In its 2026 ranking of engineering schools for students who have completed high school, Le Figaro Étudiant highlights UniLaSalle for the quality of its educational model, which is based on academic excellence, career readiness, international outreach, and an action-oriented approach to teaching.
Ranked 31st with a score of 15.2 out of 20, UniLaSalle has made significant progress, as the school was ranked 50th last year.
This ranking, specifically dedicated to schools that admit students after high school graduation, offers a particularly insightful perspective on UniLaSalle’s mission by highlighting the experiences students have throughout their academic journey.
Recognized Academic Excellence Starting Right After High School
The *Figaro Étudiant* rankings also recognize UniLaSalle for its academic excellence, where it received a score of 15.7 out of 20—its best result to date. Academic excellence is defined by the quality and rigor of scientific instruction, the coherence of degree programs, and the ability to guide virtually all post-high-school students toward a high level of engineering proficiency.
This recognition highlights the strength of the scientific foundations taught at UniLaSalle, combined with active teaching methods that promote the acquisition of knowledge and its application in real-world contexts.
Solid and Sustainable Career Integration
One of the strengths recognized by Le Figaro Étudiant is the quality of career placement for UniLaSalle graduates, based on a genuine close connection with the socio-economic world.
Long-term internships, industry projects, the expansion of work-study programs, and numerous partnerships with companies enable students to develop skills that are immediately applicable, both in France and internationally.
The UniLaSalle engineering program is thus designed to combine rigorous academic standards with practical career preparation, closely aligned with the needs of businesses and local communities.
An International Perspective at the Heart of the Program
The *Figaro Étudiant* ranking places a strong emphasis on students’ international experiences. To this end, UniLaSalle offers international exchange programs integrated into its degree programs, academic and industry partnerships abroad, as well as numerous opportunities for internships and international projects.
It is worth noting that UniLaSalle once again received a 3-star rating (the highest level) from Campus France in December 2025 for the quality of its welcoming and integration of international students on its campuses.
This international focus helps train engineers capable of thriving in multicultural professional environments, in step with the global challenges of ecological, industrial, and digital transitions.
A recognized program for training engineers after high school
By emphasizing academic excellence, internationalization, and career readiness, *Le Figaro Étudiant* offers a complementary perspective on traditional rankings.
This Le Figaro Étudiant ranking confirms that it is possible to combine academic excellence, active learning, and career preparation starting right after high school.
It is this demanding and coherent model that UniLaSalle is developing: training committed engineers who are prepared to tackle contemporary scientific, technological, and societal challenges.
UniLaSalle in previous *Le Figaro Étudiant* rankings
2024 - UniLaSalle Solidifies Its Position
UniLaSalle maintains its position compared to last year.
The 2024 edition of *Le Figaro*’s rankings of post-baccalaureate schools has just been published, using a methodology based on certified data from the Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur. In this new edition, UniLaSalle has improved its overall score from 14.1/20 last year to 14.7/20 in 2024, particularly in the categories of employability and academic excellence, and has generally maintained its 42nd-place ranking out of 98 ranked schools.
Academic Excellence
Having improved its score by 1.5 points in this area, UniLaSalle stands out for the proportion of faculty members with doctoral degrees who are also researchers (who have published in the last two years and are part of a research team) among its tenured faculty, placing it in the top third of private schools.
Employability
With a score of 16.8/20 for employability, UniLaSalle has once again established itself as one of the schools offering competitive career placement.
Among the new criteria used this year was the percentage of apprentices, highlighting UniLaSalle’s commitment to preparing its students for the workforce during their studies by allowing them to complement the theoretical knowledge gained during their training with practical experience in the professional world. With an apprentice rate of 29%, UniLaSalle has the highest rate among post-baccalaureate schools in agronomy, agri-food, environmental engineering, and geology.
2023 - Le Figaro Highlights the Employability of UniLaSalle Graduates
With an overall score of 14.1/20, UniLaSalle ranks 41st out of 102 post-baccalaureate engineering schools and confirms its recent results in other rankings with a spot in Group A of engineering schools in the L’Etudiant rankings (i.e., 80th out of 169 schools) and 67th out of 131 schools in the Usine Nouvelle ranking. Le Figaro Etudiant uses public data from the Commission des Titres d’Ingénieurs (©CTI – Year 2022) to analyze three major areas: employability, academic excellence, and international focus.
Employability
The employability of UniLaSalle’s recent graduates is rated at 16.1 out of 20. This is due to the strong alignment of the university’s programs with the labor market needs of the agriculture, agri-food, energy, construction, IT, industrial engineering, and environmental sectors. At UniLaSalle, career placement is a top priority and a daily focus. It is supported by employment preparation and guidance provided by the Career Center, as well as a observatory tracking the career placement of recent graduates from UniLaSalle. Employment outcomes are also linked to the strong alumni network and close ties with companies that participate in the school’s governing bodies, teaching, and research development.
UniLaSalle stands out as a leader in higher education working toward France’s strategic sovereignty and reindustrialization, while offering a strategic vision of ecological and societal transformations.
International
With a score of 12.9/20 for international reach, the three criteria used by *Le Figaro* are undoubtedly incomplete, as evidenced by the i-safe international program—which is conducted entirely in English over five years—and UniLaSalle’s “Bienvenue en France” certification from Campus France, with a 3-star rating. Furthermore, following the mergers with the Ecole des Métiers de l’Environnement de Bruz (UniLaSalle Rennes) and then with ESIEE Amiens (UniLaSalle Amiens), the gradual implementation of new programs across all campuses enables nearly 100% of students to participate in an academic exchange or an internship abroad. Finally, the low percentage of recent graduates working abroad is linked to the fact that the sectors recruiting heavily are based in France.
2022 - UniLaSalle Well-Positioned in Its Key Fields
Le Figaro has just released a new ranking of French engineering schools. This first edition features categories based on the main sectors of activity. UniLaSalle appears in two categories: agronomy and biology schools, and geology and environmental schools.
Ranked 12th out of 23 agronomy and biology schools, UniLaSalle is No. 1 among the six EESPIG-accredited nonprofit institutions in this field. In the energy and environment field, UniLaSalle ranks 22nd out of 36 schools (26 public and 10 private) and 4th among nonprofit institutions.
For “Industry Relations,” UniLaSalle is ranked 2nd among all agronomy and biology schools and 4th among geology and environmental science institutions. This section of the rankings aggregates four specific indicators: salary, the impact of professional social networks, the number of corporate endowed chairs, and the revenue of the Junior Enterprise.
From a methodological standpoint, this ranking uses self-reported data from two sources: certified data from the Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur (©CTI—2019) and press data from the Conference of Directors of French Engineering Schools (©CDEFI—2019). Of the 164 out of 200 French engineering schools that participated, 127 are public institutions, 2 are consular schools, and 35 are private schools.
