Four Ile-de-France universities among the world’s best 100, according to the Shanghai ranking

After the ranking from the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), it is now time for the yearly Shanghai ranking to lift the veil on the world’s best universities. This is not surprising to see American colleges remain the best and figure prominently in the ranking revealed this Monday August 15, 2022.

On the first step of the podium, Harvard University, overlooking the top 100, and for the 20^th year in a row! Standford ranks second, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The prestigious Cambridge college in Great Britain loses one place and ends up fourth of the top 100.

But what about French colleges, then? Well, four Île-de-France colleges rank among the world’s best 100! The first one is set in Essonne. This is the Paris-Saclay University, ranking 13^th in 2021, it loses 3 places and is now 16^th in the ranking released by the Shanghai Ranking consultant Chinese company.

The Paris-Saclay University is not the only French school to be part of the ranking, since three more colleges, all in Paris, are part of the top 100 world’s best colleges.

Let us name the PSL University (Paris Sciences & Lettres). The college that gathers several higher schools, including the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) ranks 40^th of this year’s ranking. Although the university has lost two places in a year, it is still second on the domestic podium.

As for the Sorbonne University, it tumbles 8 places and ends up 43^rd of the ranking, as the Paris-Cité University ranks 78^th in 2022.

As for the rest, the ranking also lists the Aix-Marseille University, the Grenoble-Alpes University and the Strasbourg University.

But then, how is the world’s best universities ranking made? The Chinese consultant company Shanghai Ranking relies on several criteria such as the number of Nobel and Fields medals given to graduates and teachers, or even the number of publications in the prestigious Science and Nature magazines.

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Shanghai Ranking 2022: the world’s best 20 universities

• 1/ Harvard University, United States
• 2/ Stanford University, United States
• 3/ Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
• 4/ University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 5/ University of California, Berkeley, United States
• 6/ Princeton University, United States
• 7/ University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• 8/ Columbia University, United States
• 9/ California Institute of Technology, United States
• 10/ University of Chicago, United States
• 11/ Yale University, United States
• 12/ Cornell University, United States
• 13/ University of California, Los Angeles, United States
• 14/ Johns Hopkins University, United States
• 15/ University of Pennsylvania, United States
• 16/ Paris-Saclay University, France
• 17/ University of Washington, United States
• 18/ University College London, United Kingdom
• 19/ University of California, San Francisco, United States
• 20/ ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Find the complete ranking on the official website.