University of Lyon

The University of Lyon (Université de Lyon), located in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 16 institutions of higher education. The three main universities in this center are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, which focuses upon health and science studies and has approximately 27,000 students; Lumière University Lyon 2, which focuses upon the social sciences and has about 30,000 students; Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, which focuses upon the humanities and law with about 20,000 students.

The other member institutions are:

• École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
• École centrale de Lyon
• INSA Lyon
• Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Lyon
• École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (enssib)
• École vétérinaire de Lyon
• Université catholique de Lyon
• Jean Monnet University (Saint-Étienne)
• École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne, (ENISE)
• École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne
• École supérieure de commerce et management (ESDES)
• École de management de Lyon
• Institut polytechnique de Lyon (CPE Lyon, ECAM Lyon, ISARA Lyon, ITECH Lyon)
• Institut d'études politiques de Lyon
• École nationale des travaux publics de l'État