Best Data Science Universities in France [2026 Rankings]

1

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Data Science

#56 in Europe #166 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

2

Ile-de-France | Paris

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Data Science

#70 in Europe #191 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

3

Occitanie | Montpellier

University of Montpellier

For Data Science

#174 in Europe #407 in the World

13% Acceptance

49,000 Enrollment

1289 Founded

4

Ile-de-France | Orsay

Paris-Sud University

For Data Science

#206 in Europe #464 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

5

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

Polytechnic School

For Data Science

#329 in Europe #783 in the World

11% Acceptance

2,790 Enrollment

1794 Founded

6

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

For Data Science

#613 in Europe #1790 in the World

54% Acceptance

31,975 Enrollment

1964 Founded

7

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

For Data Science

#737 in Europe #2452 in the World

44% Acceptance

2,455 Enrollment

1999 Founded

8

Ile-de-France | Cachan

Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

For Data Science

#588 in Europe #1711 in the World

24% Acceptance

1,382 Enrollment

1912 Founded

9

Pays de la Loire | Angers

University of Angers

For Data Science

#621 in Europe #1828 in the World

70% Acceptance

25,687 Enrollment

1971 Founded

10

Grand Est | Troyes

University of Technology of Troyes

For Data Science

#732 in Europe #2433 in the World

60% Acceptance

3,196 Enrollment

1994 Founded

11

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Descartes University

For Data Science

#425 in Europe #1076 in the World

20% Acceptance

31,690 Enrollment

2019 Founded

12

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

Grenoble Graduate School of Business

For Data Science

#676 in Europe #2127 in the World

20% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

13

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

University of Picardie Jules Verne

For Data Science

#290 in Europe #699 in the World

50% Acceptance

27,900 Enrollment

1970 Founded

14

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

University of Bordeaux

For Data Science

#269 in Europe #637 in the World

13% Acceptance

46,845 Enrollment

1441 Founded

15

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

University of Franche-Comte

For Data Science

#476 in Europe #1246 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,677 Enrollment

1423 Founded

16

Ile-de-France | Jouy-en-Josas

HEC School of Management

For Data Science

#681 in Europe #2139 in the World

11% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1881 Founded

17

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

University of Nantes

For Data Science

#356 in Europe #854 in the World

70% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1460 Founded

18

Grand Est | Mulhouse

Upper Alsace University

For Data Science

#707 in Europe #2261 in the World

39% Acceptance

9,921 Enrollment

1975 Founded

19

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Diderot University

For Data Science

#411 in Europe #1045 in the World

20% Acceptance

25,523 Enrollment

1970 Founded

20

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

Jean Moulin University Lyon 3

For Data Science

#629 in Europe #1874 in the World

25% Acceptance

26,754 Enrollment

1809 Founded

21

Hauts-de-France | Lille

University of Lille

For Data Science

#229 in Europe #519 in the World

12% Acceptance

69,000 Enrollment

2018 Founded

22

Occitanie | Toulouse

Toulouse Business School

For Data Science

#480 in Europe #1260 in the World

41% Acceptance

5,600 Enrollment

1903 Founded

23

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

University of Burgundy

For Data Science

#395 in Europe #1001 in the World

54% Acceptance

29,508 Enrollment

1722 Founded

24

Ile-de-France | Paris

TELECOM ParisTech

For Data Science

#365 in Europe #891 in the World

18% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1878 Founded

25

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

Eurecom

For Data Science

#396 in Europe #1003 in the World

22% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

26

Grand Est | Reims

University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

For Data Science

#419 in Europe #1068 in the World

54% Acceptance

24,480 Enrollment

1548 Founded

27

Ile-de-France | Paris

Normal Superior School

For Data Science

#249 in Europe #571 in the World

10% Acceptance

2,536 Enrollment

1794 Founded

28

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

EMLYON Business School

For Data Science

#648 in Europe #1982 in the World

29% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

29

Ile-de-France | Paris

ESCP Europe

For Data Science

#604 in Europe #1758 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1819 Founded

30

Occitanie | Montpellier

Montpellier SupAgro

For Data Science

#667 in Europe #2088 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,300 Enrollment

