FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN FRANCE

Yves GLORION,Secrétaire Général

CENTRALE LYON IN FIGURES

- School founded : 1857

- 1,034 engineering students in training (23 % female)

- 21 % international students

- 140 teachers, 200 outside contributors from industry

- 6 National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) laboratories

- over 10,000 Centrale Lyon alumni at work in the global economy

- a 17-hectare campus, with 56,600 m2 of teaching and research premises

POLYVALENT ENGINEERING TRAINING MADE TO MEASURE

- science, core-training at Centrale Lyon

- awareness of human and social sciences

- mandatory foreign language and sports training

- experience of teamwork and project work

- permanent relations with industry

- global dimension

- 108 teaching research staff

- 47 National Scientific Research Council researchers

- 179 PhD students

- 165 peer-reviewed publications

Research priorities: nanoscience, air and land transport, energy, environment, bio-engineering, IT, mathematics.

A research valorization subsidiary: Centrale Lyon Innovation (CLI)

RESEARCH, ONE OF CENTRALE LYON’S STRONG POINTS

AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS

- 21 % foreign students on campus

- 60 % of students get substantial international experience

- 75 students take their 3rd year abroad

- 41 double-degree arrangements with foreign universities

- 15 % of graduates with a double degree

- 9 foreign languages taught, with a pass in English mandatory for all

students

- a range of double-degree courses

the 4+4 scheme with China

- option to take 3rd year in a foreign university

- arrangements for a 1-year gap or industrial internships abroad

off-shore training with Beihang Sino-French Engineering School.

SOME OF OUR TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE :

PERFECT SETTING IN LYON CITY AND THE RHÔNE-ALPES REGION

TWO NETWORKS:

Centrale network

Université de Lyon

WHAT IS A PRES?

A frame for cooperation between higher education institutions,including eventually private and european organizations

PRES=Pôle de Recherche et d’Enseignement Supérieur (research and higher education pole)

WHY A PRES IN LYON?

From a tradition of competition to union

Visibility

Attractivity

Efficience

A small number of themes of excellence:biology,science for engineers

Modernization of adminisration and governance

WHAT ARE THE MISSIONS OF « UNIVERSITE DE LYON »?

1 Organization of Ph D training

2 Scientific production of the members signed « Université de Lyon »

3 New emblematic Master diplomas

4 Common projects

5 Professional insertions of students

6 Promotion of activities

7 Common equipment and services

8 Patents

9 Policy of international recruitment

WHAT ARE THE CHANGES BROUGHT BY « UNIVERSITE DE LYON » FOR « ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON »?

Is there a risk being small when joining with bigger partners?

Is it possible to have « winner-winner » relationships with partners in a PRES?

IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE IN DIFFERENTS NETWORKS?

ECL belongs to many networks:

-TIME

-4+4 with China universities

-HUMANE…

Two networks need daily works:

-Université de Lyon=local,research,Ph D training

-Centrale network=model of training for engineers

CONCLUSION

The PRES:a tangible added value?