Higher education in France: educational excellence
Few countries in the world can take pride in their intellectual and artistic influence as France does. Thanks to our long-standing and robust education system, France boasts a huge number of philosophers, scholars, and painters that have influenced others in the world.
An internationally-renowned system of higher education
The excellence in higher education and research in France is widely acknowledged around the world. Numerous French higher educational institutes and Grandes Ecoles are recognised highly in the most reputable international rankings, such as Times Higher Education, the Financial Times, QS, the Shanghai Rankings and the European Union’s U-Multirank. Studying in France means benefiting from this recognition.
This renown is in particular due to the exceptional achievements of French researchers. With thirteen Fields Medals, France is second in the world in mathematics. It also has a significant number of Nobel Prize recipients - France has generated sixty-five Nobel laureates, on a level with the United States, the UK and Germany. Meanwhile, France is the fourth in the world when it comes to the number of patent applications filed to the European Patent Office.
Affordable Education
The quality of higher education in France is the result of a long-term and continuous political vision. Each year, public authorities invest heavily in education and research. Education is the State's biggest budget item, representing over 20% of the budget.
This policy has enabled France to provide students with one of the best systems of higher education in the world and, above all, one of the most accessible. French universities and Grandes Ecoles offer high-quality training without imposing unaffordable tuition and fees.
So what are you waiting for? All of the training provided in our universities is associated with accredited research laboratories, and the expertise of experienced professors. Regardless of what you are studying, in France, you will always be alongside committed experts.
Long-standing intellectual tradition
Few countries in the world can take pride in their intellectual and artistic influence as France does. France boasts a huge number of philosophers, scholars and artists that have influenced others in the world, including:
- Philosophers: René Descartes, Michel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre
- Scholars: Émile Durkheim, Pierre Bourdieu, Esther Duflo, Thomas Piketty
- Artists: Auguste Rodin, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Matisse
- Scientists: Plaise Pascal, Louis de Broglie, Louis Pasteur, Marie-Curie
