This List of universities and colleges in France includes
universities
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and other higher education institutes that provide both education curricula and related degrees up to doctoral degree and also contribute to research activities. They are the backbone of the
tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
institutions in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
They are listed as different categories, depending on their administrative status, size and extents of research activity compared to educational activities.
Aside from the nationally funded public education system that provides recognised degrees to the vast majority of students in France and that keeps tuition fees low, there exist private institutes.
Public universities in France
French public universities (see
List of public 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 p ...
for a detailed list) are as of 2015 in the process of reorganization according to the
Law on Higher Education and Research passed in July 2013. This includes some merging of institutions, and the previous high-level organization under
Pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur
French university associations known as "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" (PRES; English: centers for research and higher education) were a form of higher-level organization for universities and other institutions established by ...
(PRES) has been dissolved for
Communities of Universities and Institutions (COMUE).
Public technical universities, institutes of technologies and autonomous scientific higher education institutes
The
Établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPCSP) that are not listed as universities in the list above operate as university-grade institutes.
Within a public university
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Paris-Saclay University
Paris-Saclay University (french: Université Paris-Saclay) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 prestigious universities that emerged from the division of the University of Paris, also known as the Sorbonne. ...
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Paris region
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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CentraleSupélec
CentraleSupélec (CS) is a top French graduate engineering school of Paris-Saclay University in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. It was established on 1 January 2015, as a result of a strategic merger between two prestigious grandes écoles in France ...
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École normale supérieure de Paris-Saclay
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PSL University
Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL University or simply PSL) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It was established in 2010 and formally created as a university in 2019. It is a collegiate university with 11 constituen ...
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Paris region
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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École normale supérieure de Paris
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École pratique des hautes études
The École pratique des hautes études (), abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is highly selective, and counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions. It is a constituent college o ...
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Collège de France
The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (''grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris ne ...
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Dauphine
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Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
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Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique
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École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century ...
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Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon ...
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Paris region
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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University of Technology of Compiègne
The University of Technology of Compiègne (french: link=no, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UTC) is a public research university located in Compiègne, France. The university has both the status of public university and grande école. ...
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University of Paris
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Paris region
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris - Université de Paris (IPGP, University of Paris; French for "Paris Institute of Earth Physics") is a French governmental, non-profit research and higher education establishment located in Paris, dedica ...
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Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
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Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales ( en, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations), abbreviated as INALCO, is a French university specializing in the teaching of languages and cultures from the world. ...
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Gustave Eiffel University
Gustave Eiffel University (french: Université Gustave Eiffel) is a public university located throughout Metropolitan France.
The university's namesake is French engineer, Gustave Eiffel.
Gustave Eiffel University is known for its civil engin ...
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Paris region
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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ESIEE Paris
ESIEE Paris (french: École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique) is a grande école of engineering located in Marne-la-Vallée. The school was established in 1904 and is part of the ESIEE network of graduate schools.
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- École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Électrotechnique et Électronique
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CY Cergy Paris University
CY Cergy Paris University (French: ''CY Cergy Paris Université'') is a public university located in Cergy-Pontoise, France. It was officially announced in October 2019 by the ''décret'' that the university would be founded by combining other ...
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Paris region
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris (a''lliance'')
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Paris region
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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Arts et Métiers
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Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
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University of Lyon
The University of Lyon (french: Université de Lyon), located in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 11 members and 24 associated institutions. The three main universities in this center are: ...
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Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
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École centrale de Lyon
The École centrale de Lyon (ECL) is a research university in greater Lyon, France. Founded in 1857 by François Barthélemy Arlès-Dufour in response to the increasing industrialization of France, it is one of the oldest graduate schools in Fra ...
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École normale supérieure de Lyon
The École normale supérieure de Lyon (also known as ENS de Lyon, ENSL or Normale Sup' Lyon) is a French grande école located in the city of Lyon. It is one of the four prestigious écoles normales supérieures in France. The school is ...
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
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University of Toulouse
The University of Toulouse (french: Université de Toulouse) was a university in the French city of Toulouse that was established by papal bull in 1229, making it one of the earliest universities to emerge in Europe. Suppressed during the Frenc ...
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Toulouse
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ISAE-SUPAERO
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
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Toulouse Institute of Technology
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ENSEEIHT
The École nationale supérieure d'électrotechnique, d'électronique, d'informatique, d'hydraulique et des télécommunications (ENSEEIHT) is a French engineering school (Grande École) which offers education in Electrical Engineering, Electron ...
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ENSIACET
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ENSAT - École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse
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Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France
The Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France (''Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France''), previously known as University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis (''Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis'') until 1 January 2 ...
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées des Hauts-de-France
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Grenoble Alpes University
The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "''Grenoble Alps University''") is a public research university in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 resea ...
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Grenoble Institute of Technology
The Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP) (''Institut polytechnique de Grenoble'', ''Groupe Grenoble INP'' and before INPG) is a French technological university system consisting of eight engineering and management schools.
