About the Université de Lyon

On June 5 at Sciences Po, representatives from more than 45 international universities, including the Université de Lyon, came together to create the U7, the only university presidents’ international alliance. Its first World Summit will be held in Paris on July 9 and 10, 2019, under the high patronage of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron.

We interviewed Xin Yee Ng, a student in the IDEXLYON Acoustics Master's program.

Meet the members of the PLicSou organization, whose “1 vs. the Auditorium” project won the Campus Arts call for projects.

The Université de Lyon met with Alexandre Valt, the research manager at NGE group, who has taken full advantage of the services which the university provides to the socio-economic world.

We met with Gaëlle Simon, an anthropology student at the Université Lumière Lyon 2, and Chancella Djimasde, high-school senior at the lycée Frédéric Faÿs in Villeurbanne, who took part in the gatherings for high-schoolers to meet doctoral students.

The Université de Lyon met with Emmanuel Fourault, who founded the Cuir Marin de France company, and whose project was incubated as part of the Student Entrepreneur Diploma (D2E) in the Beelys PEPITE, the Université de Lyon’s center supporting young entrepreneurs.

The Université de Lyon congratulates the forthcoming appointment of seven research professors from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site as members of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) on the October 1, 2019, for a five-year period.

Meet the members of the N.U.A.G.E. organization, whose “New Urban Generation Festival #2” project won the Campus Arts call for projects.

We met with Didier Chavanon, alumnus of the Digital Transformation University Diploma program.

The Université de Lyon met with Anne Delos, who founded the Ma friche urbaine company, and whose project was incubated as part of the Student Entrepreneur Diploma (D2E) in the Beelys PEPITE, the Université de Lyon’s center supporting young entrepreneurs.

Meet Rosalie Blanc and Romane Corlay, members of the RBRC organization, whose “RR11POSTCARDS” project won the Campus Arts call for projects.

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

The Université de Lyon met with members of the science Student Office (BDE) at the Université Jean Monnet, who won the Campus Arts call for projects with the “Concours Cult’” project.

The Université de Lyon met with Guillaume Millet, professor at the Université Jean Monnet. Discover his international career and learn about the Fellowships call for projects he was awarded.

Meet Esthelle Frois and Antoine Bouré, members of the Ansthelle Cooperative, who are graduates of the École supérieure d'art et design Saint-Étienne and winners of the Campus Arts call for projects for their “Failure by Design” project.

The Université de Lyon interviewed Leïla Guermit, a member of the Université de Lyon’s Sports Association, who discusses her experience as a world champion of university rugby sevens.

On Monday, April 1, 2019, the Université de Lyon, the Académie de Lyon, the Université Lumière Lyon 2, the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and the Crous de Lyon unveiled Franck Scurti’s artistic work, “Fire at full moon revisited 2018”.

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.

As part of the IDEXLYON project, the Université de Lyon and the Foundation for the Université de Lyon held a day for the socio-economic world on Friday, March 15, 2019. It aimed to offer new tools to foster relationships between the socio-economic world and the Université de Lyon, thereby contributing to the success of the University, its students and socio-economic partners.

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.

On February 11, 2019, Frédérique Vidal, minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and Guillaume Boudy, general secretary for Investment, announced the list of 103 Laboratories of Excellence (LabEx) which have been extended for an additional five-year period. Eleven of these Laboratories of Excellence are affiliated with the Université de Lyon, which maintains Lyon’s status as the number one academic site in terms of number of LabEx.

The IDEXLYON consortium agreement was signed on December 19, 2018 by all project members.

Pierre Marc Johnson, the 24th Prime Minister of Quebec, and who is now advocatus emeritus of the Quebec Bar, received an Honorary Doctorate from the Université de Lyon and its President Khaled Bouabdallah on November 12, 2018, during the Jacques Cartier Meetings.

The random draw to fill four seats on the Université de Lyon’s governing board, three of which are for category 5 (BIATSS) and one for category 6 (users) was held on November 15, 2018.

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) met for the fourth time on Friday, November 30, 2018.

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.

A random draw will be held to fill four seats on the Université de Lyon’s governing board, three of which are for category 5 and the other for category 6.

On Tuesday, November 6, during the Economy Days (JÉCO), the Université de Lyon awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Professor Vernon Smith, the 2002 Economic Sciences Nobel Prize laureate for his research in experimental economics.

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 hosting the “Learning to learn in a fake news world, from high school to university” colloquium on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, which is being organized by the Conference of University Presidents (CPU - Conférence des présidents d'université).

Hélène Courtois, professor and Vice-President of the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, was awarded the French Award for Scientific Influence on Tuesday, October 2, by Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Led by the Université de Lyon and coordinated by the Université Jean Monnet, MANUTECH-SLEIGHT was one of two Graduate Schools of Research (EUR) selected by the French National Agency for Research in November 2017. It has just been launched on the Manufacture campus in Saint-Étienne.

The start of the academic year ceremony for the Université de Lyon was held on October 1, 2018 in the Grand amphithéâtre of the Université de Lyon. The event celebrated past accomplishments and shared future plans for the site’s academic and structural changes.

The 27th year of this prestigious global web conference: The Web Conference (formerly WWW), organized by the Université de Lyon in partnership with the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Métropole de Lyon, and in collaboration with Digital League and IW3C2, took place from April 23 to 27, 2018, at the Centre de Congrès de Lyon.

Khaled Bouabdallah, President of the Université de Lyon and Vice-President of the CPU, meets Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Frédérique Vidal, the French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, visited the Université de Lyon on Friday, January 26, 2018, to discuss Parcoursup, the new admissions platform for higher education. During her visit, the university presidents presented innovative schemes and procedures that contribute towards the success of students within their institutions.

The Pulsalys SATT and IDEXLYON are launching a joint call for projects to support innovation in the major theme "Humanities and Urbanity".

On December 4, 2017, Sciences Po Lyon opened its new Saint-Étienne campus at the Université Jean Monnet. The opening ceremony, which marked the end of 18 months of construction work, was an opportunity to highlight the strong links and shared effort that unite these two member institutions of the Université de Lyon.