List of public universities and higher education institutes in France

This is a list of public universities and higher education institutes in France. The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research lists 160 public higher education establishments. It divides these into four categories: 65 universities, 60 écoles, 25 grands établissements, and 10 other establishments. These are detailed in the lists that follow.

Public universities

In France, various types of institution have the term "University" in their name. These include the public universities, which are the autonomous institutions that are distinguished as being state institutes of higher education and research that practice open admissions, and that are designated with the label "Université" by the French ministry of Higher Education and Research. These also include the communities of universities and institutions (COMUEs), which are degree-granting federated groups of universities and other institutes of higher education. The COMUEs replace the earlier (PRES), which were groupings of universities and institutes of higher education that existed from 2007 to 2013. As opposed to the PRES, the COMUEs can grant degrees in their own names.

Other types of French university-like institutions can be found in the list of colleges and universities in France; these include the national polytechnic institutes, the grandes écoles (among which are the three universities of technology), and private universities, such as the Catholic universities, the Protestant universities, the private secular universities, and the American University of Paris.

there are 65 public universities in France:

+Public universities in FranceShort nameArticleFrench Wikipedia article AcademyAix-MarseilleAix-Marseille UniversityUniversité d'Aix-MarseilleAix-MarseilleAngersUniversity of AngersUniversité d'AngersNantesArtoisUniversity of ArtoisUniversité d'ArtoisLilleAvignonAvignon UniversityAvignon UniversitéAix-MarseilleBordeauxUniversity of BordeauxUniversité de BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux MontaigneBordeaux Montaigne UniversityUniversité Bordeaux-MontaigneBordeauxBurgundyUniversity of Burgundy EuropeUniversité Bourgogne-EuropeDijonCaen NormandyUniversity of Caen NormandyUniversité de Caen-NormandieNormandyClaude Bernard Lyon 1Claude Bernard University Lyon 1Université Claude-Bernard-Lyon-ILyonClermont AuvergneClermont Auvergne UniversityUniversité Clermont-AuvergneClermont-FerrandCorsica Pasquale PaoliUniversity Pasquale PaoliUniversité de Corse-Pascal-PaoliCorsicaCY Cergy ParisCY Cergy Paris UniversityUniversité de Cergy-PontoiseVersaillesÉvry Val d'EssonneUniversity of Évry Val d'EssonneUniversité Évry Paris-SaclayVersaillesMarie and Louis PasteurMarie and Louis Pasteur UniversityUniversité Marie et Louis PasteurBesançonFrench AntillesUniversity of the French AntillesUniversité des AntillesGuadeloupeFrench GuianaUniversity of French GuianaUniversité de GuyaneFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaUniversity of French PolynesiaUniversité de la Polynésie françaiseFrench PolynesiaGustave EiffelGustave Eiffel UniversityUniversité Gustave-EiffelCréteilJean MonnetJean Monnet UniversityUniversité Jean-Monnet-Saint-ÉtienneLyonJean Moulin Lyon 3Jean Moulin University Lyon 3Université Jean-Moulin-Lyon-IIILyonLa RochelleLa Rochelle UniversityUniversité de La RochellePoitiersLe Havre NormandyLe Havre Normandy UniversityUniversité Le Havre NormandieNormandyLe MansLe Mans UniversityUniversité du MansNantesLilleUniversity of LilleUniversité de LilleLilleLimogesUniversity of LimogesUniversité de LimogesLimogesLittoral Opal CoastUniversity of the Littoral Opal CoastUniversité du Littoral-Côte-d'OpaleLilleLumière Lyon 2Lumière University Lyon 2Université Lumière-Lyon-IILyonMayotteUniversity of MayotteUniversité de MayotteMayotteMontpellierUniversity of MontpellierUniversité de MontpellierMontpellierNantesUniversity of NantesNantes UniversitéNantesNew CaledoniaUniversity of New CaledoniaUniversité de la Nouvelle-CalédonieNew CaledoniaNîmesUniversity of NîmesUniversité de NîmesMontpellierOrléansUniversity of OrléansUniversité d'OrléansOrléans and ToursParisParis Cité UniversityUniversité Paris-CitéParisParis-East CréteilParis-East Créteil UniversityUniversité Paris-Est-Créteil-Val-de-MarneCréteilParis NanterreParis Nanterre UniversityUniversité Paris-NanterreVersaillesParis-SaclayParis-Saclay UniversityUniversité Paris-SaclayVersaillesParis 1 Panthéon SorbonneParis 1 Panthéon Sorbonne UniversityUniversité Paris-I-Panthéon-SorbonneParisParis-Panthéon-AssasParis-Panthéon-Assas UniversityUniversité Paris-Panthéon-AssasParisParis 8 Vincennes-Saint-DenisParis 8 University Vincennes-Saint-DenisUniversité Paris-VIII-Vincennes-Saint-DenisCréteilPau and the AdourUniversity of Pau and the Adour RegionUniversité de Pau et des pays de l'AdourBordeauxPaul Valéry Montpellier 3University of Montpellier Paul ValéryUniversité de Montpellier Paul-ValéryMontpellierPerpignan Via DomitiaUniversity of Perpignan Via DomitiaUniversité de PerpignanMontpellierPicardy Jules VerneUniversity of Picardy Jules VerneUniversité de Picardie Jules-VerneAmiensPoitiersUniversity of PoitiersUniversité de PoitiersPoitiersPolytechnic Hauts-de-FrancePolytechnic University of Hauts-de-FranceUniversité polytechnique Hauts-de-FranceLilleRennesUniversity of RennesUniversité de RennesRennesRennes 2Rennes 2 UniversityUniversité Rennes-IIRennesReims Champagne-ArdenneUniversity of Reims Champagne-ArdenneUniversité de Reims-Champagne-ArdenneReimsReunion IslandUniversity of Reunion IslandUniversité de La RéunionRéunionRouen NormandyUniversity of Rouen NormandyUniversité de Rouen-NormandieNormandySavoie Mont BlancUniversité Savoie Mont BlancUniversité Savoie-Mont-BlancGrenobleSorbonneSorbonne UniversitySorbonne UniversitéParisSorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3Université Sorbonne-NouvelleParisSorbonne Paris NorthSorbonne Paris North UniversityUniversité Sorbonne-Paris-NordCréteilSouthern BrittanySouthern Brittany UniversityUniversité Bretagne-SudRennesStrasbourgUniversity of StrasbourgUniversité de StrasbourgStrasbourgToulonUniversity of ToulonUniversité de ToulonNiceToulouseUniversity of ToulouseUniversité de ToulouseToulouseToulouse CapitoleToulouse Capitole UniversityUniversité Toulouse-CapitoleToulouseToulouse-Jean JaurèsUniversity of Toulouse-Jean JaurèsUniversité Toulouse-Jean-JaurèsToulouseToursUniversity of ToursUniversité de ToursOrléans and ToursUpper AlsaceUniversity of Upper AlsaceUniversité de Haute-AlsaceStrasbourgVersailles Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesUniversity of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesUniversité de Versailles—Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesVersaillesWestern BrittanyUniversity of Western BrittanyUniversité de Bretagne-OccidentaleRennes

