Encouraging student mobility
Centrale Lyon has developed privileged relationships with nearly a hundred prestigious institutions around the world, and set up more than 80 double degree agreements and some fifty Erasmus agreements. From Asia to Africa, from Europe to the Americas, École Centrale de Lyon collaborates withuniversities of international renown in over thirty countries, whose number of agreements and partnerships is constantly growing. Every year, the École also welcomes a large number of international students to its campuses. Nearly 400 international students are welcomed every year in engineering courses (competitive examination, double degree, exchange year), master's courses and doctoral programs.
Ecole Centrale de Lyon is also pro-active within the framework of the Erasmus + Program, which plays a major role in the school's international reputation, particularly in terms of student mobility. The School has thus developed a strategy, and on the strength of this, the European Commission has issued the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027. The École also participates, along with other Lyon-based establishments, in the international policy of the University of Lyon.
Favoring the welcome of international students
Welcoming international students is a major challenge for reinforcing cultural openness and strengthening academic attractiveness. Fostering their welcome involves first and foremost simplifying the often complex administrative procedures, in order to facilitate their integration as soon as they arrive.
The Centrale Lyon International Relations team offers an administrative support service and follow-up throughout their stay. It participates in the integration week for international students, organized on their arrival at the end of August, to facilitate theirintegration into a new academic, social and cultural environment.
Centrale Lyon awarded the Bienvenue en France label!
Centrale de Lyon has been awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label, attesting to the quality of its welcome for international students. This label is awarded by Campus France for a period of four years. It distinguishes an establishment for the quality and accessibility of its information, welcome arrangements, training offer, support from its teaching staff, accommodation, quality of life on campus and post-graduation follow-up for international students.
Centrale Lyon has been awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label by Campus France for a period of four years.
Developing international research
Centrale Lyon is developing a strong network of academic and industrial partners with international, promoting the deployment of its research in collaborations that go beyond the borders of France and Europe through various schemes:
- The creation and perpetuation of international laboratories
- Participation in collaborative research projects in Europe and internationally
- The development of co-tutored theses at Centrale Lyon and the tutelage of international researchers
- The development of co-supervised theses at Centrale Lyon and with supervisors abroad
- Setting up facilities to welcome international researchers
