Higher education in France : the 87 universities

Most students in France study at universities (nearly 1.5 million of France’s 2.2 million students), which :

• are public and open to everyone, with stage exams throughout the duration of the courses
• lead to nationally recognized qualifications (licence, master’s and PhD) and prestigious university diplomas
• offer various types of course (short, long, vocational and long-live education) in many different areas (including law, economics, management, administration, literature, languages, the arts,
• social sciences, health, technology and more)
• are centres of excellence for French research