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Biomedical Engineering research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Biomedical Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#42 worldwide), followed by Inserm and Ingenierie des Materiaux polymeres.

France's world rank
#9
of 81 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
10k
Top-10% rate
11.9%
Ranked institutions
20

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

What is the best university for Biomedical Engineering in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #4249.213.7%1,202
2InsermParis #30022.517.0%214
3Ingenierie des Materiaux polymeresVilleurbanne #47016.426.6%83
4Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Villeurbanne #55414.112.0%169
5Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette #55614.112.0%198
6Sorbonne UniversitéParis #59813.114.2%160
7Université Bourgogne Franche-ComtéBesançon #61512.726.2%77
8Université de LorraineNancy #7629.813.3%136
9Université Paris CitéParis #8308.619.1%86
10Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg #9057.516.8%87
11Université Paris Sciences et LettresParis #9097.421.0%71
12Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères #9546.811.0%134
13Université de MontpellierMontpellier #1,0205.815.0%91
14Université de BordeauxBordeaux #1,0335.714.8%81
15Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesParis #1,0655.39.5%148
16Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementParis #1,1134.714.5%89
17Université de LilleLille #1,2213.410.3%96
18Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-PyrénéesToulouse #1,2453.112.8%79
19Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #1,2742.811.7%78
20Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de LyonLyon #1,435120.010.2%62

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

Who are the top Biomedical Engineering researchers in France?

Hervé Delingette, Nicholas Ayache and Alberto Bianco rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1Hervé Delingette#3,047 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 19 works
  2. 2Nicholas Ayache#3,620 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 24 works
  3. 3Alberto Bianco#11,821 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 21 works
  4. 4Bahram Djafari‐Rouhani#18,320 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 26 works
  5. 5N. Mitchell#37,967 worldwide overall408 citations · 22 works
  6. 6Karsten Haupt#50,821 worldwide overall485 citations · 19 works
  7. 7Badreddine Assouar#52,300 worldwide overall398 citations · 19 works
  8. 8Bertrand Tondu#53,438 worldwide overall334 citations · 19 works
  9. 9Abdelkrim Khelif#73,489 worldwide overall288 citations · 25 works
  10. 10Nicolas Mansard#77,615 worldwide overall339 citations · 20 works
  11. 11A. Devred#80,523 worldwide overall291 citations · 26 works
  12. 12Jean‐Jacques Greffet#87,064 worldwide overall699 citations · 24 works
  13. 13Olivier Stasse#93,471 worldwide overall292 citations · 22 works
  14. 14François Cansell#108,916 worldwide overall384 citations · 18 works
  15. 15J.-C. Bacri#110,238 worldwide overall352 citations · 19 works

How France compares with other countries in Biomedical Engineering