CURSUS+: the Université de Lyon’s
undergraduate transformation project

On July 9, 2018, the CURSUS+ project was selected as laureate of the National Research Agency’s call for projects “New university programs”, as part of the Investments for the Future program (Programme d’investissements d’avenir – PIA). With a ten-year funding, the CURSUS+ project aims to transform the undergraduate programs of the universities Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lumière Lyon 2, Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne towards a common goal: students successes.

CURSUS+ transformation strategy relies on three main areas:

• Personalize the courses by organizing the entire undergraduate programs into modules;
• Open up channels to facilitate the transition between general bachelor's degrees and other types of undergraduate programs;
• Professionalize the bachelor's degree to support its integration in the employment market and to respond to the growing need for middle managers.

Since September 2019, new courses and devices have been deployed in the four partner universities to better meet the aspirations and diversity of students' needs. This includes in particular remedial courses or courses with a high academic requirement, a strengthening of language learning, an introduction to professional skills.

€14.5M in grants


10-year funding


4 universities involved

70,000 undergraduate students at the Université de Lyon including 20,000 freshmen each year

11 CURSUS+ training programs available since 2019

• Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1: Mathematics/Physics double bachelor's degree

  
  

• Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1: The PCSI portal’s “Oui-si” adapted course

  
  

• Université Jean Monnet: Licence degree in computer science work-study training program

  
  

• Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3: CompAS, Specialized English Skills

  
  

• Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3: School of Achievement Law Faculty

  
  

• Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3: Trilingual bachelor's degree

  
  

November 2020: first lecture of “Student Success” series
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September 2020: launch of six new CURSUS+ programs

October 2019: launch date of the CURSUS+ 2020 call for projects
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September 2019: start of the first five CURSUS+ programs

April 2019: launch of the CURSUS+ project at the Université de Lyon

July 2018: CURSUS+ project is the winner of the French National Research Agency’s “New university programs” call for projects.
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• 2020

  24 NOV
  Launch of the first CURSUS+ lecture "The scale and factors of "success" at university"

  As part of its CURSUS+ project, the Université de Lyon is launching a series of lectures called “Students Successes” with a lecture of Marc Romainville called "The scale and factors of "success" at university". Redesigned in a 100% remote format opened to all, this event is an opportunity to review the new university entry support schemes, in particular those of CURSUS+.

• 2019

  07 OCT 07 NOV
  2020 CURSUS+ call for projects

  The Université de Lyon has issued a call for 2020 CURSUS+ projects, as part of CURSUS+ winning the call for “New university programs” projects.

• 2019

  11 APR
  CURSUS + project launch

  The Université de Lyon officially launched its CURSUS + project in the presence of the National Research Agency on April 11.

• 2018

  09 JUL
  The Université de Lyon’s CURSUS + project wins the “New University Curriculum” call for projects

  On Monday, July 9, 2018, the “CURSUS +” project, spearheaded by the Université de Lyon, was announced as winner of the “New University Curriculum” call for projects, which was launched in 2017 by the French National Research Agency under the Investments for the Future Program (PIA) 3.

The CURSUS+ project, led by the Université de Lyon, receives State aid which is administered by the French National Research Agency (Agence nationale de la recherche) as part of the Future Investments Program under the reference ANR-18-NCUN-0005.

Asmaà Fritah-Lafont
CURSUS+ project coordinator,
Academic Strategy Department

asmaa.fritah-lafont@universite-lyon.fr