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After being closed for the summer break, the Lyon – Saint-Étienne free student listening service, supported by the Université de Lyon and run by students, for students, will re-open on September 6.

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.

The Université de Lyon supports the Departmental Center for Social Health (Comité Départemental d'Hygiène Sociale – CDHS) in its tuberculosis screening campaign for international students.

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.

Good news for the start of the new academic year: students under 28 years of age and scholarship students will be able to use the Lyon public transport network (TCL) at a reduced price – just €25 for 18-27-year-olds or €10 for scholarship students.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, the Minister, Frédérique Vidal, has decided to create a “Special Commitment Award” intended to reward a woman whose work in the field of fundamental or applied research has made a remarkable contribution to the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic.