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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  Groupe SEB, CNRS and Lyon 1 University inaugurate their joint laboratory "Academic Standards for Cookware Industry (ASCI)"

  On 4th October 2018, Groupe SEB, through its world number one cookware brand TEFAL, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (UCBL) inaugurated the ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR COOKWARE INDUSTRY (ASCI) joint laboratory. The aim is to boost innovation through the exchange of industrial expertise and academic knowledge.

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  Project

  Lifemap: Exploring the Tree of Life

  Damien de Vienne, a researcher working in the Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology (CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, VetAgroSup), created Lifemap, an interactive tool to explore the tree of life.This free app is available on the APP Store and the Android Play Store.

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  Awards and honors...

  Lyon 1 in the Top 100 ranking of the most innovative universities

  Lyon 1 ranked #87 in the Reuters Top 100 ranking of the most innovative universities - 2017.

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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.

Studying at Lyon 1

Facts and figures

• 5500 publications in 2019

• 40K3€ in research contract

• 419M€ of budget

• 66 laboratories

• 1st french university for health sciences

• 47.579 students