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The next Congress of the French Federation of Research Ethics Committees (Fédération Nationale des CER) will take place on Friday December 8, 2023 at the Université Paris Cité. The Congress will focus on “Ethics in RECs, from Aristotle to Chat GPT”.

This day is aimed at PhD students and young researchers in the H₂O'Lyon community who want to boost their careers, continue in academia or move into other types of profession.

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, came to an end on Thursday, November 30. Update on the steps to follow from now on.

The Collegium - Institute of Advanced Studies of the Université de Lyon is launching “Confluence of Research Worlds” (Confluences des mondes de la recherche), a series of podcasts to discover the ongoing research of the 2023/2024 fellows.

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Université de Lyon invites you to take part in the events organized by its member and associate institutions, which are free of charge and open to all.

The European Research Council (ERC) has just communicated the list of beneficiaries of the 2023 Consolidator grants. The Lyon region has three projects, respectively on epilepsy, on an alternative to harmful polyfluorinated compounds (PFAS), and finally on the diversity of languages.

The Inserm Ethics Committee (CEI – Comité d’éthique de l’Inserm) is organizing its 10th annual meeting on November 22, 2023 in partnership with the Espace éthique Région Île-de-France.

As part of the LYSiERES² project – Science with and for society – led by the Université Lumière Lyon 2, Pop’Sciences has produced a series of articles on the potential of artificial intelligence in the health sector, particularly in the field of diagnostics.

As part of the European Week for Waste Reduction, the Université de Lyon invites you to take part in a Clean Walk organized by student organizations in Lyon on November 18, 2023.

The Ambition Europe Day is organized by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises, member of the Enterprise Network, in association with all those involved in the regional innovation ecosystem.

The Collegium de Lyon, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) of the Université de Lyon, is organising the presentation of the 2023-2024 fellows on Tuesday, November 7 at 2 p.m., in the amphitheater of the Université de Lyon. The fellows will be presenting their research projects.

In November, Pop’Sciences will publish the latest issue of its magazine focusing on water management, from the preservation of this precious resource to its use for human activities. Find out more about this new issue during a panel discussion, in collaboration with the Municipal Library of Lyon!

On November 6, at the Sciences Po Lyon Public Factory, the Métropole de Lyon and the City of Lyon, together with the Université de Lyon, awarded the 2023 Young Researcher Prize. Find out who the four winners of this year’s €5,000 prize are.

All PhD students and recent graduates of the Université de Lyon are invited to take part in the 2024 edition of the My Thesis in 180 Seconds competition. Applications are open until February 11, 2024.

From November 4 to 10, the Métropole de Lyon and the cities of Lyon and Villeurbanne are organizing the Biennale de l’Hospitalité (Hospitality Biennial). A week of seminars, screenings, visits, discussions, etc. designed to inform, share, mobilize, and make Lyon a more welcoming and supportive place.

The Université de Lyon supports the initiatives of organizations working for the well-being of all students. Find out more about Nightline Lyon’s night-time listening service and how to get involved.

Once again this year, the Université de Lyon’s member and associate institutions have made their mark in the Shanghai 2023 (published on October 27, 2023) and Times Higher Education 2024 (published on October 26, 2023) rankings by subject.

The Université de Lyon is organizing a conference held by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science on Thursday, October 26. To mark the occasion, a delegation from the JSPS Strasbourg Office will present the various mobility programs funded by Japan.

The Rendez-vous Carnot is a unique event in France, allowing innovative companies (of all sizes and from all sectors of activity) to meet with research laboratories to establish the R&D partnerships necessary to finalize their innovation project.

On October 12 and 13, 2023, the MANUTECH-SISE (Surface and Interface Science and Engineering) Laboratory of Excellence will organize its biennial seminar, in Marcoux, in the Loire department.

The 35th edition of the Entretiens Jacques Cartier will be held in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region from October 9 to 11, 2023. The entire program will revolve around a single theme: the France-Quebec Year of Innovation.

Every year, throughout France, the Science Fair invites the general public to have fun with science, to discover new technologies and the latest developments. The scientific community has come together to offer a range of activities, exhibitions, lectures, tours, and much more. The theme of the 2023 Science Fair will be “Sports and Science”.

On August 29, the Loire CPAM organized a webinar entitled: “International students: all you need to know about health insurance in France”. The Université de Lyon is making the recording available to students who may have missed it.

The Université de Lyon and the University of São Paulo (USP) have renewed their partnership for another five years at a signing ceremony held on October 2, 2023.

Rulan Verma, PhD student at the IRCELyon laboratory shares with us her experience with Espace Ulys!

The House of Mathematics and Computer Science (MMI, Maison des Mathématiques et de l'Informatique), a LabEx MILYON project supported by the Université de Lyon, invites you to discover its new exhibition, “Dans ma cuisine” (“In my kitchen”), from September 30, 2023 to June 29, 2024.

