University of Lyon

University of Lyon
Université de Lyon
Logo of the University of Lyon
Established	2007
Type	Public
Endowment	€4,000,000 over two years
President	Lionel Collet
Vice-president	Olivier Faron
Faculty	5,500
Staff	9,500
Students	100,000
Location	Lyon, France 45°44′53″N 4°51′08″E / 45.748151°N 4.852352°E / 45.748151; 4.852352Coordinates: 45°44′53″N 4°51′08″E / 45.748151°N 4.852352°E / 45.748151; 4.852352
Campus	Multiple campuses
Affiliations	Coimbra Group
Website	http://www.universite-lyon.fr/

The University of Lyon (Université de Lyon), located in Lyon, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 16 institutions of higher education. The three main universities in this center are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, which focuses upon health and science studies and has approximately 27,000 students; Lumière University Lyon 2, which focuses upon the social sciences and has about 30,000 students; Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, which focuses upon the humanities and law with about 20,000 students.

The other member institutions are:

• École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
• École normale supérieure lettres et sciences humaines
• École Centrale de Lyon
• INSA Lyon
• Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Lyon
• École National Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques (ENSSIB)
• École Vétérinaire de Lyon
• Université catholique de Lyon
• ESDES école supérieure de commerce et management
• École de Management de Lyon
• Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique (INRP)
• Institut Polytechnique de Lyon (CPE Lyon, ECAM Lyon, ISARA Lyon, ITECH Lyon)
• Institut d'études politiques de Lyon
• Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres (IUFM)
• École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État

See also

• CROUS

External links

• University of Lyon

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