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In May 2020, the Université de Lyon signed a three-year framework agreement with the New York University in Shanghai.

Watch live the academic dialog that will explore how the Covid-19 has affected and will continue to affect scientific knowledge and citizenship as key components in western democratic societies.

This means that foreign students, whatever their country of origin, are now allowed to enter France with improved arrival procedures.

The Préfecture du Rhône is currently working on a plan to reopen its services to the public.

The Université de Lyon opens two calls for professors and researchers for the development of innovative training programs (AL3) and for the development of research collaborations (AL6)

From April 24 to 26, the European Commission will launch a pan-European hackathon to invite all European citizens to work together to develop innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges

In light of recent Covid-19 developments, measures have been put in place for the IDEXLYON 2020 projects.

The world health crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the emergency measures in place in all of our countries mean that all of our ARQUS universities have suspended in-class teaching activities and, in most cases, have temporarily ceased all other face-to-face activities, with our staff and students working and studying from home.

In order to support its students, doctoral students, international researchers on the Lyon Saint-Étienne site, as well as its students on exchange programs abroad, the Université de Lyon offers a page gathering all the information related to incoming and outgoing mobility in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic.

The Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa Do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) and the Université de Lyon are launching a joint call for projects for researchers and professor-researchers in support of the most innovative and ambitious areas of research.

This was the 11th annual French-Japanese engineering sciences workshop, which brings together the entire ElyT community (IRP ElyT Global and IRL ElyT MaX). This year featured an opening based on the subject of oncology.

The Université de Lyon, with the support of IDEXLYON, is launching a call for applications to support the development of existing and sustainable research collaborations with Canada.

On January 23, 2020, the Université de Lyon (UdL) and the Canadian University Dubai (CUD) signed a memorandum of understanding encouraging UdL member institutions to develop specific collaborations.

On August 20, 2019, Lyon was selected to host the 47th edition of the World Skills Competition, which will take place in 2023. Since the early stages of the project, the Université de Lyon has been working alongside the Métropole de Lyon and various other local players in an effort to mobilize the strengths of Lyon's higher education system for this major international competition.

In order to satisfy the expectations of international scientists, the Espace Ulys website has been given a new look.

Within its outreach and internationalization policy, the Université de Lyon and its member institutions carried out different activities in 2019 in the United States, mainly in the State of Pennsylvania, with the support of the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

As part of its policy to encourage international applications, the Université de Lyon held its first Staff Week, which took place from November 4 to 8, focusing on the most important aspects of its international relations. It involved more than forty participants, including at least ten European partners.

The Université de Lyon welcomed a delegation of students from the Tongji University’s “Tongji’s Engineers of Excellence in France and French-speaking countries” (TEEF) program.

As part of its development initiatives in Japan, the Université de Lyon organized a consultation between its academic players and the Science and Technology Department of the French Embassy in Japan with a view to improving the university’s profile and attractiveness.

The FAPESP Week, organized jointly by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Université de Lyon, was officially launched in Lyon on November 21 and 22, 2019. This two-day symposium is a testimony to the site's scientific potential, as well as the importance the alliance between the Université de Lyon and the State of São Paulo.

International Alliance: Master’s degree students, do a research internship in Japan in 2020.

The Université de Lyon is co-organizing the 2019 Europe Ambition Day, which will be held on November 18. This will provide an opportunity for many local companies and research centers to obtain European funding.

On November 14, 2019, the Université de Lyon and the Kuwaiti Embassy’s Cultural Office in France signed a collaboration framework agreement.

You are invited to take part in various sessions based on a wide range of subjects (international student and researcher reception facilities, international programs, the professional integration of students and doctors, and the Erasmus program) with professors and administrative staff from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site (the Université de Lyon and its member institutions).

In conjunction with the Entretiens Jacques Cartier, which were held from November 4 to 6, 2019, the Université de Lyon and the University of Ottawa renewed their partnership by amending the framework agreement which they signed five years ago.

Take part to the Staff Week organized in Lyon and Saint-Étienne by the Université de Lyon and its members insitutions, from 4 to 8 November 2019.

On October 10, 2019, the University of Ottawa and the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 concluded a research collaboration in the legal sector: the “Ottawa/Lyon Joint-Chair – Individual avatars and modern-day issues concerning liability under private law”. This collaboration is supported by the Université de Lyon as part of the IDEXLYON project.

On October 17 and 18, the Université de Lyon hosted the second edition of the Knowledge Summit, a joint French-Indian summit dedicated to higher education, research and innovation. 300 people from both countries gathered for the occasion, in the company of Minister Frédérique Vidal, to draw up a common strategy to tackle the major future societal challenges.

The ARQUS European University Alliance project was presented on October 18, as part of a public event at the University of Granada. This presentation followed the constitution of the ARQUS Presidents’ council, the governing body responsible for establishing the general policies, strategies and the main objectives of the consortium. The partnership agreement was subsequently sanctioned by representatives from the seven universities.

The Université de Lyon’s celebration of the new academic year was held on October 15, 2019, in the Université de Lyon’s Grand Amphitheater, based on the theme of Europe.

