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On November 30 and December 1st, 2021 the Univeristé de Lyon is organising the conference “Women and Governance: issues and impacts of Women’s participation in decisions of public and private organizations". It will include plenary sessions, thematic sessions, roundtables and events promoting exchanges and discussions between practitioners and researchers.

The Université de Lyon is partnering with the 2021 edition of the French American Innovation Day (FAID) event, led by the French Consulate-General in Houston, which will take place online on September 13, 15 and 17, 2021.

The Université de Lyon (UdL) has signed an agreement with the China Scholarship Council (CSC). As part of this agreement, the CSC provides funding for 30 doctoral scholarships per year, enabling Chinese students to study for their PhD in one of the Université de Lyon’s member institutions.

Each year, the Université de Lyon and its partners come together to welcome and support international students from the moment they arrive in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, in order to start the academic year well and settle into the region. In Lyon, a hotline run by a multilingual team is available to answer students' questions, from September 6 to October 29.

The THNS2021 “Resilient City and Transport” Forum will be held online over four mornings: (Paris time) October 28 and 29 (10 AM-12:30 PM), and November 4 and 5, 2021 (9 AM-11:30 AM).

Eiffel Excellence grants: 8% of scholarship holders from the Université de Lyon's institutions

For this anniversary event, the NIFC has completely revamped its museum, highlighting the economic and cultural ties that have linked France and China throughout its history. A temporary exhibition entitled “Les choses de ce monde” [Things of this world] by the artist Guillaume Dégé is also on display from May 29 to October 30, 2021.

The Université de Lyon (UdL) met with the Japanese Consuls of Marseille and Lyon on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss French-Japanese academic and scientific collaborations and to promote the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize.

The Université de Lyon is partnering with the University of Turin, the Conference of Western Switzerland's Universities (CUSO), the University of Brescia and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa to organize the fifth cross-border doctoral workshop based on the theme: Prepare for your future career.

The Arqus European University Alliance places academic cooperation between its member countries at the heart of its ambitions. As part of this initiative, researchers from the Université de Lyon institutions have the opportunity to benefit from the research support schemes provided by other Arqus institutions. The MSCA MaRaThoN@University of Padua 2021 workshop is one of them.

The fifth episode of the Arqus podcast focuses on the “Bebras project”.

During the month of May 2021, the European Council issued several decisions and conclusions regarding the European Universities initiative, as well as research careers.

The Université de Lyon met with Safe B, the team that won the Arqus 2021 Virtual Company Creation Challenge with their connected mouthguard that helps detect concussions in rugby.

In April 2021 the Arqus Lounge held its first meeting, an opportunity for Arqus staff to get to know colleagues from other partner universities and to talk about current topics, their daily work, issues or common interests.

The Université de Lyon invites professors, research professors and administrative staff from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site’s institutions to take part in the “International Moments: A focus on the U.S.A.” webinar. Organized by the City of Lyon on May 11, 2021, this event will focus on new relationships and priorities between the United States and Europe now that Joe Biden is in office.