About the Université de Lyon

The Saint-Étienne National School of Engineering (ENISE – École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne) will be integrated into the École Centrale de Lyon as an in-house school as of January 1, 2021.

The Université de Lyon is in mourning following the death of Renaud Mahieux, who was a professor at the ENS de Lyon’s Biology Department and a member of the International Infectious Diseases Research Center (Centre international de recherche en infectiologie – CIRI).

The Université de Lyon met Alexane Rose, graduate of the 2018/19 class of the “Plastronics Project Manager” training program run by the Foundation for the Université de Lyon, who is now working as a Data Scientist at NXP.

On Thursday, November 26, the Université de Lyon and Sherbrooke University renewed their strategic partnership agreement that began in 2014 as part of the development of the International Alliance*. The ceremony was held online due to the current epidemic.

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.

Ivan Bittar is a tutor and instructor for the French-speaking section in Shanghai. His one-year tutoring and teaching assignment at the French Medical School is part of the “Filière médicale francophone à Shanghai” project managed by the Université de Lyon and funded by the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

The Students Welcome Desk hotline is now closed. This three-month support program set up by the Université de Lyon to help international students with their administrative procedures and everyday issues came to an end on Friday, November 27 at 6:30 PM.

The Presidents also reiterated their commitment to achieving record mobility figures within Arqus, mainly through developing innovative joint programs.

On November 17, Arqus joins the higher education community worldwide celebrating the International Students’ Day.

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.

In a letter dated October 21, 2020, the President and Chairman of IFPEN (French Institute of Petroleum & New Energies) Pierre-Franck Chevet supports the Target-University in Lyon Saint-Étienne.

In a letter dated October 19, 2020, Philippe Mauguin, Chairman and CEO of Inrae, renews his support for the Target-University project.

The Université de Lyon has renewed its cooperation agreement with the University of Fudan for a period of five years. Fudan University is ranked 100th in the Shanghai 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU – Shanghai Ranking) and is ranked the sixth best Chinese university in this same world-class ranking.

The Lyon Cité Campus project involves upgrading the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 campuses and improving their energy efficiency. The north wing of the Palais building will be completed in September 2020, marking the end of construction works at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, which began in February 2017. Work is still in progress at the Université Lumière Lyon 2, and is scheduled for completion in August 2021.

In a letter dated October 14, 2020, the local economic stakeholders (Medef Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, CPME Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, CCIR Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Medef Lyon Rhône, Medef Loire, Medef Loire Nord Roanne, CPME Loire, CCI Lyon Métropole Saint-Étienne Roanne) affirm their desire to support the Target-University in its creation and labeling.