The University of Lyon (french: Université de Lyon), 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 ...

and

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 11 members and 24 associated institutions. The three main universities in this center are:

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (french: link=no, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, UCBL) is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. It is named after the French physiologist Claude Bernard and specialises in science and technolo ...

, which focuses upon health and science studies and has approximately 27,000 students;

Lumière University Lyon 2 Lumière University Lyon 2 (french: Université Lumière Lyon 2) is one of the three universities that comprise the current University of Lyon, having splintered from an older university of the same name, and is primarily based on two campuses in ...

, which focuses upon the

social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soci ...

and arts, and has about 30,000 students;

Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 The Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (french: link=no, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), also referred to as Lyon 3, is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. It is named after the French Resistance fighter Jean Moulin and specialises ...

, which focuses upon the

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

and humanities with about 20,000 students.

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Jean Monnet University Jean Monnet University (french: Université Jean Monnet or Université de Saint-Etienne) is a public research university based in Saint-Étienne, France. It is under the Academy of Lyon and belongs to the administrative entity denominated Univer ...

École Normale Supérieure de Lyon The École normale supérieure de Lyon (also known as ENS de Lyon, ENSL or Normale Sup' Lyon) is a French grande école located in the city of Lyon. It is one of the four prestigious écoles normales supérieures in France. The school is ...

École centrale de Lyon The École centrale de Lyon (ECL) is a research university in greater Lyon, France. Founded in 1857 by François Barthélemy Arlès-Dufour in response to the increasing industrialization of France, it is one of the oldest graduate schools in Fr ...

École nationale des travaux publics de l'État The École nationale des travaux publics de l'État or ENTPE (English: ''National School of Public Works of the State'') is an engineering school part of the French Grandes Écoles founded in 1954 in Paris by the Ministry of Public Works and Tran ...

(ENTPE) *

INSA Lyon The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) is a non-profit, nonpartisan 501(c)(6) professional organization based in Arlington Virginia for public and private sector members of the United States Intelligence Community. History ...

Institut d'études politiques de Lyon The Institut d'Études politiques de Lyon (or Lyon Institute of Political Studies) also known as Sciences Po Lyon, is a grande école located in Lyon, France. It is one of ten Institutes of Political Studies in France, and was established in 194 ...

* VetAgro Sup (previously École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon) *École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne, ( ENISE) *

Centre national de la recherche scientifique The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science Basic research, also called pure research o ...

(CNRS)

Associated institutions

* Emlyon Business School * Université catholique de Lyon * École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon * École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Saint-Etienne *

École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne , also called (literally meaning "Saint-Étienne school of mines") or simply and commonly abbreviated EMSE is a prestigious French graduate engineering school () training engineers and carrying out industry-oriented research. Its function is to ...

* École supérieure de commerce et management (

ESDES ESDES School of Business and Management (''École supérieure pour le développement économique et social'') is located in Lyon, France. It was created in 1987, within the Catholic University of Lyon ( UCLy). ESDES is state-recognised and its d ...

) *

Institut polytechnique de Lyon The Institut polytechnique de Lyon (IPL) is a research university system located in Lyon, France. It consists of four engineering schools : CPE Lyon, ECAM LaSalle, ISARA Lyon and ITECH Lyon. It has been created the 13th of January 1992 to i ...

(

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 Lyon, ISARA Lyon, ITECH Lyon) *

* Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences de l'information et des Bibliotheques (enssib)

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