Centrale Lyon, in collaboration with Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Hospices Civils de Lyon, offers a 6-year double degree course leading to an engineering diploma and a Diplôme de Formation Extérieure en Sciences Médicales (DFASM).
Challenges
- Providing a curriculum with a high level of multidisciplinary skills
- Developing medical technologies and contributing to healthcare research and innovation
- Training tomorrow's doctors in the challenges of public health and healthcare complexity
Diplomas awarded
- General Engineering Diploma - Centrale Lyon
- Diplôme de formation approfondie en sciences médicales (DFASM) - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
A dual 6-year course
1st year: application
Students follow the general engineering curriculum and apply for the dual curriculum. Following a pre-selection process, successful candidates must complete 3 compulsory activities:
- Conduct a 5 half-day internship with a general practitioner
- Conduct their performance internship in a hospital setting at the Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Conduct first aid training
2nd year: mise à niveau
Selected students continue with the engineering curriculum, and at the same time follow a set of complementary courses delivered by the Lyon Sud and Lyon Est faculties on Thursday afternoons.
- Medical genetics
- Infectious diseases
- Cancerology
From 3rd to 6th year: continuing medical studies
Student engineers are fully integrated into one of Lyon's medical faculties. In their third year, they take a Formation Générale en Sciences Médicales (FGSM3) course, and continue with a further three years in the FASM cycle (Formation Approfondie en Sciences Médicales).
Careers
- Biotech research engineer
- Medical device engineer
- Researcher in medical sciences
- Research and development manager
