CWUR 2014 Edition is out now

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without relying on surveys and university data submissions.
CWUR uses eight objective and robust indicators to rank the world's top 1000 universities:

1) Quality of Education, measured by the number of a university's alumni who have won major international awards, prizes, and medals relative to the university's size [25%]
2) Alumni Employment, measured by the number of a university's alumni who currently hold CEO positions at the world's top companies relative to the university's size [25%]
3) Quality of Faculty, measured by the number of academics who have won major international awards, prizes, and medals [25%]
4) Publications, measured by the number of research papers appearing in reputable journals [5%]
5) Influence, measured by the number of research papers appearing in highly-influential journals [5%]
6) Citations, measured by the number of highly-cited research papers [5%]
7) Broad Impact, measured by the university's h-Index [5%]
8) Patents, measured by the number of international patent filings [5%]

In addition to providing consultation for governments and universities, the Center for World University Rankings aims to provide the most comprehensive university rankings available, which are trusted by students, academics, university administrators, and government officials from around the world.

Les 50 Universités françaises classées, avec leur rang dans le "Top 1000 Universities"

35 - École normale supérieure - Paris, 36 - École Polytechnique, 50 - University of Paris-Sud, 68 - Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University, 140 - Paris Diderot University - Paris 7, 167 - Mines ParisTech, 176 - University of Strasbourg, 221 - Joseph Fourier University, 224 - Aix-Marseille University, 230 - Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, 241 - University of Montpellier 2, 244 - Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III, 245 - Paris Descartes University, 402 - University of Lorraine, 403 - University of Bordeaux II, 405 - Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, 432 - University of Bordeaux I, 462 - École normale supérieure de Lyon, 476 - University of Rennes 1, 495 - Grenoble Institute of Technology, 523 - École Centrale Paris, 526 - University of Montpellier 1, 532 - University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, 557 - University of Savoy, 562 - University of Nantes, 566 - University Lille 1: Sciences and Technologies, 568 - National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, 617 - Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne University, 622 - University of Poitiers, 651 - University of Burgundy, 662 - Lille 2 University of Health and Law, 682 - University François Rabelais, Tours, 689 - University of Paris 13, 739 - University of Évry Val d'Essonne, 750 - Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, 769 - University of Caen Lower Normandy, 779 - Institut national des sciences Appliquées de Lyon, 780 - University of Perpignan Via Domitia, 789 - Blaise Pascal University, 792 - University of Rouen, 795 - University of Picardie Jules Verne, 843 - University of Franche-Comté, 851 - University of Angers, 887 - Jean Monnet University, 889 - University of Orléans, 895 - University of Western Brittany, 948 - University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 961 - University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis, 979 - University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, 995 - University of Maine (Le Mans).