The French Consulate General in São Paulo has teamed up with São Paulo’s three State universities, the University of São Paulo (USP), the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho University (UNESP), to launch the tenth call for applications for professors or researchers from French institutions for research and of higher education.

According to its policies: international mobility during the doctoral studies and post-doctoral career development, the Université de Lyon will finance the attendance of interested doctoral Students at the Nature Careers Live expo, which is organized in London on October 3, 2019.

Sixteen member and associate institutions of the Université de Lyon took part in the 2019 EAIE international exhibition, bringing together 6,200 higher education and research specialists from across Europe and around the world.

Building on the success of the first two events, which brought together 1,000 French and Chinese figures from the economic and academic worlds, the French-Chinese Confluences Forum returns to Lyon on September 23 and 24, 2019.

The delegation of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil, historical partner of the Université de Lyon in the framework of the International Alliance, was welcomed on Monday, September 23 by Presidents Khaled Bouabdallah of the Université de Lyon, Jacques Comby from the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and Frédéric Fleury from the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, mentioning a fruitful cooperation.

These programs aim at fostering new research collaborations between France and Canada.

The Delegation of the UNESP in Brazil composed of Sandro Roberto Valentini, Rector of UNESP (center) as part of the presentation of its PRINT program to French institutions was welcomed on Thursday, September 19 by the President of the Université de Lyon, Khaled Bouabdallah (left) and the Université de Lyon Vice President of International Strategy Jacques Comby (right).

The aim of the French Embassy’s “Japan Exploration” program is to encourage researchers to travel to Japan, in order to launch new French-Japanese scientific collaborative partnerships.

National research funding agencies in France (Agence nationale de la recherche), Japan (Japan Science and Technology Agency) and Germany (Deutsche ForschungsGemeinschaft) are joining forces to launch a call for projects to support artificial intelligence research projects of excellence.

For the fourth year running, the Université de Lyon, in partnership with the University of Turin and the Conference of Western Switzerland's Universities (CUSO) is organizing a cross-border doctoral workshop on the theme: “Prepare for your future career!”

The Université de Lyon welcomed the Cultural Attaché from the Kuwaiti Embassy’s Cultural Office in France to discuss possible student mobility collaborations between the Université de Lyon and Kuwaiti universities. A framework agreement is expected to be signed this fall.

This guide was written to reassure all international students with reliable information and guide them step by step through all of the administrative hurdles, so that their experience will be a successful one. It is as down-to-earth and practical as possible, answering the most common questions they might ask when organizing their trip and their life in France.

On August 20 in Kazan (Russia), Lyon’s bid was selected to host the WorldSkills 2023 Competition. Every other year, this international competition celebrates the world’s top young professionals in over 50 technical, technological, artisanal and service professions. The City of Lyon and the Université de Lyon congratulate all the WorldSkills France teams who have applied.

A declaration of intent was signed with Mitacs (Canada) on July 16 at the Université de Lyon (UdL) by Jacques Comby, Vice President of International Strategy at the UdL and Alejandro Adem, Chief Executive and Scientific Director of Mitacs. This aims to support and promote research and training partnerships between the UdL and Canada.

Khaled Bouabdallah, President of the Université de Lyon, took part in the U7+ Alliance of World Universities summit in Paris. He told us more about the Université de Lyon’s commitments and its participation in the committee addressing “Inequality and the responsibility of higher education to combat polarization in our society”.

From July 9 to 10, the Université de Lyon participates in the U7 International Alliance Summit. Under the high patronage of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, this two-day session will allow 49 university presidents, from 21 countries, to debate the universities' contribution to thinking global issues, and set a list of commitments before the next G7 (Biarritz, August 2019).

From July 1 to July 12, the Université de Lyon is taking part in the medicine and humanities summer school. It is being held in Shanghai in collaboration with the University of Ottawa, the faculty of medicine at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and is focusing on “Integrated medicine: the art of combining Western and traditional Chinese medicine” this year.

On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, the ARQUS European University Alliance project was selected as part of the European Commission’s call for “European Universities” pilot projects launched in October 2018. This alliance is made up of nine associates, including three member institutions of the Université de Lyon, and will help establish better European cooperation over the next three years.

If France is chosen to host the WorldSkills Competition in 2023, it will be held in the city of Lyon. Every other year, this international competition celebrates the top young professionals in over 50 professions. The Université de Lyon is partnering with the city to support its candidacy.

The Université de Lyon is launching calls for international projects in order to strengthen its research and training partnerships.

The Université de Lyon launches a call for applications for the outgoing mobility of Master's students to Canada (University of Ottawa and Université de Sherbrooke).

The Université de Lyon launches a call for projects which is split in two parts: the funding of short duration outgoing scientific mobility to Japan and the support of structuring projects organized on the Lyon Saint-Étienne site with Japanese institutions.

The Université de Lyon and The University of Sao Paulo launch a joint call for research projects to research professors and researchers in order to support the most innovative and ambitious research activities.

