About Aix-Marseille University:

Aix-Marseille University (AMU) is a public research university located in Provence, southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, Count of Provence, petitioned the Pisan Antipope Alexander Vto create the University of Provence. The university as it is today was formed by the merger of the University of Provence, the University of the Mediterranean and Paul Cézanne University. The merger became effective on 1 January 2012. The university is organized around five main campuses situated in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. The university, with its wide range of general and vocational courses including 600 degree courses, offers teaching in fields as varied as the Arts, Social Sciences, Health, Sport and Economics, Law and Political Sciences, Applied Economics and Management, and Exact Sciences such as Mathematics, Data-processing, Physical Sciences, Astrophysical Sciences, Chemistry and Biology. Its 132 recognized research units and 21 faculties make it a centre of international excellence in social and natural sciences.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
World University Rankings - - - - - - - - - - 105 108 107 117 120 119 130 119 113

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agriculture - - - - - - - 120 117 100 117 111 125 141 171 165 146 153
Engineering - - - - - - - - 234 242 277 299 301-350 401-450 451-500 - - -
Life Sciences - - - - - 116 100 93 95 88 88 83 88 79 79 96 96 118
Medicine - - - - - 239 225 220 183 174 162 151 144 144 131 135 105 123
Natural Sciences - - - - - 92 81 73 71 61 59 67 81 84 82 87 74 78
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 295 351-400 401-450 451-500

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agricultural Sciences - - - - 196 230 171 232 211 217 235 262 226 175 194
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 75 74 101 101 101 91 97
Chemistry - - - - 129 135 154 165 171 178 199 190 280 270 275
Chemical Engineering - - - - - 233 249 - - - - - - - -
Civil Engineering - - - - - 294 285 - 289 228 - - - - -
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 148 153 159 139 138 106 123
Computer Science - - - - - - - 351-400 401-450 451-500 451-500 - 451-500 - -
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 401-450
Electrical Engineering - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 351-400 401-450 451-500 - - - -
Environment / Ecology - - - - 136 137 110 123 122 141 143 161 176 143 150
Geosciences - - - - 69 76 77 77 74 85 100 105 112 132 153
Immunology - - - - - - - - 36 44 27 30 54 48 58
Materials Science - - - - - - - 224 239 253 301-350 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500
Mathematics - - 68 90 93 48 55 52 46 80 99 96 128 150 154
Mechanical Engineering - - 86 136 129 154 177 178 222 242 272 261 - - 301-350
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 26 29 20 24 39 48 63
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 130 118 136 124 130 133 165
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 94 111 108 104 123 107 100
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - 255 256 223 186 169 149 162 159 61 66 139 143 163
Physics - - - - 72 68 55 46 106 107 114 112 122 120 108
Plant & Animal Science - - - - 87 84 70 77 72 70 84 121 112 102 117
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 184 210 264 267 265 - 265
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 275 351-400 401-450 351-400
Space Science - - - - - - - - 29 34 29 28 35 25 23
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 219 - 261 245 282
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -