Best Universities in France for international outlook Based on THE World University Rankings 2018 |
| Rank | University | Score for international outlook |
| 1 | école Polytechnique | 93.4 |
| 2 | CentraleSupélec | 82.5 |
| 3 | University of C?te d’Azur | 81.1 |
| 4 | école des Ponts ParisTech | 79.4 |
| 5 | University of Technology of Compiègne | 79.1 |
| 6 | Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris | 76.7 |
| 7 | National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon) | 75.3 |
| 8 | Sciences Po | 70.5 |
| 9 | University of Strasbourg | 69.4 |
| 10 | Paris Diderot University – Paris 7 | 67.7 |
| 11 | école Normale Supérieure de Lyon | 67.3 |
| 12 | Pierre and Marie Curie University | 66.6 |
| 13 | Paris-Sud University | 63.5 |
| 14 | University of Cergy-Pontoise | 63.2 |
| 15 | Blaise Pascal University | 62.9 |
| 16 | école Centrale de Lyon | 61.9 |
| 17 | Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées | 61.4 |
| 18= | Aix-Marseille University | 60.7 |
| 18= | Grenoble Alpes University | 60.7 |
| 20 | Montpellier University | 58.7 |
| 21 | Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | 58.1 |
| 22 | University of Lorraine | 58 |
| 23 | Paris-Sorbonne University – Paris 4 | 57.9 |
| 24 | University of Lille | 56.5 |
| 25 | école Normale Supérieure de Cachan | 55.3 |
| 26 | University of Bordeaux | 54.3 |
| 27 | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | 53.3 |
| 28 | Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1 | 50.8 |
| 29 | Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC) | 50.6 |
| 30 | Paris Nanterre University | 48.2 |
| 31 | University of Nantes | 46.8 |