Lyon Economic Development Agency - ADERLY - Universities & Research
Education
Higher education institutes in Lyon include: 4 universities, 11 engineering schools, 2 management and administration schools, and institutions specialising in fine arts, architecture, veterinary medicine, music and teacher training.
For more information, please see the Education and Qualification information here.
Research & Development
Lyon research figures:
- 510 public and private laboratories
- 10,000 researchers
- 10% of all French researchers work in the region
- 11.6% of all French PhD theses are completed in Rhône-Alpes
- 12% of all French patents are filed in Rhône-Alpes (INPI 2002)
Research and development expenditure in the Rhône-Alpes region is comparable to those in Finland, Denmark or the Madrid/Barcelona regions combined. R&D accounts for more than 2% of the Rhone-Alpes region’s GDP.
Large-scale research centres, foundations and scientific facilities in the region include: the Mérieux Foundation, the Scientific Foundation of Lyon and Southeastern France, The Rhône-Alpes Future Foundation, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the French Nuclear Energy Commission (CEA), the Information Technology Electronics Laboratory (LETI), the Minatec center for innovation in micro and nano-technology, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the French Petroleum Institute.