2007 Founded

31

Brittany | Rennes

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

For Data Science

#751 in Europe #2505 in the World

47% Acceptance

1,854 Enrollment

1966 Founded

32

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

For Data Science

#359 in Europe #869 in the World

15% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1783 Founded

33

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

For Data Science

#764 in Europe #2566 in the World

23% Acceptance

6,434 Enrollment

1984 Founded

34

Grand Est | Strasbourg

University of Strasbourg

For Data Science

#228 in Europe #517 in the World

14% Acceptance

10,077 Enrollment

1621 Founded

35

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

For Data Science

#538 in Europe #1483 in the World

11% Acceptance

2,003 Enrollment

1985 Founded

36

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

Jean Monnet University

For Data Science

#679 in Europe #2134 in the World

44% Acceptance

17,195 Enrollment

1970 Founded

37

Ile-de-France | Evry

University of Evry-Val d’Essonne

For Data Science

#738 in Europe #2454 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,458 Enrollment

1991 Founded

38

Occitanie | Toulouse

National School of Civil Aviation

For Data Science

#799 in Europe #2748 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

39

Brittany | Rennes

Agrocampus Ouest

For Data Science

#685 in Europe #2155 in the World

23% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2008 Founded

40

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences

For Data Science

#543 in Europe #1501 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,300 Enrollment

2007 Founded

41

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

University of Toulon

For Data Science

#612 in Europe #1788 in the World

35% Acceptance

11,014 Enrollment

1979 Founded

42

Grand Est | Nancy

University of Lorraine

For Data Science

#191 in Europe #438 in the World

11% Acceptance

60,404 Enrollment

2012 Founded

43

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

University of Rouen Normandie

For Data Science

#388 in Europe #976 in the World

55% Acceptance

31,500 Enrollment

1966 Founded

44

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

University of Savoy Mont Blanc

For Data Science

#578 in Europe #1668 in the World

33% Acceptance

14,498 Enrollment

1979 Founded

45

Ile-de-France | Paris

Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

For Data Science

#812 in Europe #2788 in the World

20% Acceptance

19,018 Enrollment

1970 Founded

46

Occitanie | Toulouse

National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

For Data Science

#478 in Europe #1258 in the World

35% Acceptance

4,148 Enrollment

1969 Founded

47

Brittany | Lorient

University of Southern Brittany

For Data Science

#757 in Europe #2526 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,477 Enrollment

1995 Founded

48

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Dauphine University

For Data Science

#403 in Europe #1018 in the World

47% Acceptance

11,281 Enrollment

1968 Founded

49

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

For Data Science

#344 in Europe #815 in the World

47% Acceptance

25,327 Enrollment

1965 Founded

50

Hauts-de-France | Lille

Central School of Lille

For Data Science

#755 in Europe #2519 in the World

44% Acceptance

2,272 Enrollment

1872 Founded

51

Normandy | Caen

University of Caen Normandy

For Data Science

#579 in Europe #1669 in the World

60% Acceptance

27,465 Enrollment

1432 Founded

52

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

For Data Science

#389 in Europe #978 in the World

25% Acceptance

6,067 Enrollment

1957 Founded

53

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

ESSEC Business School Paris

For Data Science

#500 in Europe #1330 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1907 Founded

54

Occitanie | Toulouse

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

For Data Science

#611 in Europe #1787 in the World

11% Acceptance

3,077 Enrollment

1963 Founded

55

Brittany | Rennes

EHESP School of Public Health

For Data Science

#716 in Europe #2321 in the World

38% Acceptance

433 Enrollment

1945 Founded

56

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

University of Paris 8

For Data Science

#552 in Europe #1547 in the World

63% Acceptance

22,023 Enrollment

1968 Founded

57

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

University of Aix-Marseilles

For Data Science

#268 in Europe #632 in the World

14% Acceptance

66,378 Enrollment

2012 Founded

58

Hauts-de-France | Lille

Lille Catholic University

For Data Science

#674 in Europe #2125 in the World

32% Acceptance

39,424 Enrollment

1875 Founded

59

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

For Data Science

#574 in Europe #1644 in the World

45% Acceptance

768 Enrollment

1948 Founded

60

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

Grenoble Institute of Technology

For Data Science

#380 in Europe #956 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,646 Enrollment

