Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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".

Claude Bernard University
Lyon 1
Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1
TypePublic
Established1971
Endowment€421 M (2016)
PresidentFrederic Fleury
Academic staff
2,630
Administrative staff
5,000
Students40,000
Location
Lyon
,
France
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Lyon
Websitewww.univ-lyon1.fr

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.

Of the 2630 faculty, 700 are medical practitioners at local teaching hospitals. The university has been independent since January 2009 and has an annual budget of over €420 million.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Areas of study
Claude Bernard
Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres

Natural science

Public health

Other
  • Sport (STAPS, "Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives")
  • Observatory of Lyon
  • ISFA, Graduate School of Actuarial Studies (ISFA, "Institut de Science Financière et d'Assurances")
  • Engineering school École polytechnique universitaire de l'université Lyon-I

See also

References
  • Nataly Mermet, Équation : 40 ans d'innovation à l'Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Glénat, 2011.
  1. Décret no 3179 du 17 Mars 1808 Décret impérial portant organisation de l'université (in French)
  2. Arrêté du 8 décembre 1970 Approbation des statuts de l'université Claude-Bernard (Lyon-I) (in French)


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