Best Physics Universities in France [2026 Rankings]

1

Ile-de-France | Paris

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Physics

#8 in Europe #52 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

2

Ile-de-France | Orsay

Paris-Sud University

For Physics

#35 in Europe #141 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

3

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Physics

#46 in Europe #164 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

4

Occitanie | Toulouse

Paul Sabatier University – Toulouse III

For Physics

#76 in Europe #232 in the World

25% Acceptance

29,680 Enrollment

1960 Founded

5

Ile-de-France | Palaiseau

Polytechnic School

For Physics

#77 in Europe #237 in the World

11% Acceptance

2,790 Enrollment

1794 Founded

6

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint Martin d'Heres

Grenoble Alpes University

For Physics

#87 in Europe #259 in the World

14% Acceptance

53,949 Enrollment

1339 Founded

7

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux

University of Bordeaux

For Physics

#106 in Europe #298 in the World

13% Acceptance

46,845 Enrollment

1441 Founded

8

Ile-de-France | Paris

Normal Superior School

For Physics

#110 in Europe #309 in the World

10% Acceptance

2,536 Enrollment

1794 Founded

9

Occitanie | Montpellier

University of Montpellier

For Physics

#120 in Europe #326 in the World

13% Acceptance

49,000 Enrollment

1289 Founded

10

Grand Est | Nancy

University of Lorraine

For Physics

#143 in Europe #381 in the World

11% Acceptance

60,404 Enrollment

2012 Founded

11

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Marseille

University of Aix-Marseilles

For Physics

#157 in Europe #407 in the World

14% Acceptance

66,378 Enrollment

2012 Founded

12

Hauts-de-France | Lille

University of Lille

For Physics

#191 in Europe #502 in the World

12% Acceptance

69,000 Enrollment

2018 Founded

13

Grand Est | Strasbourg

University of Strasbourg

For Physics

#196 in Europe #515 in the World

14% Acceptance

10,077 Enrollment

1621 Founded

14

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

Normal Superior School of Lyon

For Physics

#204 in Europe #538 in the World

37% Acceptance

2,297 Enrollment

1987 Founded

15

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Grenoble

Grenoble Institute of Technology

For Physics

#232 in Europe #637 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,646 Enrollment

1900 Founded

16

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Dijon

University of Burgundy

For Physics

#235 in Europe #646 in the World

54% Acceptance

29,508 Enrollment

1722 Founded

17

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

University of Nantes

For Physics

#236 in Europe #647 in the World

70% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1460 Founded

18

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Nice

University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

For Physics

#240 in Europe #661 in the World

47% Acceptance

25,327 Enrollment

1965 Founded

19

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Clermont-Ferrand

University of Clermont Auvergne

For Physics

#244 in Europe #668 in the World

60% Acceptance

14,690 Enrollment

1854 Founded

20

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Diderot University

For Physics

#261 in Europe #716 in the World

20% Acceptance

25,523 Enrollment

1970 Founded

21

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Poitiers

University of Poitiers

For Physics

#272 in Europe #741 in the World

60% Acceptance

27,820 Enrollment

1431 Founded

22

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

For Physics

#273 in Europe #743 in the World

25% Acceptance

6,067 Enrollment

1957 Founded

23

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

For Physics

#287 in Europe #787 in the World

15% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1783 Founded

24

Centre-Val de Loire | Orleans

University of Orleans

For Physics

#313 in Europe #866 in the World

50% Acceptance

16,629 Enrollment

1962 Founded

25

Occitanie | Toulouse

National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

For Physics

#317 in Europe #871 in the World

35% Acceptance

4,148 Enrollment

1969 Founded

26

Hauts-de-France | Amiens

University of Picardie Jules Verne

For Physics

#322 in Europe #881 in the World

50% Acceptance

27,900 Enrollment

1970 Founded

27

Ile-de-France | Cachan

Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay

For Physics

#331 in Europe #908 in the World

24% Acceptance

1,382 Enrollment

1912 Founded

28

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Graduate School of Chemistry, Paris