We interviewed Luisa Mesquita, who graduated from the distance learning dual-diploma program in São Paulo.

On March 26, the Université de Lyon gathered its member and associated institutions at the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon) to discuss its international policy in Shanghai and China, and prospects for future development.

The Université de Lyon was honored to host Campus France for a presentation of the “Welcome to France” label on March 15, which was followed by a practical workshop a few days later.

On Thursday, March 7, and Friday, March 8, Beelys will be hosting 48 students from the ECMT+ program at the Roanne campus of the Université Jean Monnet, to test their entrepreneurial projects on the population of Lyon.

This event was held in Houston for the launch of a bilateral fund supporting collaborative research between France and the University of Texas. The day focused on two main themes: Computer-Assisted Surgery (artificial intelligence) and simulation and visualization tools.

In order to establish their international policy and European ambitions, the Université Jean Monnet, the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, under the banner of the Université de Lyon (UdL), have joined the “ARQUS” European Alliance.

The general meeting of the Council for Doctoral Education of the European University Association (EUA-CDE) was held on June 7 and 8, 2018 at the University of Ljubljana, on the Council’s tenth anniversary. The theme was “Excellence through Diversity – Doctoral education in a globalized world”.

On January 29, 2019, the Université de Lyon and the CNRS opened a new joint branch within the University of Ottawa. This one-of-a-kind Franco-Canadian initiative will strengthen existing collaborative research projects and create possibilities for new projects shared by the two countries.

On January 29, 2019, Université de Lyon representatives traveled to Ottawa. Prompted by the launch of a CNRS-UdL branch in Ottawa, they then built the international JIN laboratory and the Alex Trebek Forum for Health and Artificial Intelligence.

The agreement to build the “Joint Institute for Neuromuscular Research” (JIN) International Associated Laboratory (LIA) was signed on January 29, 2019, by the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, the University of Ottawa and the CNRS.

On December 4, the Université de Lyon brought together its key partners from the International Alliance for a colloquium, which marked the occasion of it reestablishing its representative office in China.

This final My Lyon evening to close the Students Welcome Desk project is open to all students. It will be held within the Musée des Confluences.

For the renewal of the framework agreement for the cooperation between the São Paulo University (USP) and the Université de Lyon (UdL), a delegation from the UdL, led by its President Khaled Bouabdallah and its Vice-President for International Relations, Jacques Comby, traveled to São Paulo on November 28 and 29.

On the morning of November 27 in Brussels, the representatives of the Universities of Granada (Spain), Graz (Austria), Leipzig (Germany), Padova (Italy) and Vilnius (Lithuania), and Lyon signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the ARQUS European University Alliance, an initiative designed to promote deep integration of the six institutions in their teaching and learning, research, outreach and civic engagement missions.

The framework agreement was renewed for five years during the visit from a delegation from Tongji University, led by the President of the University Board, FANG Shouen.

The Université de Lyon is co-organizing the 2018 Europe Ambition Day on October 23. This will provide an opportunity for many local companies and research centers to obtain European funding.

The mayor of Porto-Novo in Benin visited the Innovation Pre-Factory and the Maison du Projet on the LyonTech-la Doua campus during his time in Lyon.

Nineteen doctoral students from the Université de Lyon, 13 from the Università degli Studi di Torino, 9 from the Politecnico di Torino and 8 from the Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale attended an intensive professional development training program in Turin.

The Université de Lyon has hosted the "In Every Sense" Medicine and Humanities summer school in collaboration with the University of Ottawa, the faculty of medicine at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

From May 27 to June 1, 2018, the Université de Lyon took part in the annual NAFSA conference, which brings together specialists in higher education and research from around the world.

The Université de Lyon participates in the Tongji University alumni evening, on April 26. Registrations for this convivial meeting are open.

On March 5, 2018, the Université de Lyon with the CNRS received a delegation from Tohoku University (Japan) led by its President, Susumu Satomi, to develop the ELyTMaX International Mixed Unit (UMI) and the ELyT Global International Associated Laboratory (LIA).

The Université de Lyon (UdL) has signed an agreement with the China Scholarship Council (CSC) to award thirty doctoral grants each year to Chinese PhD students at the UdL.

The Students Welcome Desk will be organizing new sessions open to all students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from January 16 to February 15, 2018, to welcome those arriving for the first time at the start of this new term.

In response to the situation in Syria, stakeholders in higher education and research from the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, including the Université de Lyon, have rallied together to better welcome and support Syrian students. We have received feedback from three of these schemes which were explained by statements from the students themselves.

The Université de Lyon and the University of Tokyo, the prestigious Japanese institution, have renewed their cooperation agreement for the next five years, as part of the International Alliance program.

On Monday 4 December 2017, the Université de Lyon invited the Université de Lyon's international researchers to an end-of-year reception organized by Espace Ulys at the Alliance Française de Lyon.

Thanks to this charter, the Université de Lyon aims at reinforcing learning and mobility opportunities for students, academic staff, researchers and professors as well as fostering cooperation with academic and research centers in Europe and throughout the world.