New international fellows started their residency at the Collegium de Lyon for the academic year 2023-24.

The Université de Lyon will attend, from September 26 to 29, the 33rd edition of the largest institutional fair in Europe, organized by the EAIE (European Association of International Education).

Brain Awareness Week is organized each year in March by the French Neuroscience Society. This event is an opportunity for researchers, physicians and student volunteers to share developments in brain research laboratories with the general public, as well as to explain the importance of brain research, the challenges involved, and its impact on our society.

On Tuesday, September 12, the Université de Lyon will host a conference presenting the Franco-American Fulbright Commission.

On November 14, Patricia Rousselle, CNRS Research Director at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, will receive the CNRS Innovation Medal for her work on skin healing and regeneration.

With this annual report, the Université de Lyon invites you to discover the major projects and actions that its teams carried out in 2022, in terms of training and doctorate, research, innovation and entrepreneurship, international policies, campus and student life, science and society.

The Université de Lyon, at the initiative of the health referents of its member and associate institutions and with the support of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, is launching a new online health directory. The Student Health portal has also been translated into English, with the aim of improving knowledge of the French healthcare system and facilitating access to healthcare for all students on the site.

Every year at the start of the academic year in September, the Université de Lyon sets up its Students Welcome Desk to greet international students and help with their their back-to-school procedures. In Lyon, the 2023 edition will be held from September 4 to November 30.

Thanks to the support of the Métropole de Lyon, the Jean Bergeret regional institute is offering a free listening and psychological support service for international students living in Lyon.

Marcelo Giordan, teacher researcher at the ICAR laboratory talks about his experience with Espace Ulys!

The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS – Centre national de la recherche scientifique) is a multidisciplinary public research organization under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. Its local branch gathers most of the laboratories and research units in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, affiliated with our institutions.

On August 16, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR - Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche) published its guide to the start of the 2023-2024 academic year. This comprehensive guide outlines measures taken to improve the daily life of students, with particular emphasis on the importance of providing support to students.

Zhaoke Luo, PhD student at the SBRI laboratory shares with us his experience with Espace Ulys!

While the recycling of wastewater is still not very present in Europe and in France, the Life RECYCLO project tackles the problem of the reuse of laundry water. An innovative project that has just taken a new important step: the prototype is under construction at the premises of the Treewater company in Alixan, near Valence (France).

On July 6, 2023, the Université de Lyon and its partners – the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes academic region, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and the Métropole de Lyon, symbolically brought to a close Lyon Cité Campus, a major project to modernize the Université de Lyon’s real estate portfolio that began 14 years ago.

For its new feature on light, Pop’Sciences met with scientists and lighting professionals in the Lyon Saint-Étienne region.

The Manutech SLEIGHT Graduate School will hold its 10th SLEIGHT Science Event from July 3 to July 6 2023 in Saint-Étienne, bringing together researchers and students from the Saint-Étienne Lyon site. The topic for this event will be Sustainable Surface Engineering.

The Université de Lyon has signed an agreement with the China Scholarship Council (CSC) to provide funding of 30 doctoral scholarships per year. This agreement allows Chinese students to do their PhD in one of the member institutions of the Université de Lyon.

The QS World University Rankings, established by the British company QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), was published on June 27, 2023. Five member institutions from the Université de Lyon were mentioned in this twentieth edition.

The Université de Lyon has just launched its new platform for managing pedagogical registrations for PhD students for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Under the Agir ensemble (Act together) label, the Université de Lyon and the Crous de Lyon are offering 35 member and associate institutions a guide to five workshops to help them raise public awareness.

On June 9 and 10, 2023, the Ernest Wallon Stadium in Toulouse hosted the French men’s and women’s university rugby sevens championships. At the end of a great competition, the AS UdL athletes took the championship in the elite men’s category!

Established in 2022, the Université de Lyon’s Research Ethics Committee (CER-UdL) supports researchers who wish to ensure the ethics of their research protocols (except for research involving human subjects). It will welcome four new members at the start of the 2023 academic year.

On June 7, the Université de Lyon organized the first “Assises de la transition” (Transition conferences) for its 35 member and associate institutions, led by Frank Debouck, its President, and Cécile Delolme, its Vice-President for Major Transitions and Director of the ENTPE.

From June 5 to 9, 2023, the Innovation Factory from the Université de Lyon opens it doors for the second edition of “Meet & Fabrik”. On the agenda: meetings, round tables, creativity and prototyping workshops, an exhibition at the FabLab, demonstrations, open house, launch party...

As in 2022, the Times Higher Education Impact 2023 Ranking includes 22 French institutions. Among them were four member or associate institutions of the Université de Lyon.

The 75th Annual Conference and Expo of NAFSA Association of International Educators will be held this year from May 30 to June 2 in Washington D.C.

The Université de Lyon congratulates the 18 research professors from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site who have been appointed members of the University Institute of France (Institut Universitaire de France – IUF) from October 1, 2023, for a period of five years.

