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Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Public university of Lyon, France

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (French: Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, UCBL) is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. It is named after the French physiologist Claude Bernard and specialises in science and technology, medicine, and sports science. It was established in 1971 by the merger of the 'faculté des sciences de Lyon' with the 'faculté de médecine'.

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The main administrative, teaching and research facilities are located in Villeurbanne, with other campuses located in Gerland, Rockefeller, and Laennec in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. Attached to the university are the Hospices Civils de Lyon, including the 'Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud', which is the largest teaching hospital in the Rhône-Alpes region and the second-largest in France.

The university has been independent since January 2009. In 2020 it managed an annual budget of over €420 million and had 2857 faculty.[1]

History

On 17 March 1808, Napoleon I founded the University of France, a national organisation with responsibility for formal education from primary through to university level. This decree created the Academy of Lyon within the University and established the Lyon Faculty of Science.[2] The Lyon Faculty of Medicine was founded on 8 November 1874 and was later merged with the Faculty of Science on 8 December 1970 to create Claude Bernard University.[3]

Locations and buildings

Main sites

The university is not located on a single campus but has departments and other facilities distributed across several key sites throughout Lyon and the wider region. The LyonTech-la Doua campus located north of Villeurbanne and east of Lyon's Parc de la Tête d'Or hosts the administrative headquarters of the university as well as its Faculties of Science and Technology and of Sport Sciences.

A second key site, the Lyon Health East Campus, is located in the eighth arrondissement next to the Edouard Herriot hospital and the Vinatier medical centre. It hosts the Faculty of Odontology and the Lyon East Faculty of Medicine, in addition to several research institutes dedicated to medical and biological sciences.

Areas of study

Claude Bernard
Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres

Natural science

Public health

Other

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Reputation

The university was ranked 9-11 out of universities in France and in the 201–300 band of world universities by Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021.[8]

Notable faculty

Mathematics

Antonin Poncet

Medicine

Notable alumni

Academic

Sports

Other

See also

References

  • Nataly Mermet, Équation : 40 ans d'innovation à l'Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Glénat, 2011.
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    "Annual Report 2020". Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    Décret no 3179 du 17 Mars 1808 Décret impérial portant organisation de l'université (in French)
  3. [3]
    Arrêté du 8 décembre 1970 Approbation des statuts de l'université Claude-Bernard (Lyon-I) (in French)
  4. [4]
    "Shanghai Ranking". 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1". QS World University Rankings.
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    "Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon 1". Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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    "Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon 1". Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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    "2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021". Shanghai Ranking. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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