More than thirty-nine world’s biggest companies are located in France, making it rank fourth in the Fortune Global 500. It is the 9th largest foreign investor in India with cumulative investment of around US$3 Billion. 

France is an excellent choice for any prospective international student. There are over 3,500 institutes that offer higher education. Out of these, 77 institutes are public-funded universities that offer degrees in all disciplines and research centres, a parallel system of Grandes Ecoles for scientific, business, art and other programs through 5-year diplomas which are equivalent to Master degree, schools for architecture studies, over 3,000 schools offering degree on various subjects, like hotel management, tourism, engineering, social work and culinary arts, etc.