For Physics

#337 in Europe #921 in the World

41% Acceptance

565 Enrollment

1896 Founded

29

Ile-de-France | Versailles

Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

For Physics

#344 in Europe #936 in the World

56% Acceptance

13,816 Enrollment

1991 Founded

30

Normandy | Mont-Saint-Aignan

University of Rouen Normandie

For Physics

#349 in Europe #950 in the World

55% Acceptance

31,500 Enrollment

1966 Founded

31

Ile-de-France | Creteil

Paris-Est Creteil Val-de-Marne University

For Physics

#366 in Europe #1016 in the World

56% Acceptance

37,313 Enrollment

1970 Founded

32

Ile-de-France | Paris

School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry of the City of Paris

For Physics

#368 in Europe #1033 in the World

39% Acceptance

1,000 Enrollment

1882 Founded

33

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Ecully

Central School of Lyon

For Physics

#369 in Europe #1040 in the World

15% Acceptance

2,920 Enrollment

1857 Founded

34

Brittany | Brest, Brittany

University of Western Brittany

For Physics

#372 in Europe #1047 in the World

49% Acceptance

22,303 Enrollment

1461 Founded

35

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

University of Franche-Comte

For Physics

#373 in Europe #1053 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,677 Enrollment

1423 Founded

36

Centre-Val de Loire | Tours

Francois Rabelais University

For Physics

#377 in Europe #1059 in the World

57% Acceptance

27,388 Enrollment

1969 Founded

37

Occitanie | Montpellier

National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

For Physics

#386 in Europe #1101 in the World

53% Acceptance

427 Enrollment

1957 Founded

38

Grand Est | Reims

University of Rheims Champagne-Ardenne

For Physics

#391 in Europe #1121 in the World

54% Acceptance

24,480 Enrollment

1548 Founded

39

Pays de la Loire | Angers

University of Angers

For Physics

#393 in Europe #1129 in the World

70% Acceptance

25,687 Enrollment

1971 Founded

40

Hauts-de-France | Compiegne

University of Technology of Compiegne

For Physics

#395 in Europe #1141 in the World

11% Acceptance

4,367 Enrollment

1972 Founded

41

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Advanced School of Engineering

For Physics

#401 in Europe #1165 in the World

25% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1780 Founded

42

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Limoges

University of Limoges

For Physics

#404 in Europe #1178 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,658 Enrollment

1968 Founded

43

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Chambery

University of Savoy Mont Blanc

For Physics

#405 in Europe #1181 in the World

33% Acceptance

14,498 Enrollment

1979 Founded

44

Normandy | Caen

University of Caen Normandy

For Physics

#416 in Europe #1227 in the World

60% Acceptance

27,465 Enrollment

1432 Founded

45

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Dauphine University

For Physics

#417 in Europe #1235 in the World

47% Acceptance

11,281 Enrollment

1968 Founded

46

Ile-de-France | Paris

TELECOM ParisTech

For Physics

#423 in Europe #1247 in the World

18% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1878 Founded

47

Ile-de-France | Gif-sur-Yvette

CentraleSupelec

For Physics

#436 in Europe #1297 in the World

15% Acceptance

4,300 Enrollment

1894 Founded

48

Grand Est | Mulhouse

Upper Alsace University

For Physics

#442 in Europe #1317 in the World

39% Acceptance

9,921 Enrollment

1975 Founded

49

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | La Garde

University of Toulon

For Physics

#447 in Europe #1332 in the World

35% Acceptance

11,014 Enrollment

1979 Founded

50

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Pau

University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour

For Physics

#450 in Europe #1351 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,629 Enrollment

