Key figures and rankings Centrale Lyon

Centrale Lyon is a research-intensive public engineering school. It is ranked internationally for both its research and its training. Its mission is to train, through research and for research, men and women capable of designing and conducting complex, innovative activities at the highest level.

Training and student life

Centrale Lyon offers a continuum of training from post-bac to bac+8 as well as a continuing education offer.

The school aims to provide its students with the best conditions to excel in scientific fields thanks to the quality of its teacher-researchers and lecturers and its infrastructure.

Beyond teaching, studying at Centrale de Lyon means experiencing anenriching human experience: getting involved in an association, being part of a sports team, meeting and exchanging in a multicultural environment...

3200
students
2
campus
110
clubs and associations
76
nationalities
2
preparatory cycles
2
bachelors
1
general engineering curriculum
4
specialty engineering curriculum
16
master's degrees
5
doctoral schools

Leading-edge research

Research at Centrale Lyon enjoys strong national and international recognition, with many institutional and industrial players, and is built around its laboratories, all Unités Mixtes de Recherche avec le CNRS (UMR).

Research activity has historically been based on strong international and industrial outreach, with a virtuous balance between academic research and partnership research, enabling positioning at the highest scientific level while maintaining an indispensable anchoring with business issues.

6
laboratories joint research units with CNRS
2
international laboratories
5
industrial chairs
23 000
m² dedicated to research
93
research contracts signed with companies
13,8
M€ in research contracts signed
+ 900
annual publications (articles and conferences)
247
patent portfolio

Rankings

International rankings

Rank 801-1000
Global
Range 401-500
Engineering
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Ranks 201-250
Mechanical engineering, aeronautics and manufacturing
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Rows 601-800
Sustainable Development
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Top 151-200
Mathematics and Mechanics
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Top 200
Employability
Top 200
Employability

National rankings

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8th
Engineering School
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9th
Engineering School
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5e
Sustainable Development