<p>Well I know what the good schools are but I wanted to know what americans see at as the most prestigeous in France...</p>
<p>The only one I've heard of is the Sorbonne</p>
<p>Many Americans would recognize the Sorbonne, and consider it to be prestigious. A much smaller number would have any understanding of its place within the system as Universite Paris-IV. It's kind of like saying "Wharton" when you go to Penn.</p>
<p>Some would recognize Sciences Po.</p>
<p>to be honest, not many french universities are renowned in the USA.
the most prestigious would be la sorbonne, science po, ENA (which is not for undergrads), maybe Polytechnique or even HEC</p>
<p>Sorbonne has the most swing, but many don't know about it anyway.</p>
<p>Ecole Poly is pretty famous among the academics, engineers and scientists.</p>
<p>The only EU universities the semi-average joe could name are probably Oxford and Cambridge...maybe the London School of Economics.</p>
<p>Gotta love the Anglosphere!</p>
<p>While most Americans would recognize the Sorbonne, most academicians would recognize EcoPoly and ENA as the most prestigious.</p>
<p>France has schools?</p>
<p>Yeah, they do.</p>
<p>Ain't no one in the midwest and south heard of any schools in Europe besides cambridge and oxford.</p>
<p>agreed.</p>
<p>if u r talking about people in general, very very few americans can name a single frech university. i personally learned ENA, and polytechnique from my ap government class.......</p>
<p>don't feel bad that americans don't know much about french universities. the average american probably can't name all 8 of the actual ivy league.</p>
<p>That is true. The average american probably doesn't know about more than a few liberal arts colleges in the world, if one at all.</p>
<p>Sorbonne is certainly fairly well known - outside the US it is just as prestigious as any European school.</p>
<p>Also, for grad school, INSEAD is a top b-school with ties to Wharton.</p>
<p>But the Sorbonne isn't even the best school in France.</p>
<p>no it's not, i don't know why everyone raves about it so much. Polytechnique or some business schools are harder to get into and better.
TPeck- France does not have any schools. The people over there are all illiterate and stupid. All good schools are in America. Amen.
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<p>the sorbonne and science PO are the only ones I've ever heard of, and I know nothing about them</p>
<p>Sorbonne is famous beacuse its name is cool as hell.</p>