French Universities List

Dauphine University, Paris (Université Paris-Dauphine, formerly Université Paris IX) Created in 1968. Since its creation, Paris-Dauphine University has enjoyed considerable autonomy in terms of scientific and teaching innovations, and in the process has developed creating the strong identity which today unites its teachers, researchers, administrative staff and students. Paris-Dauphine University aims to be a standard-bearing university in the field of Organisational and Decision-making-Sciences, both within France and on the international scene. This university study programs includes national degrees, university diplomas, Bachelor and Masters degrees, MBAs and preparation courses for competitive entry exams for the civil service.
E-mail: isabelle.mityping@club-internetpong.fr

Paris West University Nanterre La Défense (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense) is a French university in the Academy of Versailles. It is one of the 13 successor universities of the University of Paris. It is located in the western suburb of Nanterre, near La Défense, the business district of Paris. Nanterre is the second largest campus in France after Nantes, with its own Olympic-sized swimming pool and a stadium. It welcomes 35 to 40,000 students every year in all fields of studies: Social Sciences, Philosophy, Literature, History, Languages and Linguistics, Economics, Law and Political Sciences, as well as Teacher Training, Acting, Cinema, Physiology and Sports.
E-mail: etudiant.etranger@u-paris10.fr

University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour -UPPA) is a network of 4 campuses, which benefits from exceptional assets and this campus are located in Pau, Bayonne-Anglet, Tarbes and Mont-de-Marsan. A human dimension University, the UPPA places students in the heart of an environment where education, research, culture, sport, leisure and social life blend together.It was created in 1970 and the UPPA is characterized by its multi-discipline nature and multi-site structure. This university is enrolled with around 11,700 students.UPPA offers Bachelor, Master, Diploma and Doctorate degree in the fireld of Science and Technology, Arts, Languages, Social Sciences, Law, Economics and Management and more.
E-mail: vie.etudiante@univ-pau.fr/relations.internationales@univ-pau.fr

The University of Rennes 1 is one of the two main universities in the city of Rennes, France. The University of Rennes 1 has been in existence since 1969and the university takes part in many international joint research initiatives, mainly with research teams from Western Europe and North America. In Rennes, the University is split into three major campuses with all facilities. It is under the Academy of Rennes. The University currently welcomes about 22,000 students (including about 2,000 from abroad), plus more than 2,000 in continuing education. It is a multidisciplinary institution and specialized in main scientific areas like Science, Technology, Engineering and Health, Law, Politics, Economics, Management and Administration Science and Human Sciences (Philosophy and Communication).
E-mail: sai-afrasimo@univ-rennes1.fr

The University of Rouen (Université de Rouen) is a French university, Located in the heart of the Mont Saint Aignan campus an hour away from Paris. Getting acquainted with new technologies, elaborating new methods, mastering the changes in your company : it is now necessary to stay current throughout your professional career in order to evolve in today's world. It offer highly individualized counseling and curriculum tailored to your needs regardless of your nationality or country of origin. Indeed, the Center provides pre-sessional advice on the most appropriate program for overseas students willing to combine an academic curriculum with courses in French. This university provides Bachelor, Master and Doctorate programs.
E-mail: deve2@univ-rouen.fr

The University of Saint-Etienne (Université Jean Monnet) is located in the towns of Saint-Etienne and Roanne, in the Rhône-Alpes Region. This university consists of 14,000 students, 1 300 members of staff, 6 main academic fields and 30 research units. Students can enjoy various range of cultural and sports activities Leisure parks with tracks for mountain biking, hiking, skiing as well as a nautical base for sailing are just 15 minutes away from university. It offers Bachelor( Licence), Master and Doctorate programs in the area of Arts, Language, Science, Technology, Law and many more.These programs have also adopted the European credit transfer system (ECTS) as a means to promote geographical and disciplinary mobility.
E-mail: accueil.international@univ-st-etienne.fr

The University of Toulouse is a consortium of universities and in 1969, the University of Toulouse split into three separate universities and numerous specialized institutions of higher education. The University of Toulouse has more than 120,000 students, making Toulouse the second-largest university city in France. The University of Toulouse I (Université Toulouse I - L'Arsenal) is specialized in the field of Law, counting, Business, Economics and Political Science. It aims at giving students a comprehensive view of European Union Law and International business law respectively. This university provides Bachelor (Licence), Master and Doctorate programsin the domain field of Law and business.
E-mail: portail.etranger@univ-tlse1.fr

The University of Technology of Troyes(Université de Technologie de Troyes or UTT) is a French university in the Academy of Reims. The Troyes University of Technology is a state university which was set up in 1994.The city of Troyes is located in the Champagne Region and its missions are education, research and transfer in the field of technology. Troyes has a wide variety of arts and entertainment venues. There are several cinemas, theatres and discotheques. The universities of technology are public institutions awarding degrees and diplomas that are accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. It offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctorate courses in many areas.
E-mail: direp@utt.fr /margret.decors@utt.fr

The University of Versailles or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UVSQ) was Created in 1991 and vigorously supported by the regional authorities, UVSQ plays a role in the regional development of the Yvelines area, with sites at the heart of seven towns (Versailles and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, along with Vélizy, Mantes-la-Jolie, Rambouillet, Le Chesnay, Poissy). The UVSQ is firmly committed to international partnerships and the continuous expansion of UVSQ is backed up by a strong commitment to modernization of its staff and students working environment. It offers international degrees, double diplomas and delocalized diplomas, notably in communication, law, economy, data processing, management, medicine and physics.
E-mail: genevieve.rozier@uvsq.fr

The American University of Paris is today an urban, independent, international university located at the confluence of France, Europe, and the world. It was founded in 1962, The American University of Paris (AUP) is one of the oldest American institutions of higher learning in Europe. This university aim to provide the finest American undergraduate and graduate programs to students from all national, linguistic, and educational backgrounds. The University confers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Master of Science degrees accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The institution is authorized to offer Bachelor's and Master's degrees through the State of Delaware.
E-mail: admissions@aup.fr

The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France. The Collège de France's missions is to promote French research and ideas abroad, and to participate in debate on major world issues. The Collège is therefore open to international exchange through its teaching and dissemination of knowledge. The Collège de France holds a collection of rare books, which form the core its specialized libraries, ranking among the finest in Europe and attracting a growing number of foreign researchers. The Collège de France is organized by chairs covering the whole range of disciplines: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, archaeology, literature, linguistics, orientalism, philosophy, social sciences, etc.
E-mail: f.terrasse-Riou@college-de-france.fr

École Centrale Paris is a renowned French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France. The small friendly size of the campus (1,800 students in all) makes it an ideal place to study, to participate in one of the student associations, and to enjoy close interactions with the rich variety of international cultures present on campus. he Écoles Centrales group awards degrees to around 1,150 engineers every year. It brings together around 1,500 researchers and represents 12 % of research in engineering Ecoles in the National Education system École Centrale Paris offers Engineering programs and Master Degree programs.
E-mail: contact.international@ecp.fr

École Centrale de Lyon is one of the most prestigious French Grandes écoles of engineering.It is also referred to as ECL or EC-Lyon. Centrale Lyon's basic mission is to train highly skilled corporate executives and to help keep them at this peak level throughout their career. It consists of Powerful research laboratories, a top level faculty, close links to business, an international opening. Being a general engineering school means carrying out research at a high level in a large number of scientific fields. Centrale Lyon runs a cogent and complete range of engineering science subjects. The Centrale Lyon's main programs are Master degree engineering program and Master of Science and technology programs.
E-mail: jean-charles.benamou@ec-lyon.fr

ENSTA is a founding member of ParisTech, the federation of high-level engineering and business schools located in and around Paris. The library offering access to a full range of external electronic reviews, the catalogue of works and a directory of collections of reviews. It belongs to the foremost schools of engineering in the country. ENSTA offers its students a broad education in engineering with the aim of enabling them to design, carry out and manage complex technical projects, while meeting economic constraints in an international environment. ENSTA offers 343 courses out of which 31 law, economics, management courses and 24 culture and communication seminars and 9 languages taught.
E-mail: international@ensta.fr

The Ecole nationale supérieure des Mines of Saint Etienne (ENSMSE)is one of the French "Grandes Ecoles" dedicated to training highly qualified engineers and to carrying out research to meet the needs of industry It was founded in 1816 and it is one of the most prestigious engineering schools in France, ranked in the top 10 graduate school of engineering. Students life at the ENSM.SE is active and full The school is open to foreign students and it offers different types of programs as Double-major Master's degree in engineering and management, Master of engineering in microelectronics and applications, Master of Science and Post Master's programs.
E-mail: international@emse.fr