1970 Founded

51

Ile-de-France | Saint-Denis

University of Paris 8

For Physics

#452 in Europe #1360 in the World

63% Acceptance

22,023 Enrollment

1968 Founded

52

Hauts-de-France | Lille

Central School of Lille

For Physics

#462 in Europe #1400 in the World

44% Acceptance

2,272 Enrollment

1872 Founded

53

Ile-de-France | Champs sur Marne

National School of Bridges and Roads

For Physics

#468 in Europe #1417 in the World

20% Acceptance

9,477 Enrollment

1747 Founded

54

Occitanie | Toulouse

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Toulouse

For Physics

#469 in Europe #1419 in the World

11% Acceptance

3,077 Enrollment

1963 Founded

55

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

Cergy-Pontoise University

For Physics

#494 in Europe #1541 in the World

31% Acceptance

20,784 Enrollment

1991 Founded

56

Normandy | Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rouen

For Physics

#497 in Europe #1558 in the World

11% Acceptance

2,003 Enrollment

1985 Founded

57

Normandy | Caen

National Graduate School of Engineering, Caen

For Physics

#507 in Europe #1608 in the World

45% Acceptance

818 Enrollment

1976 Founded

58

Hauts-de-France | Villeneuve-d'Ascq

National Graduate School of Chemistry of Lille

For Physics

#512 in Europe #1640 in the World

57% Acceptance

363 Enrollment

1894 Founded

59

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Belfort

University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

For Physics

#514 in Europe #1652 in the World

44% Acceptance

2,455 Enrollment

1999 Founded

60

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Villeurbanne

Graduate School of Chemistry, Physics and Electronics, Lyon

For Physics

#515 in Europe #1653 in the World

49% Acceptance

427 Enrollment

1994 Founded

61

Ile-de-France | Paris

National Graduate School for Advanced Technologies

For Physics

#518 in Europe #1675 in the World

15% Acceptance

897 Enrollment

1970 Founded

62

Pays de la Loire | Nantes

Central School of Nantes

For Physics

#521 in Europe #1683 in the World

16% Acceptance

2,287 Enrollment

1919 Founded

63

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Futuroscope

National Engineering School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

For Physics

#533 in Europe #1719 in the World

45% Acceptance

768 Enrollment

1948 Founded

64

Hauts-de-France | Arras

Artois University

For Physics

#549 in Europe #1778 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,051 Enrollment

1992 Founded

65

Ile-de-France | Paris

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Physics

#550 in Europe #1779 in the World

58% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1971 Founded

66

Hauts-de-France | Valenciennes

Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

For Physics

#552 in Europe #1791 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,994 Enrollment

1964 Founded

67

Ile-de-France | Paris

Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences

For Physics

#559 in Europe #1839 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,300 Enrollment

2007 Founded

68

Ile-de-France | Nanterre

Paris West University Nanterre La Defense

For Physics

#563 in Europe #1847 in the World

54% Acceptance

31,975 Enrollment

1964 Founded

69

Occitanie | Perpignan

University of Perpignan Via Domitia

For Physics

#574 in Europe #1871 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,238 Enrollment

1970 Founded

70

Nouvelle-Aquitaine | La Rochelle

University of La Rochelle

For Physics

#577 in Europe #1889 in the World

20% Acceptance

7,832 Enrollment

1993 Founded

71

Brittany | Rennes

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Rennes

For Physics

#588 in Europe #1934 in the World

47% Acceptance

1,854 Enrollment

1966 Founded

72

Grand Est | Troyes

University of Technology of Troyes

For Physics

#596 in Europe #1973 in the World

60% Acceptance

3,196 Enrollment

1994 Founded

73

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

National Graduate School of Engineering – Saint Etienne

For Physics

#598 in Europe #1976 in the World

33% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1816 Founded

74

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

Jean Monnet University

For Physics

#611 in Europe #2027 in the World

44% Acceptance

17,195 Enrollment

1970 Founded

75

Brittany | Lorient

University of Southern Brittany

For Physics

#614 in Europe #2040 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,477 Enrollment

