Study in France

Throughout the world, 6.4 million students were internationally mobile 2020, Unesco data’s most recent year. This number reached an all-time high due to a 32% growth over the last five years.  Their first destination is the European Union. France also attracts an unprecedented number of more than 400,000 students, presenting an 8% raise compared to the previous year. Those numbers prove that France has been able to remain an attractive option for students, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting mobility issues. The 2023 edition of the Campus France Key Figures presents and analyses the new trends of student mobility that arose across the globe, resulting from crises and conflicts and pushing students to exile, from Ukraine to Iran, Afghanistan to Syria.

The Young University Ranking 2023 of the Times Higher Education has just been released. In this ranking of “young universities” or “new universities”, France stands out with 32 institutions ranked this year, including ten in the Top 100. Two institutions even feature in the Top 10: PSL in 3rd place and Ecole Polytechnique de Paris in 8th.

The Leiden Ranking 2023 by the University of Leiden (the Netherlands), has just been released, and it celebrates the good position of France among the 1,400 major universities worldwide. In total, 33 French institutions are ranked, three more than last year.