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Top 25 Universities based in France

Name: Universities based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026 94 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 94 universities headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 57,366 professional contacts across them, including 15,506 with verified work emails and 788 with mobile numbers. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers 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 7, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

94Companies

57,366Contacts tracked

15,506Verified emails

788Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest universities based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 94 universities based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to universities: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Aix-Marseille University	Indirect evidence	Marseille Cedex 07, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,040 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2	Universite DE Lorraine	Indirect evidence	Nancy, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,037 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3	Université DE Bordeaux	Indirect evidence	Talence Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	5,001-10,000	4,034 contacts →
	“With a history stretching back nearly six centuries, the University of Bordeaux is a multidisciplinary and international research university.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4	Université Paris-Saclay	Indirect evidence	91190, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,270 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5	Université Lumière Lyon 2	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,773 contacts →
	“L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 accueille sur deux campus près de 27 étudiantes et étudiants, de la Licence 1 au Doctorat.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6	Université DE Caen Normandie	Indirect evidence	Caen, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,557 contacts →
	“L’université de Caen Normandie, fondée en 1432, est l’une des plus anciennes universités françaises.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7	CY Cergy Paris Université	Indirect evidence	Cergy-pontoise, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,222 contacts →
	Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8	Université DE Picardie Jules Verne Amiens	Indirect evidence	Amiens, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	10001+	2,121 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9	Université Clermont Auvergne	Indirect evidence	Clermont-ferrand, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,098 contacts →
	“Université Clermont Auvergne (#UCA) – Grande université de formation et de recherche à dimension internationale, connectée à son environnement territorial et au monde…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10	Université DE Bretagne Occidentale	Indirect evidence	Brest, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,032 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11	Université D'angers	Indirect evidence	Angers Cedex 01, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,835 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12	Université DE Tours	Indirect evidence	Tours, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,729 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13	Université D'orléans	Indirect evidence	Orléans Cédex 2, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,557 contacts →
	“The University of Orléans (French: Université d'Orléans) is a renowned French university, in the Academy of Orléans and Tours.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14	Université Savoie Mont Blanc	Indirect evidence	Chambéry, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,481 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15	Uvsq Université DE Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines	Indirect evidence	Versailles, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	10001+	1,446 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16	Université DE Toulon	Indirect evidence	La Garde, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	501-1,000	1,180 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17	Université DU Littoral Côte D'opale	Indirect evidence	59375, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	501-1,000	1,094 contacts →
	“L'Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale (ULCO), établissement pluridisciplinaire et multipolaire, est un établissement de dimension humaine.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18	Université Bordeaux Montaigne	Indirect evidence	Pessac, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,042 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19	Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne	Indirect evidence	Saint-etienne, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,015 contacts →
	“L’Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne est une université pluridisciplinaire forte de 20 étudiants.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20	Université Évry Paris-Saclay	Indirect evidence	Evry, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	855 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21	Université Catholique DE Lyon	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	501-1,000	808 contacts →
	“Université Catholique de Lyon (Catholic University of Lyon): 5 pôles facultaires, 5 écoles supérieures, 15 unités et centres de recherche.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22	Université DE Haute-Alsace - UHA	Indirect evidence	Mulhouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	501-1,000	765 contacts →
	“L’Université de Haute-Alsace est installée sur deux villes (Mulhouse et Colmar) et sur cinq campus (à Mulhouse : Illberg, collines et Fonderie, à Colmar : Grillenbreit et…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23	Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ii	Indirect evidence	Clermont-ferrand, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	501-1,000	493 contacts →
	“Following its patron Blaise Pascal, the University at Clermont-Ferrand is dedicated to a wide spectrum of knowledge, research and teaching, ranging from Sciences to Humanities.” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24	Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès	Indirect evidence	Toulouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	1,001-5,000	450 contacts →
	Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25	Institut Catholique DE Lille	Indirect evidence	Lille, FranceHQ checked Sep 7, 2026	501-1,000	286 contacts →
	“Fondé il y a 150 ans par des entrepreneurs chrétiens engagés, l’Institut Catholique de Lille est cœur historique et membre fondateur de la Fédération Universitaire et…” Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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: 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 universities.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name 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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Universities based in France at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026

27.0%Verified-email coverage

1.4%Mobile-number coverage

610.3Average contacts per company

201-500Median size (employees)

5.3%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

14,2850–30

1,18831–60

361–90

190–180

29180+

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 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 “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 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 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, 15,506 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 7, 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 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 universities are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 94 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 universities?

Paris leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (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 15,506 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 94 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 7, 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.