Enkhtuul Batbold, PhD student at the CRCL laboratory shares with us her experience with Espace Ulys!

Pop’Sciences has partnered with the CNRS to provide a multidisciplinary overview of the research involved in tackling the global health crisis of antibiotic resistance.

On May 16, 2023, the French President announced the creation of four new bioclusters and 12 new university hospital institutes (IHU – instituts hospitalo-universitaires) to strengthen health research in France and accelerate the transition from research to care. Among them, two Lyon-based programs of excellence have been selected: Everest (liver diseases) and BCF2I – French Biocluster for Innovation in Infectious Diseases.

Every two years, the Université de Lyon organizes a festival in the heart of a city. With over a hundred activities that are free and open to all, the Pop’Sciences Festival is the perfect opportunity for researchers, PhD students, local cultural partners, etc., to meet local residents and share their passion for science.

Salim Dahmani, PhD student at the Ampère laboratory talks about his experience with Espace Ulys!

On April 19, departments from the Université de Lyon relating to innovation and entrepreneurship (the Innovation Factory, SATT PULSALYS & the Entrepreneurship Center) took part in a workshop organized by the Université Lyon 2 as part of the TETRIS (TEchnology TransfeR Innovation Schemes in Latin America) project around innovation and technology transfer.

Forty-four higher education institutions are winners of the ASDESR call for projects, launched in November 2021 by the General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI) and the National Research Agency (ANR). Among the winners, two projects hail from the Lyon Saint-Étienne academic site.

On April 18, 2023, the East China Normal University (ECNU) and the Université de Lyon renewed their framework agreement, signed in 2012 and renewed for the first time in 2018, for another 5 years.

The Métropole de Lyon and the City of Lyon, in association with the Université de Lyon, are launching a call for applications for the 2023 Young Researcher Prize.

The Université de Lyon is launching a new session of its Ethics MOOC. Enrollment is open via the FUN-MOOC platform until June 16, 2023.

To mark the tenth edition of the Arts and Culture in Higher Education Days (Journées des arts et de la culture dans l’enseignement supérieur – JACES), the Lyon and Saint-Étienne higher education institutions are offering an artistic and cultural program filled with more than 20 events from April 3 to 5, 2023.

The European Research Council (ERC) has just announced the list of recipients of the prestigious “Advanced” grants. Lyon has two laureates: TEMPO* and IGN.

Students and future students can now apply for accommodation and/or a scholarship with the Crous de Lyon before May 31, 2023, to prepare for the start of the school year in September.

The QS World University Ranking by Subject 2023, compiled by the British company QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), was published on March 22. This 13th edition includes nine member and associate institutions of the Université de Lyon.

The Université de Lyon welcomed two Brazilian delegations in March and April 2023. The goal was to introduce the academic site and the Lyon health ecosystem, in order to stimulate exchanges and build new collaborations with Brazil.

The 12 doctoral students who took part in the regional finals of the international My Thesis in 180 Seconds competition delighted the large audience at the Université de Lyon’s Grand Amphitheater on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The candidates who qualified for the national semi-final are Lucie Boël, from the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and Valentin Gautier, from INSA Lyon.

Two years after the launch of the Life RECYCLO project, it is continuing its activities and its communication with the general public. Whether you are a laundry professional or user, curious about water conservation, or simply interested in science, subscribe to the newsletter to keep up to date with the project’s progress!

The Université de Lyon regional final of the international Francophone “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” competition will take place on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 6 PM. You can watch the final in person or via live streaming on the UdL website and Facebook page.

The U7+ Alliance provides the University Presidents with a unique forum for discussion regarding higher education and research. It calls upon the world’s largest universities to demonstrate their decisive role and responsibility within the multilateral framework.

The graduate school H₂O'Lyon and their partners are offering a week of open university events to match World Water Day on March 22, the theme of which this year is "Accelerating Change". A rich programme to better understand the issues surrounding water. To be followed face-to-face or remotely: webinars, workshops, exhibitions, round discussions, etc.

The 25th Brain Awareness Week (Semaine du Cerveau) 2023 will be held in the city of Lyon under the theme: “My brain explores the world”.

2023 is off to a flying start for the Université de Lyon’s Sports Association. After winning several titles during the French Indoor Athletics, Judo and Archery Championships, the UdL Sports Association (AS UdL) 8+ rowing team will be awarded the 2022 “International Men’s Team of the Year” University Sports Trophy.

The CNRS laboratory "Sous-marin Provence Méditerranée", co-directed with Aix-Marseille University and IFREMER, is a pioneering new research platform.

In 2022, the European Research Council funded more than 300 researchers in Europe through its “ERC Consolidator Grants”. Forty-one of the recipients are from France, including three from the Lyon Saint-Étienne university site.

Brazil, and in particular the State of São Paulo, is one of the geographical areas with which the Université de Lyon has been developing close relations. After a brief interruption due to the Covid crisis, the Université de Lyon resumed its activities in 2022, particularly in the fields of training and research.

