The French public budget › Research & higher education · State · 2026
Agricultural higher education and research
Higher education, research: the 7th largest of the 8 parts of “Research & higher education”.
427M€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 2024421M€
Spent in 2025414M€
Voted for 2026427M€
What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025
Higher education91%393M€
Research9%38M€
Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.