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Autonomous scientific higher education institutes
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École centrale de Lille
Located in the campus of Science and Technology (Cité Scientifique) of the University of Lille in Villeneuve-d'Ascq ( European Metropolis of Lille - Hauts-de-France); École Centrale de Lille is a renowned graduate engineering school, with roots ...
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École centrale de Marseille
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École centrale de Nantes
École Centrale de Nantes, or Centrale Nantes, is a grande école - a French engineering school - established in 1919 under the name of '' Institut Polytechnique de l'Ouest''. It delivers Graduate, Master, and PhD Programmes based on the latest ...
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École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales
The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (french: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The ...
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IFP School
The IFP School (French: ''ENSPM - École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs'') is a graduate engineering school located in Rueil-Malmaison, France. Founded in 1954, IFP School is part of the IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), a French ...
- École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées
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In some countries, institutes can ...
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes
The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes or INSA Rennes is a ''Grande École d'Ingénieurs'', a School of Engineering, under the authority of the French Ministry of Education and Research.
It is located on the Beaulieu campus in ...
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen
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Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg
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Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard
The University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) is a Grande École university. of engineering located in Belfort, Sevenans and Montbéliard, France. The University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard is part of the network of the ...
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University of Technology of Troyes
The University of Technology of Troyes (''Université de Technologie de Troyes''; ''UTT'') is a French university, in the Academy of Reims.
The UTT is part of the network of the three universities of technology, found by the University of Techno ...
Autonomous art schools
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European Academy of Art in Brittany (EESAB) (France)
Grandes écoles
Private universities in France
Independent institutions
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Leonardo da Vinci University Center
Leonardo de Vinci University Center (French: ''Pôle universitaire Léonard de Vinci''), is a French private university cluster located at La Défense.
History
The Leonardo de Vinci University Center, a higher education University center, has ...
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INSEEC U.
Omnes Education, formerly INSEEC U. (french: link=no, INSEEC U.) is a private university in France, with French, European and international campuses in Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Chambéry, London, Monaco, Geneva, Abidjan and Shanghai as well as San ...
**Hautes Etudes Internationales et Politiques
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Centre d'Études Diplomatiques et Stratégiques
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Faculté libre de droit, d'économie et de gestion (FACO)
Catholic universities
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Catholic University of Paris
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Catholic University of Toulouse
The Institut Catholique de Toulouse (or ICT) is a Catholic university in Toulouse, France.
The Catholic Institute of Toulouse (ICT) is a private institution of higher education including the humanities and social sciences, law and theology, as wel ...
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Catholic University of the West
The Catholic University of the West (UCO; French: Université catholique de l'Ouest), known colloquially to its students as «''la Catho''», is a university located in Angers, France.
History
Early in the 11th century this school became famous ...
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Catholic University of Lyon
The Catholic University of Lyon (''Université Catholique de Lyon''), or the Lyon Catholic University also known as the Catholic Institute of Lyon (''Institut catholique de Lyon''), is a private university based in Lyon, France.
History
The Cat ...
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Lille Catholic University
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Catholic University of the Vendée
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Catholic University of Rennes
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Domuni Universitas Toulouse
Protestant universities
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Free Faculty of Reform Theology of Aix-en-Provence
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Concept
* Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything
* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
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Free Faculty of Protestant Theology of Montpellier
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Concept
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Free Faculty of Protestant Theology of Paris
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Concept
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* Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism
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Others
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American University of Paris
The American University of Paris (AUP) is a private, independent, and accredited liberal arts university in Paris, France. Founded in 1962, the university is one of the oldest American institutions of higher education in Europe, and the first to ...
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Chavagnes Studium
The Chavagnes Studium is an English-speaking international centre for the study of the Liberal Arts, founded in 2002 as part of Chavagnes International College, an educational institution in the Vendée in the west of France. The Studium support ...
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Touro College France
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American Graduate School in Paris
The American Graduate School in Paris (or AGS) is an American institution of higher education located in Paris, France and specializes in International Relations and related disciplines. It is a not-for-profit organization. It is recognized in Fran ...
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Schiller International University
Schiller International University (SIU) is a private for-profit university with its main campus and administrative headquarters in Tampa, Florida. It is named after the German playwright and philosopher Friedrich Schiller.
It has campuses on tw ...
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Sigmund Freud University Paris
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European Global School/University
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International Institute for Image and Sound of Paris
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International Institute of Paris
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*Higher Institute of Law (ISD)
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Saint-Jean Institute - Center for Philosophical Studies
* Independent Cooperative University
* Free Faculties of Philosophy and Psychology
* European International University - Paris, France
See also
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List of public 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 p ...
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Education in France
Education in France is organized in a highly centralized manner, with many subdivisions. It is divided into the three stages of primary education (''enseignement primaire''), secondary education (''enseignement secondaire''), and higher educatio ...
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List of universities and colleges by country
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Lists of universities and colleges
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Subject of study
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G. I American Universities
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Franco-German University
The Franco-German University (FGU, french: Université franco-allemande (UFA), german: Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (DFH)) is an international organisation of universities from Germany and France with the purpose of facilitating internatio ...
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Open access in France
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...