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Top 100 Universities in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k universities tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. ESCP Europe, university maryland and Edhec lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 220k, and the largest, ESCP Europe, reaches around 1.4M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each university, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in France. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in France, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in France. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 University of Cambridge 244k 33.4 53.9% University
27 Grenoble School of Management 244k 44.5 59.1% University
28 University of Notre Dame 241k 38.9 65.4% University
29 University of Milan 233k 38.2 51.1% University
30 Arts et Métiers ParisTech 212k 36.7 44.3% University
31 American University in Cairo 206k 33.0 57.7% University
32 Cairo University 201k 35.4 45.4% University
33 German University in Cairo 199k 32.8 59.9% University
34 University of Baghdad 193k 35.1 61.4% University
35 Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III 192k 42.9 61.7% University
36 Technical University of Madrid 189k 41.1 42.0% University
37 Toulouse Business School 187k 40.0 40.5% University
38 Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education 184k 39.4 57.1% University
39 IÉSEG 179k 37.7 47.2% University
40 ICN Graduate Business School 173k 39.7 43.0% University
41 Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School 170k 41.7 55.1% University
42 National University of San Marcos 169k 36.0 65.7% University
43 University of Orléans 165k 40.1 64.5% University
44 Durban University of Technology 163k 32.0 63.5% University
45 Baruch College 154k 40.1 43.9% University
46 Middle East Technical University 154k 36.0 80.2% University
47 Epita 153k 39.0 50.1% University
48 National University of Singapore 153k 36.5 51.2% University
49 Aix-Marseille University 152k 41.6 44.4% University
50 United Arab Emirates University 151k 47.2 62.5% University

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each university by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest university in France?

ESCP Europe currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in France.

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