The French public budget › Research & higher education · State · 2026
Research and higher education in economic and industrial affairs
Higher education and research bodies, support functions, support functions: the 6th largest of the 8 parts of “Research & higher education”.
570M€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 2024670M€
Spent in 2025368M€
Voted for 2026570M€
What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025
Higher education and research bodies93%346M€
Support functions7%25M€
Support functions< 1%107,265€
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) ↗.