FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN FRANCE

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FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN FRANCE
Yves GLORION,Secrétaire Général
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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

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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

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RESEARCH, ONE OF CENTRALE LYONS STRONG POINTS

• - 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)
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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

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SOME OF OUR TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
- a range of double-degree courses
- option to take 3rd year in a foreign university
- arrangements for a 1-year gap or industrial
internships abroad
the 44 scheme with China
off-shore training with Beihang Sino-French
Engineering School.
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PERFECT SETTING IN LYON CITY AND THE RHÔNE-ALPES
REGION
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TWO NETWORKS
Centrale network Université de Lyon
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WHAT IS A PRES?
A frame for cooperation between higher education
institutions,including eventually private and
european organizations PRESPôle de Recherche et
dEnseignement Supérieur (research and higher
education pole)
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WHY A PRES IN LYON?
From a tradition of competition to
union Visibility Attractivity Efficience A small
number of themes of excellencebiology,science
for engineers Modernization of adminisration and
governance
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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
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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?
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE IN DIFFERENTS NETWORKS?
ECL belongs to many networks
-TIME -44 with China
universities -HUMANE Two
networks need daily works
-Université de Lyonlocal,research,Ph D training
-Centrale networkmodel of
training for engineers
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CONCLUSION
The PRESa tangible added value?