Top 5 universities in France
1. Paris Sciences et Lettres - PSL Research University Paris
Paris Sciences et Lettres - PSL Research University Paris is formed of 25 higher education institutions and research centres in the Paris area. It was formed in April 2010 by five prominent French institutions: the École Normale Supérieure, the Collège de France, the Paris Observatory, Chimie ParisTech and ESPCI ParisTech.
The institutions under the umbrella of the university are a mixture of older institutions that were established during the Enlightenment period and new institutions.
The university's main aim is to establish itself as one of the top research institutions in the world. The institution has also developed links with other top ranking institutions around the world including the University of Cambridge, University College London, Peking University and National Taiwan University.
A total of 22 Nobel prizes have been awarded to researchers from the university across physics, chemistry, literature, physiology and medicine and economics.
法国最顶尖的五所大学
——根据《泰晤士高等教育》2018年法国大学排名
第一位、巴黎文理研究大学
巴黎文理研究大学由巴黎地区的25个高等教育机构和研究中心联合而成。巴黎文理研究大学形成于2010年，构成该大学的五个顶尖法国机构分别是高等师范学校、法兰西学院、巴黎天文台、巴黎高科化学学校和巴黎高等物理化工学院。
巴黎文理研究大学旗下的机构有建立于启蒙运动时期的古老机构，也有一些是新成立的机构。
巴黎文理研究大学的主要目标是成为世界最顶尖的研究型大学之一。巴黎文理研究大学已与世界一些排名最顶尖的大学建立联系，包括剑桥大学、伦敦大学学院、北京大学和国立台湾大学。
截至目前，巴黎文理研究大学已有22人获诺贝尔奖，涵盖物理、化学、文学、生理学或医学以及经济学等领域。
2. École Polytechnique
École Polytechnique focuses specifically on science and technology. The motto of the school is “For the Homeland, Science and Glory”.
There are fewer than 3,000 students at the university, which is based in the small Parisian suburb of Palaiseau, just over 10 miles from the centre of Paris.
Despite the small intake each year, about 30 per cent of the student body is international, with one Spanish student explaining that international students get special attention and preparatory programmes.
École Polytechnique offers an interdisciplinary approach, providing a curriculum that combines undergraduate teaching with graduate research across a broad range of topics and specialisms.
In addition to six different topics within science and engineering, undergraduates are also required to take a humanities subject and sports.
Undergraduate admission requires two years of preparation during high school before a week of written exams and then an oral examination.
French nationals are obliged to do eight months of military service in their first year, since the university is officially still run by the Ministry of Defence.
第二位、巴黎综合理工大学
巴黎综合理工大学格外注重科学和技术。“为了祖国、科学和荣誉”是它的校训。
巴黎综合理工大学有不到3千名学生，校址位于巴黎市郊的小镇帕莱索，距离巴黎市中心10英里。
巴黎综合理工大学虽然每年招生不多，但是30%的学生属于国际生。对此，一位西班牙学生解释说，这是因为国际生在巴黎综合理工大学可以特殊关照，可以学习预备课程。
巴黎综合理工大学采用跨学科方法，提供的课程结合本科教学和研究生研究，横跨众多的课题和专业领域。
除了科学和工程内的六个不同课题，本科生还需要学习人文学科和体育。
本科生入学要求在参加笔试和口试之前的一周已有两年的高中学习准备。
法国学生在第一年的时候需要服八个月的兵役，因为巴黎综合理工大学仍然是由国防部接管。
3. Pierre and Marie Curie University
Like Paris-Sud University also in the top five, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC) was established after the division of the University of Paris in 1970.
It is the largest scientific and medical complex in the country, with about 30,000 full-time students around the university’s Jussieu campus in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
The university has eight main teaching hospitals and is also well known for excellence in mathematics.
A number of affiliates of the university have won Nobel prizes for physics, chemistry and medicine since Pierre Curie and Marie Curie won in 1903.
There are 120 different research laboratories across modelling and engineering; living earth and environment; energy, matter and the universe; and life and health. More than 5,000 researchers and professors work in these four divisions.
About 20 per cent of the students are international. In total, there are about 3,000 doctoral candidates across 16 doctoral schools.
第三位、巴黎第六大学
和同样排在前五名(第四)的巴黎第十一大学一样，巴黎第六大学也成立于巴黎大学分裂(1970)之后。
巴黎第六大学是法国规模最大的科学和医学大学，大约有3万名全日制学生，分布于巴黎拉丁区的朱西厄校区。
巴黎第六大学有8个教学医院，也以优质的数学专业著称。
自从1903年皮埃尔·居里和玛丽·居里夫人获奖以来，巴黎第六大学已有多人获得诺贝尔奖。获奖领域涵盖物理、化学和医学。
巴黎第六大学有120个不同的研究实验室，研究领域涵盖模型与工程，生命地球与环境，能源、物质与宇宙以及生命与健康。学校有5千多名研究员和教授从事这四个领域的研究。
在学生中，大约20%属于国际生。博士候选人总共大约有3千人，分布在16个博士级学院。
4. Paris-Sud University
Another large university, Paris-Sud University has just under 30,000 students across its campuses in the southern Parisian suburbs.
The university, and particularly its Orsay Centre, is noted for its contributions to physics and chemistry research. It is home to some of the most elite laboratories in France, in research fields including nuclear physics, astrophysics, atomic physics, nanoscience and particle physics.
Two Nobel prizes and four Fields Medals have been awarded to affiliates of the university. A number of other leading academics and business people are graduates, including Bertrand Serlet, the former senior vice-president of software engineering at Apple.
There are about 4,800 international students at Paris-Sud University hailing from 125 different countries.
第四位、巴黎第十一大学
巴黎第十一大学是法国另一所规模较大的大学，有近3万名学生，其校区分布在巴黎南部市郊。
巴黎第十一大学，尤其是它的奥赛中心，以对物理和化学的研究著称。巴黎第十一大学有法国一些最优秀的实验室，实验研究涵盖核子物理学、天体物理学、原子物理学、纳米科学和粒子物理学。
截至目前，巴黎第十一大学已有两人获诺贝尔奖，四人获菲尔兹奖章。其毕业生中有许许多多的顶尖专业人员和商人，包括苹果公司的前任软件工程高级副总裁伯特兰·塞莱特。
巴黎第十一大学有来自125个不同国家的约4千8百名国际生。
5. École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon is one of four Ècole Normale Superiéures in France and the only university in the top five located outside of Paris.
The first ENS was founded after the French Revolution and has since produced minds such as Louis Pasteur, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone Weil. Building on the success of the original school, ENS Lyon was founded in 1880.
The majority of students are recruited from local preparatory schools but a proportion of students are admitted entry if they pass rigorous entrance exams.
第五位、里昂高等师范学校
里昂高等师范学校是法国四大高等师范学校之一，也是前五名中唯一不位于巴黎的大学。
第一所高等师范学校成立于法国大革命之后。自那以后，高等师范学校培养出了路易·巴斯德(法国化学家及微生物学家)、让·保罗·萨特(法国哲学家)和西蒙娜·韦伊(法国哲学家)等人物。在原有高等师范学校的成功的基础上，里昂高等师范学校于1880年成立。
里昂高等师范学校的大部分学生都来自于当地的预备学校，但是通过严格的入学考试，其他地方的学生也可以获得录取。
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