The École Nationale Supérieure d'Électronique, d'Électrotechnique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et des Télécommunications (ENSEEIHT) is one of the top French engineering schools (Grandes écoles) and The ENSEEIHT is located in downtown Toulouse .Its principle goals were to train the engineers and managers necessary for the hydraulic and electric renovation of the southwest region and to contribute to the technological development of these scientific disciplines. It offers Engineering courses in the area of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science, Hydraulics and Telecommunications
E-mail: jourdaa@enseeiht.fr

École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de constructions aéronautiques (ENSICA), is a French engineering school founded in 1945and is located in Toulouse. In the year of 2007,two French Graduate Schools ‘Grandes Écoles’. SUPAERO and ENSICA are joined forces to become one single higher teaching institute with an expertise in the field of aerospace engineering : the ‘Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’espace’ (ISAE). Its mission is to provide higher Programs in order to train engineers highly qualified in the aerospace sectors and related fields; dispensing specialized teaching, improvement and updating of knowledge. It Offers Enigineering courses in many fields.
E-mail: communication@isae.fr

The École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST or Télécom TELECOM ParisTech) is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France and one of the finest institutions in the field of Telecommunications.It was founded in 1878 and is Located in Paris.ENST has Study Programme and Internship agreements with 50 different institutions, in 20 different countries. Telecom ParisTech has four major missions are research, engineering studies, research-oriented studies, and life-long learning. Enst offers Master program in Science , Enigneering, Postmaster and Doctorate programs.If provides research courses like Researcg Masters and Doctorate.
E-mail: muriel.dutertre@telecom-paristech.fr

The École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC) is a French grande école and a national French civil aeronautics academy.ENAC mission is to provide ab-initio and further training for the executives and main players of the civil aviation world. There is plenty of life on the campus itself and the university has a well-planned infrastructure. This genuine University of Civil Aviation offers a wide range of activities which are tailored to meet the requirements of the public and private sectors both in France and in other countries. ENAC includes general training, specialist Master’s degrees, research, training courses and international activities.

The École normale supérieure (ENS) is an elite higher education institution (graduate school) for advanced undergraduate and graduate studies, and a prestigious French research center. It encompasses fourteen teaching and research departments, spanning the main humanities, sciences and disciplines. Here in this ENS, the campus life is punctuated by numerous cultural, artistic and sporting activities organized by the ENS or by student associations. The Students at the ENS are intended to be international students, able to work worldwide. This ENS provides Undergraduate, Master, Diploma and Doctorate programs.
E-mail: communication@ens.fr

École supérieure d'électricité, commonly known as Supélec, is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France, and one of the finest institutions in the field of electric energy and information sciences. Supélec has a very special position among the leading engineering institutes and Supélec has a threefold mission : degree courses, research & development, continuing education. Supélec was founded in Paris in 1894. Today the school is organised in a three-campus network, located in Gif-sur-Yvette on the outskirts of Paris, Rennes in Brittany and Metz in Lorraine.. It offers Engineering, Master , Postgraduate, Language and many other programs.
E-mail: Anne.Chretien@supelec.fr

The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (also known as ENSL, ENS-Lyon) is an elite grande école located in Lyon, France, in the district of Gerland. Equal in status to the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, it trains researchers and teachers in the scientific fields. The advancement of knowledge, its use in the development of general or specific training while facilitating its applications in the economic domain constitute the major objectives of research at the ENS de Lyon. This institute consists of more than 2000 students, 400 doctoral students and 350 researchers. ENSL offers bachelor(Licence), Master and Doctorate programs.
E-mail: communication@ens-lyon.fr

The École Polytechnique is the foremost French engineering school founded in 1794 and initially located in the Latin Quarter in central Paris, it was moved to Palaiseau in 1976. It is the most prestigious of the engineering Grandes Écoles in France, and trains the scientific, industrial and economic elite of the nation. Today the École Polytechnique has 902 students in the Polytechnicien , 474 students in the doctoral school, 460 professors and total population of nearly 4200 students.École Polytechnique offers Igénieur Polytechnicien, Master's Programs, Doctoral Program and InternationalInternship Program for International Students
E-mail: joelle.wauters@polytechnique.edu

École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électronique et Électrotechnique(ESIEE), is a French Engineering school located in Marne-la-Vallée (ESIEE Paris) and Amiens (ESIEE Amiens). Innovation is the essential driving force, the pivot of ESIEE Paris' commitment. The library contains 29,000 publications, graduate thesis and master's thesis. ESIEE Paris comprises 2 schools : ESIEE Engineering and ESIEE Management. ESIEE Engineering opens the door to a variety of professional careers in the fields of computer science, electronics, telecommunications and embedded systems. ESIEE Management works at the interface of Management and Technology.
E-mail: Email:international@esiee.fr

Polytech'Nice - Sophia is a Graduate Engineering School within the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis. It was created in 2004 from the merger of two existing engineering schools. Polytech'Nice - Sophia benefits from a scientific environment and from all the campus facilities (university restaurants, halls of residence, sports facilities and cultural activities). The School's main characteristics are a medium-sized school with about 200 graduates per year, a highly selective admission process and consists of more than 17 000 students, 8 000 graduates a year and near 30 research laboratories. It offers Engineering , Bachelor, Diploma and Master programs.

The École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris(ESCP) was founded in 1819 and it is a top ranked international business school and one of the most prestigious French Management Grandes Écoles. It has campuses in five major European cities: Paris, London, Madrid, Berlin, and Turin. Each year ESCP Europe welcomes 4,000 students and a similar number of top-level executives. In 2009, its core degree, the Master's in Management, was ranked 3rd best in the world and it stands 25th in the world ranking for its Executive MBA. ESCP offers the Master in Management, the Full-time Specialized Masters, the Part-time Executive Specialized Masters, the Master in European Business, the European Executive MBA and our range of Executive Education programs.
E-mail: info.fr@escpeurope.eu

INSEAD founded in 1957 and in 2009 this school celebrates its 50 anniversary. As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and transform organizations. The school has three campuses in Europe (France), in Asia (Singapore) and in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), a research centre in Israel and an office in New York, INSEAD extends the reach of its business education and research across three continents. In addition, more than 9,500 executives participate in INSEAD’s executive education programs. Our 145 renowned faculty members from 36 countries inspire more than 1,000 degree participants in our MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes.
E-mail: execed.asia@insead.edu

The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon or INSA de Lyon is a Grande École d'Ingénieurs. INSA was founded in 1957 to train highly qualified engineers, support continuing education and conduct research and testing. INSA Lyon is ranked among the top universities of Science and Technology in Europe. Today INSA Lyon sets a new challenge that consolidate its position as one of the best Technological Higher Education Establishments in Europe. INSA Lyon is accredited by the CTI "Commission des Titres" to deliver Engineering Degrees. It offers Bachelor, Master and Doctorate programs.
E-mail: dircom@ insa-lyon.fr

The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse or INSA Toulouse is a an engineering university, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research and part of the INSA's network. With eleven thousand alumni present in all economic sectors, the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées of Toulouse, an international, pluridisciplinary, state engineering school, is recognised for the excellence of its five-year education which attracts students of a high academic level and who have obtained excellent results at the Baccalaureat. INSA Toulouse offers Engineering in 10 field, International programs, Postgraduate and Research Master Programs.
E-mail: Pierre.Masse@insa-toulouse.fr

ISEN is an engineering school which dates back to the birth of Electronics. It was founded on a University campus with 6 university departments and 30 colleges. This 120 year-old university brings together 20 000 students in disciplines as varied as Science and Technology, Arts and Humanities, Economics and Management, Medicine.ISEN consists of 3 campuses in Brest, Lille, and Toulon. ISEN supports innovative research at the highest level in engineering sciences and is one of the leading French engineering schools to account for more than 30 faculties belonging to the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).If offers Engineering Course, Master program and Musical programs etc.
E-mail: evelyne.litton@isen.fr

The École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique pour l'Industrie et l'Entreprise or ENSIIE or Institut d'Informatique d'Entreprise, ENSIIE is one of the French public Grandes écoles of engineering. Since its creation in 1968, ENSIIE has been training highly qualified engineers in IT for science and technology innovation, develops each person’s potential, autonomy and spirit of initiative. A necessary and useful complement for training engineers, social life is strongly developed in ENSIIE through about thirty or so student associations of a cultural, technical or sports nature. ENSIIE offers French Research Master and Engineering Programs.
E-mail: info@ensiie.fr

University of Franche-Comté is a French university in the Academy of Besançon with five campuses: Besançon (Doubs), Belfort (Territoire-de-Belfort), Montbéliard (Doubs), Vesoul (Haute-Saône), and Lons-le-Saunier (Jura).The University of Franche-Comté is a comprehensive university with college in humanities, language, medicine, law, economics, sports, sciences (mathematics, biology, physics) and technology (electronics, optics, mechanical engineering). The Centre for Applied Linguistics (CLA) of the University of Franche-Comté ranks among the top language teaching institutions in the world. The CLA has research contacts in more than 110 countries, and partners with the French Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
E-mail: rudy.chaulet@univ-fcomte.fr

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