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We are proud to present the Young University/Institution Rankings, which evaluate the achievements of universities, research institutes, companies, and hospitals established within the past 30 years. These rankings position young institutions within the global scientific community by showcasing their scientific output, innovations, and contributions. The 30-year timeframe provides a valuable perspective to highlight the development trajectories and scientific achievements of emerging institutions. Our analysis objectively identifies the strengths and weaknesses of young institutions, offering actionable insights to help shape future strategies and academic policies. The Young University/Institution Rankings serve as a reliable guide, reflecting institutions' global scientific impact through a comprehensive assessment of their performance.

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Total 9,604 scientist, 201 country, 146 All type institutions
* Total i10-Index
World Rank
290
Country Rank
5
Young University
Rank
1
Université de Lorraine
University of Lorraine
Nancy , France - Public 2012
Staff ( 1,302 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
208
551
800
1,022
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
374
Country Rank
8
Young University
Rank
2
Université D'Aix Marseille
Aix-Marseille University Aix-Marseille Universite
Marseille , France - Public 2012
Staff ( 1,343 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
177
568
824
1,039
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
433
Country Rank
12
Young University
Rank
3
Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin
Jean-Pierre Bourgin Institute
Paris , France - Institution 2006
Staff ( 690 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
197
505
635
669
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
833
Country Rank
28
Young University
Rank
4
Université Clermont Auvergne
University of Clermont Auvergne Clermont Auvergne University
Clermont-Ferrand , France - Public 2017
Staff ( 456 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
55
173
259
340
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
997
Country Rank
34
Young University
Rank
5
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Paris Institute of Earth Physics
Paris , France - Institution 2010
Staff ( 186 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
54
102
135
160
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
1,163
Country Rank
43
Young University
Rank
6
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
Montpellier , France - Institution 2011
Staff ( 105 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
28
55
72
88
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
1,399
Country Rank
52
Young University
Rank
7
Université Paris-Saclay
Paris-Saclay University
Gif-sur-Yvette , France - Private 2019
Staff ( 532 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
31
126
220
339
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
1,488
Country Rank
58
Young University
Rank
8
ITER
Cadarache , France - Institution 2007
Staff ( 36 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
11
14
28
34
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
1,561
Country Rank
64
Young University
Rank
9
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
, France - Institution 1994
Staff ( 93 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
21
60
83
92
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
1,629
Country Rank
66
Young University
Rank
10
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie
Astrophysics and Planetology Research Institute
Toulouse , France - Institution 2011
Staff ( 47 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
12
28
41
44
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,021
Country Rank
84
Young University
Rank
11
Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie
-
Toulouse , France - Institution 2006
Staff ( 72 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
14
42
47
54
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,027
Country Rank
85
Young University
Rank
12
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Institute of Structural Biology
Grenoble , France - Institution 1999
Staff ( 66 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
14
38
49
62
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,164
Country Rank
89
Young University
Rank
13
Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux  …
Processes and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials
Paris , France - Institution 2017
Staff ( 255 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
32
96
159
209
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,203
Country Rank
92
Young University
Rank
14
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Structures
Contact and Structure Mechanics Laboratory
Lyon , France - Institution 2015
Staff ( 156 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
22
94
135
154
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,209
Country Rank
93
Young University
Rank
15
Université de Bretagne Sud
University of Southern Brittany
Lorient , France - Public 1995
Staff ( 190 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
21
65
102
140
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,222
Country Rank
94
Young University
Rank
16
Université Gustave-Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel University
Champs-sur-Marne , France - Public 2020
Staff ( 222 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
19
70
114
157
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,247
Country Rank
95
Young University
Rank
17
Université de Technologie de Belfort Montbéliard
University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
Belfort , France - Public 1999
Staff ( 119 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
17
44
67
89
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,375
Country Rank
100
Young University
Rank
18
Toulouse School of Economics
Ecole d'économie de Toulouse
Toulouse , France - Public 2007
Staff ( 75 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
10
29
51
65
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,381
Country Rank
101
Young University
Rank
19
Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon
Institute of Nanotechnologies of Lyon
, France - Institution 2006
Staff ( 54 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
10
25
42
51
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,525
Country Rank
106
Young University
Rank
20
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Montsouris Mutualist Institute
Paris , France - Institution 1999
Staff ( 10 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
6
9
10
10
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,537
Country Rank
107
Young University
Rank
21
Institut Claudius Regaud
-
Toulouse , France - Institution 2002
Staff ( 19 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
5
12
17
18
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,575
Country Rank
109
Young University
Rank
22
Institut de Genetique et Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
IIIkirch , France - Institution 1994
Staff ( 15 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
3
7
9
13
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,641
Country Rank
112
Young University
Rank
23
Université de Technologie de Troyes
University of Technology of Troyes
Troyes , France - Public 1994
Staff ( 172 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
17
61
88
120
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,650
Country Rank
114
Young University
Rank
24
Institut Néel
, France - Institution 2007