The international researchers in residency at the Collegium de Lyon for 2023 have arrived.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes offers more than 300 permanent grants to individuals, companies, local authorities, organizations and public interest institutions. Among them are several grants and calls for projects aimed at higher education, research and innovation.

On December 12 and 13, 2022, the Métropole de Lyon adopted its new University Development Plan (SDU – Schéma de développement universitaire), after working in close partnership with the Université de Lyon.

Each year, at the beginning of the academic year in September, the Université de Lyon sets up its Students Welcome Desk (SWD), a special service to welcome and assist international students upon their arrival in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. The 2022 SWD was open from September 5 to November 30.

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region’s “Amorçage Europe” (Starter Europe) call for projects supports research projects conducted in response to a call for projects from the European Commission in the “research and innovation” and “training” sectors.

As part of World Cancer Day, the Université de Lyon ComUE is inviting students from the Lyon and Saint-Étienne sites to take part in the “Prendre soin de soi et prévenir les risques du cancer” (Taking Care of Yourself and Preventing the Risks of Cancer) digital exhibition developed by the Léon Bérard Center and the Rhône Committee of the League against Cancer.

The Ambition International call for projects aims to strengthen the reputation and recognition of higher education and research in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

The Université de Lyon’s Research Ethics Committee is a consultative body that aims to support researchers who wish to ensure the ethics of their research protocols (except for research involving the human person).

Available from February 1, 2023, the monmaster.gouv.fr website will include all the training courses leading to the national Master’s degree, updated by accredited higher education institutions.

Because looking after your health is very important, the Université de Lyon presents the Survival Kit (kit de (sur)vie), an online resource developed by Nightline, to help you take care of your mental health and that of those around you.

From January 24 to 28, 2023, the École urbaine de Lyon – Université de Lyon and its partners are organizing the fifth edition of the “À l’École de l’Anthropocène” (Anthropocene School) event, hosted for the second year at the Rize in Villeurbanne.

As part of its Energy and Ecological Transition strategy, the Université de Lyon and the Crous de Lyon have once again been awarded the “Agir ensemble pour des campus durables dans des villes durables” (Act together for sustainable campuses in sustainable cities) label for 2023.

From October 17 to 19, 2022, the Entretiens Jacques Cartier (EJC) brought thousands of people together to take part in French-speaking interdisciplinary events in Montreal.

On December 14, 2022, Sciences Po Lyon hosted the launch event of the 2022-2027 Student Life Master Plan, supported by the Université de Lyon and the Crous de Lyon. This is an ideal opportunity to make the Student Life Master Plan available to all those involved in student life at the Académie de Lyon in order to implement new initiatives over the next five years.

On December 5, at the Lumière Institute, the Métropole de Lyon and the City of Lyon, together with the Université de Lyon, awarded the 2022 Young Researcher Prize. Watch the video and find out more about the research projects of the four winners and the reasons why they came to Lyon.

The Université de Lyon – via the CER-UdL (UdL Research Ethics Committee) – is hosting the Congress of Research Ethics Committees on December 2, 2022 in Lyon. This one-day event brings together the institutional Research Ethics Committees from all over France (academic, university-hospital and institutional structures) to discuss “Reviewing human research ethics: laws and practices”.

The Université de Lyon – via the CER-UdL (UdL Research Ethics Committee) – hosted the Congress of Research Ethics Committees on December 2, 2022 in Lyon. This one-day event brought together the institutional Research Ethics Committees (RECs) from all over France, in order to discuss “Reviewing human research ethics: laws and practices”.

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, came to an end on Wednesday, November 30.

The Ambition Europe Day, organized by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is aimed at industrial businesses and industry services, as well as academic research structures (laboratories, research centers, etc.) starting up or with some knowledge of European funding for research and innovation.

New international fellows started their residency at the Collegium de Lyon for the academic year 2022-23.

On November 22, 2022 the Grand Amphitheater of the Université Lumière Lyon 2 hosted the official ceremony in honor of research talents from the CNRS Rhône Auvergne, during which six Lyon-based researchers received this prestigious award.

L’Association sportive de l’Université de Lyon a remporté le Challenge national 2021-2022 desAt the 2021-2022 FFSU (French Federation for Sport at University) MAIF National Challenge of sports associations, The Université de Lyon’s Sports Association tied first place with the Université de Bordeaux.

The suggested actions in this document, published in November 2022, are the result of the collective work of eight institutions in the Lyon-Saint-Étienne site, which have been trained in climate issues, carried out their carbon footprint assessment and initiated their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) strategy.

With a new team, the EURAXESS welcome center, Espace Ulys, is mobilized to help with the arrival and stay of international researchers and scientists from member and partner institutions of the Université de Lyon.

A total of 512 doctors, who graduated from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site in 2018, took part in this tenth survey conducted by the Observatory for Doctors Entering Employment (OIPD).

