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
- Offering a curriculum with a high level of multidisciplinary skills
- Developing medical technologies and contributing to research and innovation in healthcare
- Training tomorrow's doctors to deal with the challenges of public health and the complexity of healthcare
Diplomas awarded
- Diplôme de formation approfondie en sciences médicales (DFASM) - University Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- General Engineering Diploma - Centrale Lyon
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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:
- complete a 5 half-day placement with a general practitioner
- complete a hospital internship at the Hospices Civils de Lyon
- First aid training
2nd year: upgrading
The students selected continue with the engineering curriculum and at the same time follow a series of additional courses given by the Lyon Sud and Lyon Est faculties on Thursday afternoons.
- Medical genetics
- Infectious diseases
- Oncology
From 3rd to 6th year: going on to study medicine
Engineering students are fully integrated into one of Lyon's medical faculties. In their third year, they take a General Medical Sciences course (FGSM3) and continue for a further three years in the FASM (Advanced Medical Sciences) cycle.
Careers
- Biotech research engineer
- Medical device engineer
- Researcher in medical sciences
- Research and development manager
