2019 edition by subjects

École normale supérieure de Lyon ranks among the best French universities by appearing with 2 disciplines in the top 75 of the 2019 Shanghai’s global ranking by academic subjects.

• Mathematics: 3rd (France) / 27th (world)
• Earth sciences: 8th (France) / 51-75th (world)

International Rankings

THE ranking - World’s best small universities: 2nd (France) / 5th (world)

QS World University Rankings: 5th (France) / 160th (world)

THE World University Rankings: 5th (France) / 201-250th (world)

Academic Ranking of World Universities: 15-17th (France) / 301-400th (world)

Shanghai ranking

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003, making it the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators