More than 5,000 business graduates from 100 European universities chose the French company in a survey by Swedish higher education specialist, Universum.
The graduates, 1,000 of whom came from the UK, chose consulting company McKinsey and German car maker BMW - up 17 places from last year - as their next favourite employers. McKinsey had held the top spot for nine years.
Boston Consulting Group, Coca-Cola and Proctor and Gamble were also in the the top five. The European Central Bank was the highest-ranked financial institution, at number 11.
All the students were completing undergraduate degrees.
