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Artificial Intelligence research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022–2025 (#55 worldwide), followed by Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique and Sorbonne Université.

France's world rank
#13
of 90 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
11k
Top-10% rate
15.2%
Ranked institutions
31

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Artificial Intelligence in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #5546.918.0%1,113
2Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numériqueLe Chesnay-Rocquencourt #47418.316.7%247
3Sorbonne UniversitéParis #49417.818.5%245
4Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette #54716.415.1%237
5Université Paris CitéParis #69413.218.4%166
6Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères #83010.915.8%165
7EURECOMValbonne #9988.418.7%90
8Institut Polytechnique de ParisPalaiseau #1,0198.122.3%90
9Université Paris Sciences et LettresParis #1,1286.828.6%68
10Télécom ParisPalaiseau #1,1976.018.1%100
11Université de RennesRennes #1,2225.717.8%86
12Université de LorraineNancy #1,2255.712.2%130
13Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesParis #1,2345.617.5%98
14InsermParis #1,2535.422.6%70
15École PolytechniquePalaiseau #1,2545.416.9%89
16École Normale Supérieure - PSLParis #1,2935.022.0%63
17Institut Polytechnique de BordeauxBordeaux #1,3234.713.5%86
18Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Villeurbanne #1,3384.514.2%104
19Université Toulouse III - Paul SabatierToulouse #1,3724.213.3%86
20Université de LilleLille #1,3794.112.0%108
21Université Côte d'AzurNice #1,3954.016.8%61
22Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #1,4523.510.6%94
23Université Gustave EiffelChamps-sur-Marne #1,4613.417.9%60
24Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsToulouse #1,4683.311.8%67
25Université de MontpellierMontpellier #1,5112.914.7%68
26Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes AléatoiresRennes #1,5252.814.9%70
27Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-PyrénéesToulouse #1,5382.713.2%76
28Institut de Recherche en Informatique de ToulouseToulouse #1,5392.712.2%73
29Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses ApplicationsNancy #1,5682.410.5%76
30Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l’InformationPalaiseau #1,5972.214.1%68
31Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris-NordVilletaneuse #1,6521.710.7%70

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Artificial Intelligence, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Artificial Intelligence researchers in France?

Cordelia Schmid, Gaël Varoquaux and Patrick Brézillon rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1Cordelia Schmid#133 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 34 works
  2. 2Gaël Varoquaux#1,504 worldwide overall2k citations · 32 works
  3. 3Patrick Brézillon#1,924 worldwide overall2k citations · 31 works
  4. 4Holger Schwenk#2,843 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 40 works
  5. 5Florence Forbes#5,569 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 28 works
  6. 6Serge Abiteboul#11,554 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 34 works
  7. 7Jérôme Euzenat#13,479 worldwide overall863 citations · 52 works
  8. 8Rachid Alami#15,873 worldwide overall976 citations · 36 works
  9. 9Gilles Celeux#20,006 worldwide overall813 citations · 28 works
  10. 10Marc Jóye#21,820 worldwide overall886 citations · 33 works
  11. 11Patrick Cousot#24,088 worldwide overall754 citations · 34 works
  12. 12Mérouane Debbah#25,730 worldwide overall4.3k citations · 36 works
  13. 13Henri Prade#29,671 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 140 works
  14. 14Fabian M. Suchanek#36,145 worldwide overall461 citations · 38 works
  15. 15Didier Dubois#36,685 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 166 works

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