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

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 in France

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

List of communities of universities and institutions (COMUEs) in France

As of 5 May 2021, there are eight university groups known as COMUEs, or communities of universities and institutions, in France:

List of historical or other universities

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

• University of Clermont-Ferrand
• University of Paris
• University of Grenoble
• University of Lyon
• Centre universitaire de formation et de recherche de Mayotte
• University of Rennes
• Université européenne de Bretagne
• Louis Pasteur University (now part of the University of Strasbourg)
• Marc Bloch University (now part of the University of Strasbourg)
• Robert Schuman University (now part of the University of Strasbourg)
• University of Toulouse
• UniverSud Paris
• Lille 1, Lille 2, Lille 3 (now part of the University of Lille)

See also

• List of colleges and universities in France
• List of colleges and universities by country
• Pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur
• Grandes écoles
• Education in France
• Franco-German University

Notes and references

1. Lists of universities and colleges by country
2. List of universities and colleges in France
3. French universities
4. List of universities and colleges in Tanzania
5. List of universities in Canada
6. List of lists of lists
7. List of universities and higher education institutions in the Paris region
8. Lists of institutions of higher education by endowment size
9. List of universities in Nigeria
10. List of universities in Germany
11. List of universities in Singapore
12. List of oldest universities in continuous operation
13. List of universities in Australia
14. Education in France
15. France
16. List of universities in Belgium
17. List of universities in Switzerland
18. List of colleges in Canada
19. List of universities in Scotland
20. List of agricultural universities and colleges