1900 Founded

61

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

National School of Bridges and Roads

For Data Science

#628 in Europe #1870 in the World

20% Acceptance

9,477 Enrollment

1747 Founded

62

Occitanie | Montpellier

Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3

For Data Science

#796 in Europe #2730 in the World

50% Acceptance

21,997 Enrollment

1970 Founded

63

Brittany | Brest, Brittany

University of Western Brittany

For Data Science

#442 in Europe #1150 in the World

49% Acceptance

22,303 Enrollment

1461 Founded

64

Ile-de-France | Paris

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

For Data Science

#542 in Europe #1497 in the World

52% Acceptance

2,613 Enrollment

1947 Founded

65

Hauts-de-France | Lille

SKEMA Business School

For Data Science

#449 in Europe #1171 in the World

36% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1892 Founded

66

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

Kedge Business School

For Data Science

#735 in Europe #2446 in the World

32% Acceptance

14,800 Enrollment

2013 Founded

67

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

University of Clermont Auvergne

For Data Science

#491 in Europe #1298 in the World

60% Acceptance

14,690 Enrollment

1854 Founded

68

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

CentraleSupelec

For Data Science

#607 in Europe #1775 in the World

15% Acceptance

4,300 Enrollment

1894 Founded

69

Occitanie | Toulouse

Paul Sabatier University – Toulouse III

For Data Science

#113 in Europe #297 in the World

25% Acceptance

29,680 Enrollment

1960 Founded

70

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

University of Orleans

For Data Science

#658 in Europe #2041 in the World

50% Acceptance

16,629 Enrollment

1962 Founded

71

Ile-de-France | Versailles

Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

For Data Science

#444 in Europe #1153 in the World

56% Acceptance

13,816 Enrollment

1991 Founded

72

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

EDHEC Business School

For Data Science

#797 in Europe #2738 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1906 Founded

73

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

University of La Rochelle

For Data Science

#529 in Europe #1445 in the World

20% Acceptance

7,832 Enrollment

1993 Founded

74

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

Normal Superior School of Lyon

For Data Science

#412 in Europe #1046 in the World

37% Acceptance

2,297 Enrollment

1987 Founded

75

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Advanced School of Engineering

For Data Science

#586 in Europe #1704 in the World

25% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1780 Founded

76

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

Audencia Nantes School of Management

For Data Science

#683 in Europe #2142 in the World

80% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

77

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

Francois Rabelais University

For Data Science

#525 in Europe #1432 in the World

57% Acceptance

27,388 Enrollment

1969 Founded

78

Ile-de-France | Creteil

Paris-Est Creteil Val-de-Marne University

For Data Science

#409 in Europe #1036 in the World

56% Acceptance

37,313 Enrollment

1970 Founded

79

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

For Data Science

#625 in Europe #1848 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,994 Enrollment

1964 Founded

80

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour

For Data Science

#561 in Europe #1579 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,629 Enrollment

1970 Founded

81

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

Grenoble Alpes University

For Data Science

#181 in Europe #424 in the World

14% Acceptance

53,949 Enrollment

1339 Founded

82

Ile-de-France | Paris

New Sorbonne University – Paris III

For Data Science

#724 in Europe #2397 in the World

20% Acceptance

15,232 Enrollment

1971 Founded

83

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

Central School of Nantes

For Data Science

#645 in Europe #1975 in the World

16% Acceptance

2,287 Enrollment

1919 Founded

84

Grand Est | Strasbourg

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

For Data Science

#778 in Europe #2631 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,009 Enrollment

2003 Founded

85

Ile-de-France | Paris

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Data Science

#306 in Europe #735 in the World

58% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1971 Founded

86

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

Catholic University of Lyon

For Data Science

#489 in Europe #1290 in the World

27% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1875 Founded

87

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

University of Technology of Compiegne

For Data Science

#350 in Europe #835 in the World

11% Acceptance

4,367 Enrollment

1972 Founded

88

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

University of Poitiers

For Data Science

#649 in Europe #1995 in the World

60% Acceptance

27,820 Enrollment

1431 Founded

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