1995 Founded

76

Ile-de-France | Evry

University of Evry-Val d’Essonne

For Physics

#620 in Europe #2062 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,458 Enrollment

1991 Founded

77

Normandy | Le Havre

University of Le Havre

For Physics

#631 in Europe #2117 in the World

60% Acceptance

7,591 Enrollment

1984 Founded

78

Hauts-de-France | Dunkirk

University of the Littoral Opal Coast

For Physics

#650 in Europe #2251 in the World

29% Acceptance

10,381 Enrollment

1991 Founded

79

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

Eurecom

For Physics

#655 in Europe #2274 in the World

22% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

80

Occitanie | Montpellier

Montpellier SupAgro

For Physics

#670 in Europe #2341 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,300 Enrollment

2007 Founded

81

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Avignon

University of Avignon and the Vaucluse

For Physics

#681 in Europe #2386 in the World

23% Acceptance

6,434 Enrollment

1984 Founded

82

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Saint-Etienne

National School of Engineering – Saint Etienne

For Physics

#710 in Europe #2570 in the World

55% Acceptance

1,022 Enrollment

1961 Founded

83

Ile-de-France | Paris

New Sorbonne University – Paris III

For Physics

#728 in Europe #2635 in the World

20% Acceptance

15,232 Enrollment

1971 Founded

84

Hauts-de-France | Douai

National School Mines – Telecom Lille Douai

For Physics

#729 in Europe #2639 in the World

47% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

2017 Founded

85

Brittany | Rennes

Agrocampus Ouest

For Physics

#740 in Europe #2680 in the World

23% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2008 Founded

86

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | Besancon

National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

For Physics

#755 in Europe #2794 in the World

49% Acceptance

762 Enrollment

1902 Founded

87

Corsica | Corte

University of Corsica Pascal Paoli

For Physics

#776 in Europe #2889 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,183 Enrollment

1981 Founded

88

Ile-de-France | Marne-la-Vallee

University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee

For Physics

#788 in Europe #2949 in the World

44% Acceptance

12,335 Enrollment

1991 Founded

89

Brittany | Rennes

University of Rennes 1

For Physics

#810 in Europe #3050 in the World

20% Acceptance

28,187 Enrollment

1970 Founded

90

Hauts-de-France | Roubaix

National Graduate School of Textile Engineering

For Physics

#826 in Europe #3118 in the World

39% Acceptance

419 Enrollment

1889 Founded

91

Occitanie | Toulouse

National School of Civil Aviation

For Physics

#836 in Europe #3158 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

92

Ile-de-France | Jouy-en-Josas

HEC School of Management

For Physics

#844 in Europe #3218 in the World

11% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1881 Founded

93

Guadeloupe | Pointe-a-Pitre

University of the French West Indies

For Physics

#848 in Europe #3238 in the World

44% Acceptance

11,593 Enrollment

1850 Founded

94

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

ESSEC Business School Paris

For Physics

#855 in Europe #3271 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,453 Enrollment

1907 Founded

95

Ile-de-France | Cergy-Pontoise

ENSEA Graduate School

For Physics

#861 in Europe #3300 in the World

56% Acceptance

840 Enrollment

1952 Founded

96

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | Lyon

EMLYON Business School

For Physics

#862 in Europe #3314 in the World

29% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

97

Ile-de-France | Paris

Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

For Physics

#881 in Europe #3365 in the World

20% Acceptance

19,018 Enrollment

1970 Founded

98

Brittany | Rennes

University of Rennes 2

For Physics

#896 in Europe #3442 in the World

46% Acceptance

23,365 Enrollment

1969 Founded

99

Ile-de-France | Malakoff

National School of Statistics and Economic Administration

For Physics

#913 in Europe #3536 in the World

20% Acceptance

11,281 Enrollment

1942 Founded

100

Grand Est | Strasbourg

National Institute for Applied Sciences, Strasbourg

For Physics

#955 in Europe #3737 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,009 Enrollment

2003 Founded

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