Paris-based beauty brand L’Oréal has been ranked the 9th most attractive employer by business students in the Universum rankings this year, up from in 2015.

The French cosmetics firm is the 16th most attractive employer for engineering students in the Most Attractive Employers Ranking. Last year, the brand was placed at 17 among the top 50 companies.

More than 267,000 business and engineering students from the world’s 12 largest economies ranked the companies they find most desirable for employment.

The data collected from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK and USA during the period between September 2015 to April 2016 reveal what they are looking for the most in their future career paths and what they consider as the most important factors in their employment decision.

Google was ranked the top company in both the rankings.

Apple featured among the top three companies favoured by both business and engineering students. Ernst & Young (EY) came third on business students’ list while Microsoft ranked second by budding engineers.

“We are honored and grateful to the students who recognize us as one of the top 10 most attractive employers, offering limitless opportunities in all functions from business to engineering and science. We really want to act as an incubator for talents and future leaders, always providing innovative and personalized experiences to our employees”, said Jean-Claude Le Grand, Senior Vice President Talent Development and Chief Diversity Officer of L’Oréal.

L’Oréal claims that it receives more than 1.3 million job applications each year and is recognized by candidates for assigning high responsibilities early-on and offering diversified career paths.

“L’Oreal’s commitment to innovation, ethics and responsibility are appealing elements underpinning its worldwide reputation. A reputation which has been further enhanced by its entities in the Middle East as well, including L’Oréal Middle East and L’Oreal KSA that have won the KSA & UAE most Attractive Employer Award in the Fast-moving Consumer Goods category for students,” adds Jean-Claude Le Grand.