The Institut polytechnique de Lyon (IPL) is a research

university system A university system is a set of multiple affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed. Typically, all member universities in a university system share a common component among all of their various names. Usually, ...

located in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It consists of four

engineering schools Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

CPE Lyon CPE may refer to: Biochemistry * Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, a "superbug" resistant to antibiotics * Carboxypeptidase E, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of neuropeptides and peptide hormones * Clostridium perfringens ente ...

, ECAM LaSalle, ISARA Lyon and ITECH Lyon. It has been created the 13th of January 1992 to initially respond to a request from the

Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône an ...

region, to pool resources. Today, the objectives of the IPL are to achieve synergy between member schools, to promote certain concerted actions and being the interlocutor of the administrative and regional authorities. Its missions are therefore: * development of the human and general training of the engineer. * development of international relations. * development of relations with institutional partners in

, in particular the

University of Lyon The University of Lyon (french: Université de Lyon), located in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 11 members and 24 associated institutions. The three main universities in this center are: ...

, of which it is an associate member.Institut Polytechnique de Lyon
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* {{Authority control Lyon Universities and colleges in Lyon

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