La ComUE Université de Lyon (UdL) a mis en place un partenariat avec le China Scholarship Council (CSC) qui prévoit le financement de 30 bourses doctorales par an par le CSC. Il vise à permettre à des étudiants chinois d’effectuer leur doctorat dans un des établissements membres de la ComUE Université de Lyon.

The Université de Lyon supports the initiatives of its member and associate institutions to improve the well-being of students. Discover “Añoranza”, a short film made by a group of international students for a film therapy project with the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 health service.

The Université de Lyon (UdL) has entered into a partnership with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), which provides funding for 30 doctoral scholarships each year through the CSC. It aims to enable Chinese students to study for their PhD in one of the Université de Lyon’s member institutions.

42 French institutions are listed in at least one of the 11 subject rankings of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, published on October 25, 2022. Among them, seven are members or associate institutions of the Université de Lyon.

24 French institutions are ranked in the first edition of the global university sustainability ranking, published by QS on October 25, 2022. Among them, three institutions are members of the Université de Lyon.

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the 16th edition of the L’Oréal-Unesco Young Talents Prize - France for Women in Science was awarded to 35 exceptional female doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers. Three of them are from the Lyon Saint-Étienne laboratories.

As a student, PhD student or member of staff of any gender, have you been, or are you currently, a victim or witness of gender-based and sexual violence, bullying and/or discrimination? Your institutions offer listening and support schemes. You can find them under the new section of the health portal.

Since 2021, the CNRS presents a Scientific Mediation Medal to scientists or staff members supporting research.

International Student Night (Nuit de Étudiants du Monde — NEM) is a special evening to help international students settle in at the beginning of the academic year. This annual event, organized by the Métropole de Lyon and its partners, is open to all students and is free of charge. See you at the Transbordeur concert hall on Thursday, October 13, 2022, from 9 PM to 4:30 AM!

46 French institutions are cited among the ranks of the“THE World University Ranking”, with 8 institutions from the Université de Lyon among them.

As part of its international collaborations, the Université de Lyon is developing close relations with economic stakeholders in Brazil.

Every year, throughout France, Science Fairs invite the general public to have fun with science, to discover new technologies and the latest developments. The scientific community has come together to offer a range of activities, exhibitions, lectures, tours, and much more. The 2022 edition will be held from October 7 to 17 in Lyon and in the Rhône department. Save the date!

Lyon Urban School is organizing an international seminar focusing on environmental vulnerability and public decision-making in a post-disaster context. The seminar will be held from October 6 to 8 in Lyon and Tokyo, as part of the 2022 "Rentrée Anthropocène" event.

On September 29, 2022, The ENTPE, the École Centrale de Lyon, INSA Lyon and École des Mines de Saint-Étienne signed the 4EI student mobility agreement, which aims to develop a common engineering project on the Lyon Saint-Étienne site, and to offer more specialization options to seniors through inter-institution mobility. The signature took place in the presence of the Directors of the institutions at the Université de Lyon.

After two years of online gatherings, more than 6,300 participants from over 90 countries came together in person at the EAIE 2022 conference, held from September 13 to 16 in Barcelona, Spain.

Five Université de Lyon institutions (Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lumière Lyon 2, Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, ENS de Lyon and Mines Saint-Étienne) and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ‘Minalogic’ digital technology competitiveness cluster invite you to attend an afternoon of discussions with the academic and corporate communities on a variety of subjects related to artificial intelligence.

Every year at the start of the academic year in September, the Université de Lyon sets up its Students Welcome Desk, a service for welcoming and supporting international students upon their arrival in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. In Lyon, the 2022 edition will be held from September 5 to November 30.

On September 5, 2022, the Université de Lyon, together with twenty or so partners, the City of Lyon and the Rhône Mediterranean Corsica Water Agency, signed the metropolitan contract for water conservation.

To help students buy a new pass or renew their old one, the TCL team is setting up a number of stands on university campuses throughout the Lyon area up until September 30.

With thirteen medals, including six gold, the athletes and coaches of the UdL Sports Association (AS UdL) finished in second place at the EUSA Games 2022, the European University Championships, which were held from July 17 to 30 in Lodz (Poland).

On July 4 to 8, 2022, Manutech-SLEIGHT Graduate School hosted its eighth SLEIGHT science event, bringing together more than 150 participants to discuss how photonics technology can be used in healthcare and space.

The Life RECYCLO project, of which the Université de Lyon is a partner, will take part in the Entre Rhône et Saône Festival in July. This is the first edition of this Lyon event, which will put water in the spotlight.

The City of Lyon is ranked 45th among the best student cities in the world, tied with Birmingham, and second in France in this year's ranking. It has moved up three ranks since QS 2021.

Since 2014, the Quais Berthelot university site buildings have been undergoing a major renovation program in order to preserve this historic site in Lyon. This phase of the Lyon Cité Campus project, led by the Université de Lyon and involving the Lumière Lyon 2, Jean Moulin Lyon 3 universities and Sciences Po Lyon, has officially come to an end.

