Overview

• Paris-Saclay holds its spot at 13th worldwide, securing its status as France’s highest-ranked institution.
• Three other French universities rank among the global top 100—Paris Sciences Lettres (34th), Sorbonne Université (43rd) and Université Paris Cité (60th)—despite modest year-on-year declines.
• Two newcomers, Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Picardie-Jules-Verne Amiens, enter the top 1,000 for the first time, raising France’s total to 27 ranked universities.
• The Shanghai ranking’s top 10 remains occupied exclusively by US and UK institutions, led by Harvard, Stanford and MIT.
• French education ministries hailed the results as proof of scientific strength even as critics argue the ARWU’s research-focused metrics undervalue teaching quality.