909 Founded

62

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

University of La Rochelle

For Business

#821 in Europe #2827 in the World

20% Acceptance

7,832 Enrollment

1993 Founded

63

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

ENSEA Graduate School

For Business

#829 in Europe #2874 in the World

56% Acceptance

840 Enrollment

1952 Founded

64

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

For Business

#832 in Europe #2887 in the World

15% Acceptance

897 Enrollment

1970 Founded

65

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

For Business

#834 in Europe #2907 in the World

45% Acceptance

768 Enrollment

1948 Founded

66

Occitanie | Toulouse

National School of Civil Aviation

For Business

#836 in Europe #2911 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

67

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

For Business

#839 in Europe #2936 in the World

11% Acceptance

2,003 Enrollment

1985 Founded

68

Brittany | Lorient

University of Southern Brittany

For Business

#840 in Europe #2940 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,477 Enrollment

1995 Founded

69

Brittany | Rennes

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

For Business

#843 in Europe #2955 in the World

47% Acceptance

1,854 Enrollment

1966 Founded

70

Brittany | Rennes

EHESP School of Public Health

For Business

#849 in Europe #2987 in the World

38% Acceptance

433 Enrollment

1945 Founded

71

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

For Business

#865 in Europe #3070 in the World

23% Acceptance

6,434 Enrollment

1984 Founded

72

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

For Business

#1040 in Europe #3914 in the World

49% Acceptance

762 Enrollment

1902 Founded

73

Grand Est | Strasbourg

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

For Business

#1041 in Europe #3915 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,009 Enrollment

2003 Founded

74

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

For Business

#1050 in Europe #3961 in the World

39% Acceptance

419 Enrollment

1889 Founded

75

Corsica | Corte

University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

For Business

#1052 in Europe #3983 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,183 Enrollment

1981 Founded

76

Occitanie | Tarbes

National School of Engineering, Tarbes

For Business

#1125 in Europe #4353 in the World

31% Acceptance

1,215 Enrollment

1963 Founded

77

Ile-de-France | Paris

American University of Paris

For Business

#1141 in Europe #4455 in the World

68% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1962 Founded

78

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

Graduate School of Electrical Engineering

For Business

#1194 in Europe #4792 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,650 Enrollment

1901 Founded

79

Pays de la Loire | Angers

Catholic University of the West

For Business

#1203 in Europe #4845 in the World

48% Acceptance

11,400 Enrollment

1875 Founded

80

Ile-de-France | Paris

Graduate School of Information Technology, Electronics, Automation

For Business

#1255 in Europe #5145 in the World

70% Acceptance

2,213 Enrollment

1958 Founded

81

Brittany | Plouzane

Brest National School of Engineering

For Business

#1282 in Europe #5305 in the World

77% Acceptance

760 Enrollment

1961 Founded

82

Ile-de-France | Paris

Graduate School of Engineers in Paris

For Business

#1296 in Europe #5414 in the World

80% Acceptance

4,300 Enrollment

1955 Founded

83

Ile-de-France | Ivry-sur-Seine

Polytechnic Institute of Advanced Science

For Business

#1391 in Europe #5990 in the World

80% Acceptance

2,721 Enrollment

1961 Founded

84

Ile-de-France | Villejuif

Efrei Paris Engineering School of Digital Technologies

For Business

#1412 in Europe #6147 in the World

25% Acceptance

5,081 Enrollment

1936 Founded

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