Lists of universities in France

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.[1] These also include the communities of universities and institutions (COMUEs), which are degree-granting federated groups of universities and other institutes of higher education.

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.

List of public universities

As of 16 February 2021, there are 67 public universities in France:[2]

Academy of Aix and Marseille

Academy of Amiens

Academy of Besançon

Academy of Bordeaux

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Academy of Caen

Academy of Clermont-Ferrand

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Academy of Corsica

Academy of Créteil

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Academy of Dijon

Academy of French Guiana

Academy of French Polynesia

Academy of Grenoble

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Academy of Guadeloupe

This rectorate is home to the Guadeloupe campus of the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, which is under the Academy of French Guiana.

Academy of Lille

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Academy of Limoges

Academy of Lyon

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Academy of Martinique

This rectorate is home to the Schoelcher campus of the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, which is under the Academy of French Guiana.

Academy of Mayotte

There are no public universities in this vice-rectorate.

Academy of Montpellier

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Academy of Nancy and Metz

Academy of Nantes

Academy of New Caledonia

Academy of Nice

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Academy of Orléans and Tours

Academy of Paris

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Academy of Poitiers

Academy of Reims

Academy of Rennes

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Academy of Réunion

Academy of Rouen

Academy of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

There are no universities in this rectorate.

Academy of Strasbourg

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Academy of Toulouse

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Academy of Versailles

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Academy of Wallis and Futuna

There are no public universities in this vice-rectorate.

List of communities of universities and institutions (COMUEs)

As of 14 January 2020, there are eight communities of universities and institutions (COMUEs) in France:[3]

These replace the earlier Pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (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.

List of historical or other universities

Historically, France has had city-wide public university systems:[4]

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Notes and references
  1. "Principal establishments of higher education". French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. "Principaux établissements d'enseignement supérieur". French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. "Fédérations - Communautés d'universités et établissements". French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. 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.
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