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Best Universities for PhD Programmes in France 2024

Number of institutions: 260
    • Toulouse, France

    Toulouse INP a French graduate engineering school, is famous for the quality of their engineering programs combining rigorous training in science with practical training in engineering. It works closely with the business world and conducts high-quality research, from basic research to technology transfer, while considering the major societal issues of the 21st century.

    • Toulouse, France
    • Paris, France

    Since 1980, in Paris and Toulouse, ICD Business School, a dedicated institution within the Groupe IGS focusing on commerce, marketing, development, and banking, offers post-baccalaureate programs combining academic rigor, professionalization, and international dimension. In addition to its renowned and state-recognized Grande École Program at the Master's level (Bac+5), conferring the Master's degree, ICD Business School offers a 3-year Bachelor's program, state-recognized at Bac+3 and conferring the Bachelor's degree, in the fields of commercial development, marketing, and events management, as well as “France Competences” certified programs.

    • Cergy, France

    CY Tech Economics and Management Institute welcomes over 2,600 students at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels. The studies are interdisciplinary, offering a choice for students to focus on economics (international trade, labor market economics, public economics, macroeconomics, etc.), management (accounting, management control, marketing, web management, etc.), finance, or statistics and econometrics.

    • Toulouse, France

    The Toulouse Graduate School of Earth and Space Science (TESS) aims to train the next generation of scientists on the front line dealing with the monitoring and management of global change. It draws its strength from one of the largest concentrations of experts working in this field in Europe, a world-renowned talent hub. The TESS Graduate School combines master's and doctoral programs from the University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier as well as several high-caliber research laboratories.

    • Nice, France
    • Lille, France

    Based in Lille, Nice, Paris, London, and Singapore, and counting 100 nationalities on its campuses and partnerships with 280 leading universities around the world, EDHEC is a fully international business school directly connected to the business world. EDHEC’s 40,000 alumni spread over 120 countries represent a community of engaged leaders, trained to act practically and deliver solutions to the main economic, social, technological, and environmental challenges facing the world.

    • Marseille, France
    • Nice, France

    Centrale Méditerranée, we have a world to transform. Centrale Méditerranée is one of the most prestigious public engineering schools in France which belongs to the Ecoles Centrale group, an internationally reputed higher education group with a powerful global network of 35,000 alumni.

    • Lille, France

    Centrale Lille is home to about 2000 students. Of these, 25% of the students are internationaland come from over 20 different countries. This international focus is not limited to the student body. Centrale Lille has an international policy in place with two objectives:

    • Lisbon, Portugal
    • Paris, France
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    This program is only available as a second part of the Dual Degree Program after students. is only available via our highly accredited University...

    • Écully, France

    This program is only available as a second part of the Dual Degree Program after students. is only available via our highly accredited University...

    • Barcelona, Spain
    • Montpellier, France

    The University of Barcelona, founded in 1450, is a comprehensive higher education institution that presents deep academic tradition coupled with frontier scientific knowledge. It is located in the city of Barcelona, one of the main cosmopolitan hubs in the Mediterranean and indeed in Europe.

    • Grenoble, France

    Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA is a select independent School, part of the University of Grenoble Alpes (UGA), one of the Top 100-150 Universities in the Shanghai ranking (Top 5 in France), and one of the nicest campuses in Europe (Times Higher Education). Open to the world, Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA welcomes a large number of international students and trains tomorrow’s decision-makers through a subtle blend of political science, international relations, law, economics, management, history, and sociology.

    • Île-de-France, France
    • Orléans, France

    Founded in 1963, the ISC Paris Group is one of France’s few private, independent higher education groups–founded by business and educational visionary Paul Icard. The ISC Paris Group focuses on two “educational brands”: ISC Paris Grande École is one of the top 20 French Grandes Écoles that belong to the Conférence des grandes écoles.

    • Paris, France
    • Dijon, France

    FERRANDI Paris is a hospitality school, a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles (CGE), which trains the elite in gastronomy and hospitality to be actors of renewal in France and abroad. FERRANDI Paris was created 100 years ago, as a higher education establishment (EESC) belonging to CCI Paris Ile-de-France Education.

    • Lille, France

    This program is only available as a second part of the Dual Degree Program after students. is only available via our highly accredited University...

    • Paris, France

    With a wealth of intellectual and educational experience in higher education since 2000, the Academic de Geopolitique de Paris offers its students various courses, including training in geopolitics and international relations. Our establishment stands out for its high-level faculty, its partnerships with numerous foreign educational institutions and its internationally recognized research activities.