Commercial Rankings
Le Point
Le Point magazine produces an annual ranking of engineering schools, categorized under three categories: post-baccalaureate schools, schools that require two years of preparatory classes (classes préparatoires) for entry (grandes écoles), and “life and earth science” schools.
Methodology
The Le Point rankings are based on information taken from a number of different data and survey-based sources.
All schools recognized by the Commission des Titres D’Igénieurs (CTI) were sent a questionnaire. Of the approximately 240 schools contacted, just over 130 responded. Extra information for those institutions was then gathered from a number of other sources. These include information on revenue generation, information from study guides and subjective opinion from recruiters, the CTI and higher education experts.
The two main criteria used to assess institutions were: teaching quality and professional opportunities. The results for the two criteria were expressed in two separate tables and were also combined to form one general ranking.
Teaching quality indicators include: student visa issuances for foreign students, entry requirements, teacher ratio, number of doctored professors, research output per professor, foreign partnership agreement, foreign student intake and average times spent abroad by domestic students, and number of exchange agreements.
Professional opportunity indicators include: annual research contracts and income generation, number of external consultants offering courses, internship opportunities, job prospects, and alumni contributions.
Results
Grandes Ecoles
- Ecole Polytechnique
- Ecole Nationale Spérieure des Mines — Paris
- Ecole nationale supérieure des telecommunications — Paris
- Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées
- Ecole centrale — Paris
- Ecole supérieure d’électricité
- Ecole nationale supérieure d’arts et métiers
- Ecole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris
- LYON Ecole centrale
- Ecole nationale supérieure de techniques avancées
Source: Le Point, February 17, 2005
Post-Bac Schools
- Institut national des sciences appliqués — Lyon
- Université de technologie de Compiègne
- Institut national des sciences appliqués — Toulose
- Université de technologie de Troyes
- Ecole supérieure d’ingénieurs en électronique et électrotechnique — Paris
- Institut national des sciences appliqués — Rennes
- Ecole centrale d’électronique
- Ecole supérieure d’ingénieurs en génie électrique
- Ecole française d’électronique et d’informatique
- Institut supérieur d’électronique de Paris
Source: Le Point, February 17, 2005
Top Life and Earth Science Schools
- Institut national agronomique — Paris
- Ecole nationale du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts
- Ecole nationale supérieure agronomique — Montpellier
- Ecole nationale supérieure de géologie
- Ecole nationale supérieure agronomique — Toulouse
- Ecole nationale supérieure des industries agricoles et alimentaires
- Ecole nationale supérieure de biologie appliquée à la nutrition et à l’alimentation — Dijon
- Ecole nationale supérieure d’agronomie et des industries alimentaires
- Ecole nationale supérieure d’horticulture et de l’aménagement du paysage
- Etablissement national d’enseignement agronomique de Dijon
Source: Le Point, February 17, 2005
L’Express, Business School Rankings
L’Express, a news weekly, publishes an annual list ranking the country’s best business programs. The 2005 ranking includes an overall classification derived from three separate classifications: academic quality (AACSB/EQUIS labeled, student/teacher ratio, doctored professors, stars in CNRS review, internship opportunities); internationalization (partners, joint degrees, length of overseas study, English-language, foreign student enrollment); and business ties.
In 2005, the top three based on academic quality were:
- Essec
- HEC
- ESCP-EAP
Internationalization
- ESCP-EAP
- HEC
- Essec
Business Ties
- Essec
- EM Lyon
- HEC
Overall
- Essec
- HEC
- ESCP-EAP
- EM Lyon
- Edhec Lille-Nice
- Grenoble Ecole de Management
- ESC Toulouse
- Audencia Nantes
- Euromed Marseille
- ESC Rouen
Source: L’Express, March 11, 2005
Le Nouvel Observateur
Le Nouvel Observateur, a news weekly, runs a series of special supplements throughout the year classifying schools and programs according to a number of different criteria. Among these supplements are guides for students graduating high school, guides for those seeking programs offering the best chances in the job market, the top 200 engineering schools, the top 100 business schools, and the top 300 programs to get you a job fast.
All are available for purchase from: <www.nouvelobs.com/guides/ecolescom [1]>
L’Etudiant
L’Etudiant, a weekly news magazine targeted at students, publishes a number of guides and rankings that it makes available for purchase from: www.letudiant.fr [2]