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About Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- The PEPITE Beelys, (Student Center for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship), to support students in projects setting up or taking over companies;
- The Innovation Factory, to use the university's talents in the creation of startups and local companies;
- The SATT PULSALYS (Technology Transfer Acceleration Office), to develop research findings at the Université de Lyon and to promote their transfer to socio-economic sectors.
- Doctor'Entreprise, a practical scheme, run by the Université de Lyon and the MEDEF Lyon-Rhône, that brings together companies, research laboratories and PhD students.
- The Innovation Academy, a "learning-by-doing" training program for PhD students to develop innovative projects.
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- 25,000 students have been trained and educated by Beelys
- 300 students and young graduates have been supported and trained by the D2E diploma
- 2 Innovation Pre-Factories
- 449 discovered inventions, 105 of which were projects funded by PULSALYS
- 118 patents filed by PULSALYS
Latest news on innovation and entrepreneurship
- 25 JAN“At the heart of artificial intelligence”: the closing lecture of the sixth Disrupt’Campus lecture series
Since its creation back in 2017, the Université de Lyon’s Disrupt’Campus teams up with the Métropole de Lyon to organize a series of lectures based on the themes covered in the Digital Transformation University Diploma. The next meeting, which will take place on January 25, 2021, will explore artificial intelligence.
- 11 DECThe winners of the 10th and 11th Lyon Start Up program
The Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center’s Lyon Start Up program, supported by the Université de Lyon and the Foundation for the Université de Lyon, held its finals and awards ceremony for the 10th and 11th editions of the program on Thursday, December 10.
- 07 DECLaunch of the Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center
The Université de Lyon and the Foundation for the Université de Lyon are launching the Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center, a major platform to support entrepreneurship and skills development.
- 07 DECThey make the Université de Lyon: Lab4Kids
The Université de Lyon met with Lab4Kids, which is developing a solution to help children and their families during blood tests. Supported by Campus Creation, a company creation simulation program/competition run by the Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center, the team took part in the Arqus European University’s Virtual Company Creation Challenge.
- 04 DEC“48 Hours to Bring Ideas to Life®”: The Innovation Factory is back in action
The Université de Lyon’s Innovation Factory organized a new edition of the national “48 Hours to Bring Ideas to Life®” challenge from November 26 to 28, 2020. An opportunity for companies to leverage student creativity to develop new ideas.
- 27 NOVResults from the 2020 Accelerated Young Companies program
After two days of pitching their projects, the winners of the Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center’s Accelerated Young Companies (Jeunes Entreprises Accélérées – JEA) competition, led by the Foundation for the Université de Lyon, were announced on Friday November 27. Read all about them in this article.
- 26 NOVAnnouncing the projects selected for the 10th and 11th edition of the Lyon Start Up program
Rounds 2 of the Lyon Start Up 10 (the spring class) and Lyon Start Up 11 pitching competitions, organised by Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center carried by the Foundation for the Université de Lyon, were held on November 24. At the end of the pitches, 20 projects were selected from a total of 50 projects presented by the 11th class, as well as 10 projects from a total of 20 projects from the 10th class.
- 23 NOVA look back at the 13th Economy Days
The Foundation for the Université de Lyon held the 13th Economy Days (Journées de l’économie – Jéco) on November 17, 18 and 19, 2020. This year’s event was the first to be held in exclusively online.
- 16 NOV 22 NOVThe finals of the Arqus virtual company creation challenge 2020 are coming up!
From November 16 to 22, 2020, people will have the chance to vote on the Arqus website for their favourite business project, among the 5 final candidates proposed by Arqus Universities.
- 10 NOV“Challenges and opportunities related to the use of technologies for learning and continuing education”: the new Disrupt’Campus lecture
On November 10, 2020, the Université de Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon have put forward a brand new lecture as part of the Digital Transformation University Diploma. This event will be held online and will focus on the challenges involved in the use of technologies for learning and continuing education.portera sur le thème des enjeux des technologies pour l’apprentissage et la formation continue.
- 05 NOVThe Innovation Factory’s online open house
The Innovation Factory is a Université de Lyon program that encourages students to use their talent and creativity to innovate in new ways. Its services are aimed at project leaders from the academic and socio-economic world. On November 5, it made its online opening to present its training facilities and services to research professors from the Université de Lyon institutions.
- 02 NOV 03 DECThe Manufactory Sans Souci incubator is looking for students and recent graduates to join its class of 2020/21
The Manufactory Sans Souci incubator, a program run by the Université de Lyon’s Entrepreneurship Center and supported by the Foundation for the Université de Lyon, is looking for students to join its 2020/21 class. Applications are open until December 3.
- 28 OCTThe Manufactory La Doua incubator is proud to present the projects developed by its class of 2020/21
The Manufactory La Doua incubator, a program run by the Lyon and Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center and supported by the Foundation for the Université de Lyon, launched its 2020/21 START and UP programs back in October. Take a look at the selected projects to find out more.
- 22 OCTSix entrepreneurs selected to participate in the Arqus ISLYE 2020-21 program
The Arqus ISLYE (International Soft Landing for Young Entrepreneurs) program enables student entrepreneurs to work with Arqus European University member institutions’ incubators in order to develop their international development strategy.
- 14 OCTThe 2020 PEPITE Awards: ten winners from the BEELYS PEPITE
Ten projects supported by the Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center’s PEPITE BEELYS, led by the Fondation pour l’Université de Lyon, were awarded prizes at the PEPITE Awards ceremony on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.