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2019: International students

The ENS de Lyon has welcomed 90 new international students

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Training through research

ENS de Lyon was ranked 7th of the World's best small universities (THE, 2018)

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Multidisciplinary research

30 research structures and high-tech equipment, from archaeology to quantum physics

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An urban campus in the heart of Europe

The city of Lyon was ranked best student city in France (L’Étudiant, 2018)

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The Diderot Library

More than 1.2 million reference documents and electronic resources

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Coronavirus - Covid-19: Functioning of ENS de Lyon

Following the announcements of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, some information and instructions about the functioning of ENS de Lyon.

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    Reopening of The Crous Descartes Restaurant
    Reopening of The Crous Descartes Restaurant
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    NASA’s Perseverance Rover Landed on Mars
    NASA’s Perseverance Rover Landed on Mars

Research

The ENS de Lyon is home to numerous research laboratories in the fields of exact sciences, social sciences and the humanities. Research activity at the ENS de Lyon is reflected in the number of publications and citations of its researchers, projects funded by the ERC and Horizon H2020, numerous scientific events, etc.

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Climatic change and diet of the pre-Hispanic population of Gran Canaria during the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age

Publication of the LGL-TPE in the Journal of Archaeogical Science on 4 February 2021.

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A titanic interstellar medium ejection from a massive starburst galaxy at redshift 1.4

Publication of CRAL in Nature Astronomy on January 11, 2021. 

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Ultrastructural modifications induced by SARS-CoV-2 in Vero cells: a kinetic analysis of viral factory formation, viral particle morphogenesis and virion release

Publication of CIRI in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences on January 15, 2021.

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Genomics: sequencing of the giant genome of the Australian lungfish shed a new light on the land conquest by vertebrates.

Publication of IGFL in the journal Nature on January 18, 2021.

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ALMA captures distant colliding galaxy dying out as it loses the ability to form stars

ESO scientific press release on January 11, 2021. Publication of CRAL in Nature Astronomy on January 11, 2021.

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Inertial drag-out problem: sheets and films on a rotating disc

Publication of LMFA and Laboratoire de Physique in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 908, February 10, 2021, A7.

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Gradient in cytoplasmic pressure in germline cells controls overlying epithelial cell morphogenesis

Publication of RDP and LBMC in PLoS Biol. on November 30, 2020.

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A network of transcriptional repressors modulates auxin responses

Publication of the RDP in Nature on November 18, 2020

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Monday, February 08, 2021

Research
Epistemic commitments of complexity theories

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

Asia
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Lunar New Year 2021: Exploration and travel in Asia

Friday, March 19, 2021

Culture and knowledge
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Exhibition Moon Impact, a geological story

Monday, June 14, 2021

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ICTAC - International Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Catalysis

Academic programs

Studying at the ENS de Lyon offers the opportunity to pursue a degree from L3 to doctorate with individualized courses.

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Eiffel scholarship program of excellence - Application for 2021-2022

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What does the École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon) stand for? Key figures, international rankings and why study at the ENS de Lyon.

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The vast majority of Normaliens are French but the competition is also open to international students. Read more

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Students can join the ENS de Lyon for one or two semesters as part of an exchange program with their home university. Read more

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ENS de Lyon
15 parvis René Descartes
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69342 Lyon Cedex 07
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Tel. Descartes Campus (head office):+33 (0) 4 37 37 60 00 Tel. Monod Campus:+33 (0) 4 72 72 80 00
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