FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN FRANCE Yves GLORION,Secrétaire Général
Mar 27, 2015
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?