The QS World University Ranking, established by the British company QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), was published on June 8. This year’s ranking includes five member institutions from the Université de Lyon.

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, the Université de Lyon welcomed a delegation from the Université de Sherbrooke (Quebec), in order to reaffirm the links between the two institutions and to strengthen existing collaborations, particularly in the fields of research and innovation. This is the first time that these two universities have met since the beginning of the health crisis, a little over two years ago.

Come and support Bastien Marguet, a PhD student at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and the 15 other finalists at the My Thesis in 180 Seconds national finals on May 31, 2022 at the Bourse du Travail in Lyon.

P for Popularizing knowledge, O for an Open campus, P for Producing science with and for the public...For the past five years, the Pop’Sciences portal has evolved to provide a complete offer to all science lovers: events, themed articles, magazines, festivals... To mark its fifth anniversary, Pop’Sciences takes part in the NIMS 2022 Forum.

This call for projects aims to strengthen collaborations between partners of the Rhône Campus Alliance, by implementing new projects or consolidating existing ones.

Twenty-two French institutions are listed in the “THE Impact Ranking”, published on April 27, 2022 by the British Times Higher Education magazine. Among them were four member or associated institutions of the Université de Lyon.

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), established in 2012, publishes a ranking of the world’s higher education and research institutions. The results of the 2022/23 ranking were published on April 25, 2022, listing seven institutions from the Université de Lyon.

The Université Lumière Lyon 2 is among the twelve new winners awarded this label by the French Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) during the second wave of the “Science with and for Society” (SAPS - "Science avec et pour la société") call for projects.

The Université de Lyon's Research Ethics Committee is a consultative body that aims to support researchers who wish to ensure the ethics of their research protocols (except for research involving the human person). Dr. Humbert de Fréminville, who chairs the CER-UdL, explains its objectives and how it works.

On April 13, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research announced the list of 137 Junior Professor Chairs selected for 2022. These include eight chairs from higher education institutions on the Lyon Saint-Étienne university site.

The QS by Subject 2022 ranking, established by the British company QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), was published on April 6. Nine institutions, whether member or associated of the Université de Lyon, are present in this twelfth edition.

Each year, the CNRS presents various awards to those who have made the greatest contribution to its influence and to the advancement of research.

Each year, the Métropole de Lyon, in partnership with the Université de Lyon, awards young researchers prizes to promote scientific excellence in Lyon.

The Université de Lyon and the Office for Cooperation and Cultural Action of the French Consulate in São Paulo are working in close collaboration with the CNRS office in South America and the FAPESP to organize a webinar on the scientific cooperation tools developed between France and Brazil.

From April 6 to July 31, 2022, the Université de Lyon’s Innovation Factory is organizing a number of activities as part of the Saint-Étienne International Design Biennial. These activities will take place in the D-Factory.

For the fifth year running, the Université de Lyon and higher education institutions in Lyon and Saint-Étienne chose to combine their artistic and cultural programs and highlight student initiatives on campus. Organized as part of the Arts and Culture in Higher Education Days (Journées des arts et de la culture dans l’enseignement supérieur – JACES), Campus Arts will host over 20 events from April 4 to 6, 2022.

The House of Mathematics and Computer Science (Maison des Mathématiques et de l’Informatique – MMI), part of the Université de Lyon's MILYON Laboratory of excellence (Laboratoire d’excellence), is looking for training, leading or education organizations or professionals to help develop the program for its next season.

The Université de Lyon regional final of the “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” (MT180) competition was held on Thursday, March 24, in the Université de Lyon’s Grand Amphitheater. Fourteen candidates from the site’s institutions presented their thesis subjects, with a mix of humor and scientific popularization, to a full house, as well as online, before three jury prizes and one people’s choice award were awarded.

From March 21 to 26, 2022, the École urbaine de Lyon, the H2O'Lyon Graduate School and their partners are organising a Water Week on the theme of groundwater, to match Unesco's World Water Day.

DossierFacile, one of the winning projects of the "Fabrique numérique", is a national system that helps you compile a quality digital rental file to find accommodation.

Brain Awareness Week is organized each year in March by the French Neuroscience Society. This event is an opportunity for researchers, physicians and student volunteers to share developments in brain research laboratories with the general public, as well as to explain the importance of brain research, the challenges involved, and its impact on our society.

On March 8, the site’s institutions are organizing a variety of events open to all to celebrate International Women’s Day. The program includes games, workshops, lectures, debate sessions, documentary resources, theatrical performances and an exhibition.

The Collège des Hautes Études Lyon Science[s] (CHEL[s]) is launching its new MOOC entitled “Experiments of the World”. This four-week online course includes speakers from the École Centrale de Lyon, the ENS de Lyon, Sciences Po Lyon, Mines Saint-Étienne, VetAgro Sup and the CNSMD de Lyon.

