Catholic University Of Lyon

Catholic University of Lyon
Information
Foundation	1875
Type	Private institution of higher education
Location
City	Lyon
Country	France
Direction
Rector	Michel Quesnel
Miscellaneous
Website	www.univ-catholyon.fr
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The Catholic Institute of Lyons, or Catholic University of Lyon ^History

The institution was founded in 1877 , the center of the city of Lyon. It is the initiative of a group of lay Catholics, after the promulgation of the Law of 12 July 1875 on freedom of higher education.

The Catholic University of Lyon is managed by the Association of the founders and protectors of the Catholic Institute of Lyons recognized public utility in 1942. It is chaired by General Gilles Barrie.

Since 2005, the property is located on 2 sites in the central city of Lyon.

• The first historic Place Bellecour, where the faculties of philosophy, literature and languages, science, theology and the education authority, administration and central services: international relations, communication, secretarial academic, human, Polytechnic Institute Lyon (consortium of four engineering schools associated with the Catholic University of Lyon).
• The second newly constructed site, place Carnot, where the Graduate School of Business and Management ESDES , Faculty of Law Economics and Social Sciences and the ESTRI.

Composition

Faculties

The institute has five faculties:

• Economics and social rights
• Philosophy and Humanities
• Literature and Language
• Science
• Theology and Religious Studies

Graduate Schools

• Management school ESDES
• Graduate School of Languages, Translation and International Relations (Estrie)
• Graduate School for quality, environment and security (ESQESE)
• Technician School Biology Biochemistry (ESTBB)
• Training Institute lab technicians (iftab)
• Institute of Biotechnology professionalization (IPROB)

Training Centers and Research

• Institute of French Language and Culture (ILCF)
• Institute of Human Rights in Lyon (IDHL)
• Pastoral Institute of Religious Studies (IPER)
• Institute of Family Sciences (TFR)
• International Centre for Local Development (CIEDEL)
• Center for Ethics (ICE)

Polytechnic Institute of Lyon (IPL)

Organization representing the four schools of engineering associated with the Catholic University of Lyon:

• Physical Chemistry Graduate School of Electronic Lyon ( CPE Lyon )
• Catholic School of Arts and Crafts (ECAM Lyon)
• Higher Institute of Agriculture and Agri-Food Rhone-Alpes ( ISARA Lyon)
• Textile and Chemical Institute ( ITECH )

Figures

• approximately 6500 students including 1300 foreigners
• 200 permanent teachers
• 100 administrative staff
• 5 faculties (law, economics and social philosophy and social sciences; theology, literature and languages, science)
• 6 colleges (including a business school)
• 4 schools associated engineering
• 2 locations in downtown Lyon Place Bellecour and Place Carnot

Library

• Site Bellecour

More than 210,000 books and 2,000 periodicals in philosophy, history, humanities, natural sciences and theology.

• Carnot site

Center for Documentary Resources specializes in management, commerce, management, law, languages, science of the family, human rights and local development. The library belongs to the network SUDOC (Service universitaire de documentation) which connects to 3000 libraries in France.

External link

Official site

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