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Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in 2022-now (#46 worldwide), followed by Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives and Université Paris-Saclay.

France's world rank
#10
of 86 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
15k
Top-10% rate
6.8%
Ranked institutions
38

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

What is the best university for Electrical and Electronic Engineering in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #4650.26.7%5,809
2Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesParis #20430.85.4%1,048
3Université Paris-SaclayGif-sur-Yvette #25827.88.1%501
4Université Bourgogne Franche-ComtéBesançon #30725.519.9%117
5Université Grenoble AlpesSaint-Martin-d'Hères #31625.15.2%622
6Université Paris Sciences et LettresParis #31725.18.9%199
7Sorbonne UniversitéParis #32724.77.9%218
8Université Paris CitéParis #44720.612.0%66
9InsermParis #59316.99.0%61
10Université de LyonLyon #63915.95.9%163
11Huawei Technologies (France)Boulogne-Billancourt #66015.513.1%83
12Université de RennesRennes #67315.38.4%143
13École PolytechniquePalaiseau #71314.56.9%81
14Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-PyrénéesToulouse #74114.06.3%125
15Université de BordeauxBordeaux #75413.85.8%116
16Thales (France)Paris #78513.33.8%151
17Aix-Marseille UniversitéMarseille #81012.98.5%95
18Université de LorraineNancy #81212.86.3%143
19Université Toulouse III - Paul SabatierToulouse #82412.67.3%80
20Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg #83712.410.6%68
21Université de MontpellierMontpellier #84112.47.6%122
22Université Lille Nord de FranceLille #86612.06.0%205
23European Space AgencyParis #88811.77.9%161
24Institut Mines-TélécomPalaiseau #91911.27.3%312
25Nantes UniversitéNantes #94610.86.3%89
26Arts et MétiersParis #1,00010.110.2%64
27Institut Polytechnique de BordeauxBordeaux #1,0299.74.4%109
28École Centrale de LilleVilleneuve-d'Ascq #1,1198.68.8%72
29Orange (France)Paris #1,1957.87.9%86
30Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numériqueLe Chesnay-Rocquencourt #1,2067.77.6%102
31Université Gustave EiffelChamps-sur-Marne #1,2587.16.4%102
32Université de Picardie Jules VerneAmiens #1,2747.06.9%86
33Université de Bretagne OccidentaleBrest #1,3146.65.7%74
34Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de LyonLyon #1,5074.85.7%87
35Université de LimogesLimoges #1,5804.24.8%71
36Office National d'Études et de Recherches AérospatialesPalaiseau #1,7982.52.8%67
37Électricité de France (France)Paris #1,8722.02.9%63
38STMicroelectronics (France)Montrouge #1,8751.91.8%124

Institutions in France above the floor of 40 fractional works in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Electrical and Electronic Engineering researchers in France?

Jean‐Marie Tarascon, Patrice Simon and Claude Delmas rank highest among researchers based in France, on their papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Jean‐Marie Tarascon#16,252 worldwide overall93.1 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Patrice Simon#4,773 worldwide overall59.7 of 111 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Claude Delmas#69,532 worldwide overall50.3 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Pierre‐Louis Taberna#12,293 worldwide overall43.3 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Christian M Julien#225,586 worldwide overall66.4 of 252 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Paolo Samorı́#56,602 worldwide overall49.2 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gilles Horowitz#85,642 worldwide overall49.6 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Frédéric Jaouen#12,866 worldwide overall37.7 of 67 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Christian Masquelier#49,467 worldwide overall39.0 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Marco Di Renzo#510,613 worldwide overall96.5 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Serge Cosnier#210,882 worldwide overall41.3 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Dominique Guyomard#195,203 worldwide overall39.5 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13A. Mauger#283,580 worldwide overall41.7 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Gwenaëlle Rousse#102,898 worldwide overall32.5 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Rémi Dedryvère#29,294 worldwide overall27.4 of 56 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in France on their work in Electrical and Electronic Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

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