The Université de Lyon’s Doctors’ Career Service has just published a guide on psychosocial risks (PSR) for PhD students studying at the Lyon and Saint-Étienne sites.

At its meeting on March 1st, 2022, the Université de Lyon’s Board of Directors elected Mr. Frank Debouck, former Director of Centrale Lyon, as its new President. He succeeds Luc Johann, temporary administrator of the UdL since December 1, 2021.

The Université de Lyon COMUE is supporting its institutions by implementing a Test-Alert-Protect strategy in order to limit the spread of Covid-19 and break chains of contamination. An action led thanks to financial support from the Métropole de Lyon and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region.

At the end of 2021, the Université de Lyon was selected to manage five projects as part of the real estate component of the government’s Plan de Relance (stimulus package).

The fourth edition of the “À l'École de l'Anthropocène” (Anthropocene School) festival will be held from January 24 to 30 and will offer an open, sensitive, citizen-based program focusing on global change as part of “Villeurbanne 2022, the French Capital of Culture” event, and will be hosted in one of its iconic venues: Le Rize.

The Métropole de Lyon and the City of Lyon have partnered with the Université de Lyon to award the 2021 Young Researcher Prize. You can watch a video about the winners’ research projects and the reasons why they came to Lyon.

For the fourth year running, the École urbaine de Lyon is organizing a series of public lectures on urban and anthropogenic issues. Eleven research professors will present their work over the course of five or six sessions, starting during the “À l’École de l’anthropocène” (At the Anthropocene School) week through to the end of June 2022.

Launched in 2020, the CER-UdL will hold its first blue-ribbon committee on January 20, 2022. The committee’s main task is to provide an advisory opinion on research protocols (both for basic and applied research) to researchers and research professors at the Université de Lyon.

The Student Social Dossier campaign for the academic year 2022-2023 is open until May 15. Students can now apply for scholarships and accommodation in preparation for the start of the school year in September!

Life RECYCLO is a European project run by the TreeWater company based in Lyon, and which aims to develop a wastewater recycling process specifically geared to laundries. The Université de Lyon, through its Culture, Science and Society division, is a partner of this European project.

The Université de Lyon’s PULSALYS, Technology Transfer Accelerator Office (Société d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologies – SATT), is launching the seventh program for local young doctors who are interested in creating a start-up.

The Université de Lyon congratulates the two young researchers from the Lyon Saint-Étienne site who have received prestigious “Starting Grants” from the European Research Council (ERC) for their research projects.

The MANUTECH-SLEIGHT Graduate School organized its seventh interdisciplinary week. The event took place from January 10 to 14 and focused on the theme of light-surface engineering.

For its article series on animal well-being, Pop’Sciences met with scientists from different disciplines involved in animal welfare research in Lyon and Saint-Étienne. Eight articles are available on the Pop’Sciences website, in a free and open format.

With the end-of-year holidays closing, the santepsy.etudiant.gouv.fr platform, which was set up by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation earlier this year, remains fully operational, particularly for students in precarious or isolated situations.

The Université de Lyon has joined forces with the Nightline organization and the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes to offer a listening, support and information service for students from Lyon and Saint-Étienne with psychological difficulties. The listening service is looking for student volunteers for 2022. Apply now!

The scientific committee along with the direction of the Intelligence of Urban Worlds Laboratory of excellence (LabEx IMU) from the Université de Lyon are organizing a day of meetings and discussions among members of the entity’s scientific community and its partners. It will take place on Thursday, December 16, 2021 in the Université de Lyon auditorium.

The Université de Lyon is a partner in the organization of this event, due to take place in person on December 10, 2021, at the FAPESP (the state of São Paulo Research Foundation) and will contribute to the exchange of experiences among members of the CNRS, universities, Brazilian research groups from the state of São Paulo and businesses.

The website ameli.fr from the Assurance Maladie is evolving and now offers a portal page dedicated to the health of young people between 16 and 25 years old.

The Université de Lyon hosted a Brazilian delegation from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the University of São Paulo (USP) on December 7, 2021.

From December 6 to 8, 2021, the AMCSTI, in collaboration with the Musée des Confluences, the Planetarium of Vaulx-en-Velin and the Université de Lyon, will host the “Essentiels/Essentielles” event for scientific, technical and industrial culture professionals in Lyon.

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, came to an end on Tuesday, November 30 at 4:30 PM.

The H2O’Lyon University School of Research, backed by the Université de Lyon, launches its first H2O’bjectif Pro day, in collaboration with PhD students, fellows and young researchers. This event will take place on November 24, 2021, at the Villeurbanne Cultural Center of associative life (CCVA).

In its new iteration, the Pop’Sciences Forum invites us to explore how to reconnect society with a constantly changing industry.