Staff ( 93 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
17
38
61
80
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* Total i10-Index
World Rank
2,656
Country Rank
115
Young University
Rank
25
IMT Atlantique
Nantes , France - Public 2017
Staff ( 202 ) Compare
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
16
71
119
152
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
290
France
5
Young University Rank:
1
Université de Lorraine
Nancy , France - Public 2012
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
208
551
800
1,022
University of Lorraine France
Staff ( 1,302 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
374
France
8
Young University Rank:
2
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille , France - Public 2012
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
177
568
824
1,039
Aix-Marseille University Aix-Marseille Universite France
Staff ( 1,343 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
433
France
12
Young University Rank:
3
Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin
Paris , France - Institution 2006
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
197
505
635
669
Jean-Pierre Bourgin Institute France
Staff ( 690 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
833
France
28
Young University Rank:
4
Université Clermont Auvergne
Clermont-Ferrand , France - Public 2017
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
55
173
259
340
University of Clermont Auvergne Clermont Auvergne University France
Staff ( 456 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
997
France
34
Young University Rank:
5
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Paris , France - Institution 2010
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
54
102
135
160
Paris Institute of Earth Physics France
Staff ( 186 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
1,163
France
43
Young University Rank:
6
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Montpellier , France - Institution 2011
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
28
55
72
88
Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology France
Staff ( 105 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
1,399
France
52
Young University Rank:
7
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette , France - Private 2019
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
31
126
220
339
Paris-Saclay University France
Staff ( 532 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
1,488
France
58
Young University Rank:
8
ITER
Cadarache , France - Institution 2007
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
11
14
28
34
France
Staff ( 36 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
1,561
France
64
Young University Rank:
9
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
, France - Institution 1994
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
21
60
83
92
Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire France
Staff ( 93 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
1,629
France
66
Young University Rank:
10
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie
Toulouse , France - Institution 2011
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
12
28
41
44
Astrophysics and Planetology Research Institute France
Staff ( 47 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,021
France
84
Young University Rank:
11
Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie
Toulouse , France - Institution 2006
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
14
42
47
54
- France
Staff ( 72 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,027
France
85
Young University Rank:
12
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble , France - Institution 1999
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
14
38
49
62
Institute of Structural Biology France
Staff ( 66 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,164
France
89
Young University Rank:
13
Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux  …
Paris , France - Institution 2017
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
32
96
159
209
Processes and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials France
Staff ( 255 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,203
France
92
Young University Rank:
14
Laboratoire de Mécanique des Contacts et des Structures
Lyon , France - Institution 2015
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
22
94
135
154
Contact and Structure Mechanics Laboratory France
Staff ( 156 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,209
France
93
Young University Rank:
15
Université de Bretagne Sud
Lorient , France - Public 1995
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
21
65
102
140
University of Southern Brittany France
Staff ( 190 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,222
France
94
Young University Rank:
16
Université Gustave-Eiffel
Champs-sur-Marne , France - Public 2020
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
19
70
114
157
Gustave Eiffel University France
Staff ( 222 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,247
France
95
Young University Rank:
17
Université de Technologie de Belfort Montbéliard
Belfort , France - Public 1999
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
17
44
67
89
University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard France
Staff ( 119 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,375
France
100
Young University Rank:
18
Toulouse School of Economics
Toulouse , France - Public 2007
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
10
29
51
65
Ecole d'économie de Toulouse France
Staff ( 75 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,381
France
101
Young University Rank:
19
Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon
, France - Institution 2006
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
10
25
42
51
Institute of Nanotechnologies of Lyon France
Staff ( 54 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,525
France
106
Young University Rank:
20
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Paris , France - Institution 1999
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
6
9
10
10
Montsouris Mutualist Institute France
Staff ( 10 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,537
France
107
Young University Rank:
21
Institut Claudius Regaud
Toulouse , France - Institution 2002
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
5
12
17
18
- France
Staff ( 19 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,575
France
109
Young University Rank:
22
Institut de Genetique et Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire
IIIkirch , France - Institution 1994
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
3
7
9
13
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology France
Staff ( 15 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,641
France
112
Young University Rank:
23
Université de Technologie de Troyes
Troyes , France - Public 1994
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
17
61
88
120
University of Technology of Troyes France
Staff ( 172 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,650
France
114
Young University Rank:
24
Institut Néel
, France - Institution 2007
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
17
38
61
80
France
Staff ( 93 ) Compare
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* Total i10-Index
Rankings
2,656
France
115
Young University Rank:
25
IMT Atlantique
Nantes , France - Public 2017
Total Number of Scientist in Institution
Top 10%
Top 30%
Top 50%
Top 70%
16
71
119
152
France
Staff ( 202 ) Compare
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