Farge earned a master's degree from
Stanford University in 1977, and a third cycle doctorate in physics from
Paris Diderot University in 1980. After postdoctoral studies on a
Fulbright Fellowship at
Harvard University, she continued her studies at
Pierre and Marie Curie University, where she completed a state doctorate in 1987. She has been a researcher at CNRS since 1981. She has also held short-term positions at many other universities, including being Sofia Kovaleskaia Chair of Mathematics in 1994–95 at
Kaiserslautern University. ==Recognition==