From November 20 to 28, 2021 the Student Network for an Ecological and Solidary Society (RESES) launches the second Student Waste Reduction Week (SERD). The Université de Lyon invites all its students to take part in this important operation, to learn more about the topic, to raise awareness in their peers, to create constructive content and most importantly, to take action for the reduction of waste.

The Université de Lyon’s DEVweCAN and PRIMES laboratories of excellence (LabEx), the Europa Donna organization, the Inserm and Spacejunk are organizing a new session of the “When patients meet research” (QP2R) symposium.

The 2021/2022 university season is off to a flying start for the AS UdL student athletes, who won two titles at the UTC bike and run at the lake at Messein Lès Nancy.

Two students from the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 are taking part in the fall tour of the French women's national rugby team in preparation for the Rugby World Cup to be held in New Zealand in 2022.

The Université de Lyon’s Laboratory of Excellence (LabEx) MILYON offers excellence grants to students who wish to integrate one of our partners’ third year of Bachelor's or Master's degree courses in mathematics or computer science.

In October 2021, the rollout of a national action plan against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) took another step forward in the fight against SGBV in higher education and research. As part of this, the National Federation of Information Centers on Women’s and Families’ Rights (Fédération nationale des centers d'information sur les droits des femmes et des familles – FNCIDFF) is launching a prevention and awareness campaign for students.

The Lyon edition of the Festival des solidarités internationales (International Solidarity Festival), organized by both the Ville de Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon, and coordinated by the House of local and international solidarity (Maison des solidarités locales et internationales), will be held on Saturday, November 6, from 10 AM to 6 PM., at the Hôtel de Ville in Lyon.

At the beginning of the academic year 2021-2022, all pre-enrolled students at the various institutions of the Lyon Saint-Étienne site received the new European card.

The Métropole de Lyon has recently launched Free Vélo’v, a new service that recovers and entirely restores bikes through the circular economy, in order to be loaned to scholarship students and young people in reinsertion.

From October 1 to 11, 2021, the 30th Science Fair was held in the Métropole de Lyon and Rhône area. This anniversary edition focused on “the emotion of discovery”, marking the return of in-person events with 260 activities for the general public and schools.

On October 14 and 15, 2021, the LabEx Manutech – SISE (Surface and Interface Science and Engineering) of the Université de Lyon will hold its biennial seminar in Marcoux, in the Loire region.

This weekly event, organized by the École Urbaine de Lyon, aims to better understand the global changes taking place in our urban worlds through a series of discussions and lectures that are open to the general public. Organized as part of the Science Fair, the 2021 Anthropocene back-to-school event will begin on October 6.

On October 6, 2021, the Université de Lyon hosted the official ceremony in honor of the seven CNRS 2021 – Rhône Auvergne Delegation medal winners.

Would you like to know more about the actions and facilities offered by the City of Lyon and the Métropole de Lyon for all local students? Visit the Lyon Campus website.

In October 2021, the Université de Lyon is joining forces with the Académie de Lyon and the Crous de Lyon to launch a new digital portal dedicated to student aid available in the region, as well as an information point on the LyonTech-la Doua campus.

Every year, throughout France, Science Fairs invite the general public to have fun with science, to discover new technologies and the latest developments. The scientific community has come together to offer a range of activities, exhibitions, lectures, tours, and much more. The 2021 edition will be held from October 1 to 11 in Lyon and in the Rhône department. Save the date!

Following the success of the 2020 Anthropocene back-to-school event, the École urbaine de Lyon is organizing the event again in 2021, in collaboration with higher education institutions of Lyon and Saint-Étienne. This year’s event will be held from October 1 to 11 and will focus on the theme of “Ecosystems & Biodiversity”.

This year, the Labex MILYON’s House of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Université de Lyon will host a new exhibition entitled “Enter the world of artificial intelligence”. It will run from September 25, 2021 to June 25, 2022.

Since 2020, the Université de Lyon has partnered with the Nightline organization and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region to offer a listening, support and information service for students experiencing psychological difficulties from the Lyon and Saint-Etienne institutions. The hotline is looking for new students to join its team of volunteers. Applications are open until October 18, 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.

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.

To start the new academic year on the right foot, the Crous de Lyon and the Université de Lyon are offering a series of food-related workshops open to all students. Meet with nutritionists in the Lyon and Saint-Étienne university cafeterias and restaurants, ask them questions and taste free samples!

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.

Vaccination is seen as one of the key elements in the fight against the pandemic. But not everyone agrees. To shed more light on this subject, the Université de Lyon teamed up with a dozen researchers from Lyon and Saint-Étienne to publish a comprehensive Pop’Sciences article that is available to everyone.

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.

The call for projects to participate in the 2022 festival is open! All institutions, laboratories, researchers, professors and students who have a project they would like to propose for next year's festival are invited to respond to this call between August 24 and September 17, 2021.

The Université de Lyon and its partners are committed to welcoming and supporting international students from the moment they arrive in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, enabling them to start the academic year on the right foot and helping them settle into the region. All residence permit formalities became fully paperless in 2020.