Écoles

+Public higher education écoles in FranceShort nameArticleFrench Wikipedia article TypeCentrale LilleÉcole Centrale de LilleÉcole centrale de LilleÉcole centraleCentrale LyonÉcole centrale de LyonÉcole centrale de LyonÉcole centraleCentrale NantesÉcole centrale de NantesÉcole centrale de NantesÉcole centraleCentrale MéditerranéeCentrale MéditerranéeCentrale MéditerranéeÉcole centraleINSA LyonInstitutes of applied scienceINSA RennesInstitutes of applied scienceINSA ToulouseInstitutes of applied scienceINSA Rouen NormandieInstitutes of applied scienceINSA StrasbourgInstitutes of applied scienceINS Centre Val de LoireInstitutes of applied science

Historical or other universities Historically, France has had city-wide public university systems:French public universities in some cities are commonly spoken of as being multiple campuses of a larger city university system. For instance, the University of Paris system is said to be composed of 13 campuses, Paris I through Paris XIII, and this was the case in 1970. However, this view no longer reflects the reality as of 2007, which is of largely autonomous universities that fall under the academies in ways that do not necessarily respect the old groupings. To take the Paris example, three universities that bear the University of Paris name, Paris VIII, Paris XII, and Paris XIII, are in fact in the Academy of Créteil, and two others, Paris X and Paris XI, are in the Academy of Versailles, whereas the University of Marne la Vallée, which does not have a University of Paris campus number, is governed by the Academy of Paris. University of Clermont-Ferrand University of Paris University of Grenoble University of Lyon

University of Rennes Université européenne de Bretagne Louis Pasteur University (now part of the University of Strasbourg) Marc Bloch University (now part of the University of Strasbourg) Robert Schuman University (now part of the University of Strasbourg) University of Toulouse UniverSud Paris Lille 1, Lille 2, Lille 3 (now part of the University of Lille)

See also List of colleges and universities in France List of colleges and universities by country Pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur Grandes écoles Education in France Franco-German University

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