Best Music Universities in France [2026 Rankings]

1

Ile-de-France | Paris

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Music

#23 in Europe #71 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

2

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Music

#63 in Europe #164 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

3

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

For Music

#137 in Europe #350 in the World

54% Acceptance

31,975 Enrollment

1964 Founded

4

Ile-de-France | Orsay

Paris-Sud University

For Music

#165 in Europe #430 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

5

Occitanie | Montpellier

University of Montpellier

For Music

#253 in Europe #667 in the World

13% Acceptance

49,000 Enrollment

1289 Founded

6

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

University of Burgundy

For Music

#87 in Europe #220 in the World

54% Acceptance

29,508 Enrollment

1722 Founded

7

Ile-de-France | Paris

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

For Music

#159 in Europe #411 in the World

52% Acceptance

2,613 Enrollment

1947 Founded

8

Brittany | Rennes

University of Rennes 2

For Music

#306 in Europe #791 in the World

46% Acceptance

23,365 Enrollment

1969 Founded

9

Ile-de-France | Paris

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Music

#141 in Europe #367 in the World

58% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1971 Founded

10

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

Francois Rabelais University

For Music

#295 in Europe #756 in the World

57% Acceptance

27,388 Enrollment

1969 Founded

11

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Diderot University

For Music

#315 in Europe #825 in the World

20% Acceptance

25,523 Enrollment

1970 Founded

12

Grand Est | Strasbourg

University of Strasbourg

For Music

#163 in Europe #420 in the World

14% Acceptance

10,077 Enrollment

1621 Founded

13

Ile-de-France | Paris

Normal Superior School

For Music

#151 in Europe #391 in the World

10% Acceptance

2,536 Enrollment

1794 Founded

14

Grand Est | Nancy

University of Lorraine

For Music

#196 in Europe #512 in the World

11% Acceptance

60,404 Enrollment

2012 Founded

15

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

University of Bordeaux

For Music

#128 in Europe #327 in the World

13% Acceptance

46,845 Enrollment

1441 Founded

16

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

University of Picardie Jules Verne

For Music

#350 in Europe #983 in the World

50% Acceptance

27,900 Enrollment

1970 Founded

17

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

University of Nantes

For Music

#329 in Europe #885 in the World

70% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1460 Founded

18

Hauts-de-France | Lille

University of Lille

For Music

#125 in Europe #319 in the World

12% Acceptance

69,000 Enrollment

2018 Founded

19

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

University of Aix-Marseilles

For Music

#93 in Europe #237 in the World

14% Acceptance

66,378 Enrollment

2012 Founded

20

Ile-de-France | Evry

University of Evry-Val d’Essonne

For Music

#313 in Europe #821 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,458 Enrollment

1991 Founded

21

Ile-de-France | Paris

New Sorbonne University – Paris III

For Music

#155 in Europe #400 in the World

20% Acceptance

15,232 Enrollment

1971 Founded

22

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

Normal Superior School of Lyon

For Music

#168 in Europe #439 in the World

37% Acceptance

2,297 Enrollment

1987 Founded

23

Ile-de-France | Paris

TELECOM ParisTech

For Music

#122 in Europe #310 in the World

18% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1878 Founded

24

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

Grenoble Alpes University

For Music

#254 in Europe #668 in the World

14% Acceptance

53,949 Enrollment

1339 Founded

25

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

University of Paris 8

For Music

#192 in Europe #498 in the World

63% Acceptance

22,023 Enrollment

1968 Founded

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