ParisTech – the Paris Institute of Technology – is one of the collegiate universities in France. Its oldest college was founded in 1741. Nowadays, it gathers 11 of the best French engineering schools, covering nearly the whole spectrum of engineering science, and 1 business school. Currently, there are 18,900 students (31% of whom are foreign students).

One of the two universities in the city of Rennes, France, the University of Rennes is a multidisciplinary institution offering academic qualifications in three main scientific areas: Science, Technology, Engineering and Health; Law, Politics, Economics, Management and Administration Science; Human Sciences (Philosophy and Communication). The University currently welcomes about 22,000 students (including about 2,000 from abroad), and more than 2,000 students continuing education

Paris-Sorbonne University was established as a separate institution in 1971, after the university reforms (Framework law drawn up by Edgar FAURE in 1968) were carried out and the University of Paris and its five faculties were split and then re-formed into thirteen interdisciplinary universities.

As a center for higher education and research, the University of Lyon consists of 16 institutions of higher education. The University of Lyon has three main universities and a number of member institutions. The three universities are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, offering health and science studies with approximately 27,000 students, Lumière University Lyon 2, focusing on the social sciences with about 30,000 students, and Jean Moulin University Lyon 3,

University of Lille (Université Lille) is one of the leading science universities in France. Together with another two public universities, Université du Droit et de la Santé de Lille or Université de Lille II and Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III it forms the total number of three universities situated in Lille, a city in Northern France.

The former University of Montpellier, originally located in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon région of the south of France is now divided into three universities: the University of Montpellier 1 , Montpellier 2 University and Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III. University of Montpellier 1 admits more than 22,000 students who are pursuing academic qualifications, from a bachelor’s degree to a doctorate.