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Top 25 Modern universities based in France
RevenueBase identified 160 modern universities headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 69,303 professional contacts across them, including 18,031 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers modern universities headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 15, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest modern universities based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,040 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Première université française avec + de 80 étudiants, 8 personnels et 800 m2 de patrimoine immobilier, Aix Marseille Université (amU) délivre près de 1 100 diplômes au sein de ses…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 5,037 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Première région campus en France, l’Université de Lorraine est une grande université internationale qui promeut la mutualisation des savoirs, des sciences fondamentales aux…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,133 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bienvenue sur le compte de Sorbonne Université, une université pluridisciplinaire de recherche intensive et de rang mondial.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 3,270 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Née de la volonté conjuguée d’universités, de grandes écoles et d’organismes de recherche, l’Université Paris-Saclay compte parmi les grandes universités européennes et mondiales…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 3,110 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L'université de Montpellier est la 6ème université de France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,057 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Avec ses sept facultés et ses cinq instituts, l’Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne est présente dans tous les domaines de la connaissance depuis 1971.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,557 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L’université de Caen Normandie, fondée en 1432, est l’une des plus anciennes universités françaises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 2,222 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 2,121 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L'université compte étudiants répartis dans 4 domaines de compétences, ainsi que 33 équipes de recherche dont 10 CNRS ou INSERM, 2 écoles doctorales, 11 UFR et 6 instituts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,098 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Université Clermont Auvergne (#UCA) – Grande université de formation et de recherche à dimension internationale, connectée à son environnement territorial et au monde…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,032 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pluridisciplinaire, l'Université de Bretagne Occidentale dispense un enseignement supérieur d'excellent niveau dans ses UFR de Sciences et Techniques, de Médecine, d'Odontologie…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,835 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Au coeur du Val de Loire, à 1 H 30 de Paris, l'Université d'Angers est installée sur 3 campus angevins,Belle-Beille, St Serge et Santé, et sur deux campus délocalisés, Cholet et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,729 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pluridisciplinaire, l’université de Tours propose des parcours de formations très diversifiés à ses étudiants, fondés sur les 3 grades européens : la licence, le master et le…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,557 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of Orléans (French: Université d'Orléans) is a renowned French university, in the Academy of Orléans and Tours.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,505 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès is a higher education company based out of 5 allée Antonio Machado 31058 Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,481 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nestled between lakes and mountains on 3 different campuses in the French Alps, the University of Savoie Mont Blanc offers its students more than 200 degrees to choose from within…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,446 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Membre fondateur de l’Université Paris-Saclay, classée 8e université française par le Times Higher Education, et 2e mondiale en sciences de l’atmosphère par le classement de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1,372 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Une université innovante, ouverte au monde : Ses missions prioritaires sont l’enseignement, la recherche et le service à la société : mais au-delà des savoirs, les filières de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,180 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1968 and independently managed since January 1st 2012, the University of Toulon (UTLN) places the University’s attractiveness at the core of its long-term strategic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,094 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L'Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale (ULCO), établissement pluridisciplinaire et multipolaire, est un établissement de dimension humaine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,042 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L'Université Bordeaux Montaigne réunit plus de 17 étudiants et 1300 enseignants et personnels administratifs autour des formations et de la recherche en arts, langues, lettres…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,015 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L’Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne est une université pluridisciplinaire forte de 20 étudiants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 932 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le Mans Université is a multidisciplinary institution founded in 1977.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 855 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L’Université Évry Paris-Saclay fait partie du Top 20 des universités françaises (taux de réussite en master, données ministère) et du réseau d’excellence de l’Université…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 808 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Université Catholique de Lyon (Catholic University of Lyon): 5 pôles facultaires, 5 écoles supérieures, 15 unités et centres de recherche.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: modern universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names modern universities.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of modern universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name modern universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Modern universities based in France at a glance
As of Sep 15, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 160 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among modern universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “modern universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names modern universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among modern universities, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 18,031 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names modern universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many modern universities are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 160 modern universities headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Aix-Marseille University, headquartered in Paca, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most modern universities?
Paris leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Lille (4) and Strasbourg (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 18,031 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 160 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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