The French public higher education system includes universities and other higher education institutes, that provide both education curricula and related degrees up to doctoral degree and also contribute to research activities. They are the backbone of the tertiary education institutions in France. They are listed as different categories, depending on their administrative status, size and extents of research activity compared to educational activities.
Aside to the nationally-funded public education system that provides recognised degrees to the vast majority of students in France and that keeps tuition fees low, there exist private institutes.
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The eighty-one French public universities are organised per administrative 'académie'. Some of them have a joint collegial university cluster organisation for research, that is referred-to as 'Pôle de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur (PRES)'.
Hereafter is indicated the name of the académie with the name of the PRES in brackets when applicable, then the list of related universities in the 'académie'.
The Établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPCSP) that are not listed as universities in the list above operate as university-grade institutes.
Other higher education institutes usually can not provide their own degrees up to and including doctoral degree, so that there can not be considered in the same category as those listed above. The extent of their list is often subject to variations. They are however listed hereafter for convenience.
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