Research Laboratories

The Master's programme relies on local research. All of the programme's teachers are also researchers at regional, national or foreign laboratories. The laboratories of the Rhône-Alpes Region regularly welcome several student research placements each year. Afterwards, a portion of students carry out their theses at these same labs.

The non-specialized character of the Physics & Chemistry Master's programme entails a wide range of themes and a large number of laboratories concerned by the training programme. The thematic orientations of the various M2 course programmes proposed locally reflect the emerging themes developed in research laboratories in Lyon. The "Computational Physics and Chemistry" M2 course program is linked to the development of the Blaise Pascal Centre at ENS Lyon.

But this emphasis on research extends beyond the Lyon context: the possibility of inviting foreign researchers to take part in the Master's training, the possibility to pursue a semester of instruction at another university in France or abroad (at the M1 or M2 level), and the possibility to carry out research internships abroad all contribute to a link to research that extends well beyond the local context.

We indicate below the regional laboratories involved in the training and some examples of host sites abroad.