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Claude Bernard Lyon 1 is a university that provides teaching for 45,000 students a year in the fields of science and technology, health and sport.

Claude Bernard Lyon 1 is part of Université de Lyon, the most important French University site outside the Paris region.

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Arqus European University Alliance
The Arqus European University Alliance brings together the universities of Bergen, Granada, Graz, Leipzig, Lyon, Padua and Vilnius. The Arqus Alliance’s main ambition is to act as an institutional learning laboratory for the design, experimentation and implementation of an innovative model of inter-university cooperation.

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Opening of the World Health Academy in Lyon in 2023
On Monday, May 24, 2021, addressing the WHO Assembly, President Emmanuel Macron announced that the World Health Academy would open in Lyon in 2023. The Academy is intended to "become the benchmark institution for training in public health".

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LYoN eXcellences – LYNX Project
In response to the PIA4 "Excellence in all its forms" call for projects, the institutions Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon 2 University, Lyon 3 University, CPE Lyon, VetAgro Sup, INSA Lyon, Centrale Lyon, Mines Saint-Étienne and ENTPE - Ecole de l'Aménagement Durable des Territoires have decided to submit a joint proposal for an ambitious academic project.

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The CIRI is at the forefront in fighting the Ebola virus
The Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (International centre for infectiology research - CIRI) brings together almost 300 researchers to advance the understanding of infectious diseases so they can be better controlled.

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At the cutting edge of learning with simulation in the field of healthcare
The Centre Lyonnais d’Enseignement par la Simulation en Santé [the Centre for teaching using simulation in healthcare of Lyon - CLESS] of the Claude Bernard Lyon 1 university enables healthcare students to learn using simulation. Thanks to lifelike dummies and two immersive technical platforms, the students can learn by way of very realistic medical simulations.

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History of the Claude Bernard Lyon 1 university
The Claude Bernard Lyon 1 university was founded by decree in December 1970. It is named after the famous physiologist born in 1813 in Saint-Julien-en-Beaujolais.

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The Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University proposes a wide offer of formations preparing to the professional life within 13 departments, distributed on 14 geographical sites.

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