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 A 100-hectare technopole, on the northern part of Villeurbanne and very close to Lyon
 26,000 staff on site
 40% of Lyon's scientific potential
 1st site for higher education and research in France for collaborations with the industrial world and a turnover of € 31million

 
Organisations :

Université Lyon 1 (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University), comprising two technical institutes (IUT) and ISTIL (Lyon Institute for Engineering Science and Technology)

 


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INSA-Lyon (National Institute of Applied Science - Lyon) 

ESCPE-Lyon (Lyon School of Chemistry, Physics and Electronics)

 
ENSSIB (National School of Information Science and Librarianship) 

The regional branch of the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research)

 

CETIAT - technical centre for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industries

 
The regional branch of CETIM (Technical Centre for Mechanical Industries) 
4 organisations for the promotion of research (ATLAS, CNRS, EZUS-Lyon1, INSAVALOR) 

5 organisations for continuing education

 
80 research labs, most of which are affiliated with national bodies (CNRS, INSERM, INRA and INRIA)  
50 high-tech firms based in purpose-built premises  


People :
 
700Business staff
1,600Researchers
1,200 PhD students
20,000Students
2,500Others (administrative staff,...)


9 major fields of study :
Information technology and communication sciences
Chemistry, catalysis and process engineering
Biology, biochemistry and healthcare
Energy, environment and sustainable development
Materials and their applications
Mechanics, metrology
Fundamental sciences (physics, mathematics and earth sciences)



1 committee for organised activities and development of the technopole :