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Students from China: to carry out a thesis or a doctoral research stay in ENS de Lyon's research laboratories. Call for PhD applications is open until February 15, 2022.

Krzysztof Gawedzki passed away this Friday, January 21, 2022.

It is a more colorful, user-friendly library that reopened its doors on January 17.

Audrey Bienfait, CNRS researcher at LPENSL - Physics Laboratory, is one of the recipients of the prestigious ERC Starting Grant.

On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Bruno Sportisse, Inria's CEO, inaugurated the "Inria Lyon Research Centre" in presence of the presidents of ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon and the Director of the Hospices Civils de Lyon, partners in the Lyon ecosystem.

The number of Covid-19 positives cases is rising again very quickly in France — and thus inside ENS de Lyon. In view of the epidemic rebound, new measures are being (re)implemented.

On September 29, 2021, a delegation of German university heads and vice-presidents was welcomed at ENS de Lyon.

Similar to the Music Festival or European Heritage Days, the ambition of #ErasmusDays is to promote the Erasmus+ program across Europe and amongst the 201 countries eligible for this initiative.

In April 2021, the School of Physics of Les Houches launched "Oxy-jeunes", a program aiming at organizing short stays, in an extra-ordinary setting, so that PhD and post-doctoral students can meet each other to exchange about their work or difficulties encountered during the pandemic.

Since May 19, 2021, the ENS de Lyon proposes a mentoring system supported by a charter.

On June 8, 2021, the eighteenth edition of one of the most consulted university rankings in the world was published.

On 3 June 2021, the names of new members of the 31st year group of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) were announced.

Call for applications for international doctoral students - 2021/2022
Deadline: June 30, 2021, 12:00 noon (French time)

The CNRS and its partners are creating a new scientific interest group to bring together their mathematics skills to help the environment. 

Communication from the 4MOST consortium on March 14, 2021.

Go live on Friday, March 26, 2021 at 9:45 a.m. for the 1st session of the French Chemists’ Tournament (TFChim).

After seven months of travel, the NASA's Perseverance Rover landed on Mars on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Its mission is, among other things, to search for traces of ancient life on the Red Planet.

Updated on January 18, 2022.

On January 18, 2021, IRICE, an NMR platform of excellence for innovation in chemistry and health, was inaugurated.

You are a future student, phD or researcher from ENS de Lyon, use the dedicated housing platform from our partner Studapart.

Lockdown has led to increased anxiety and isolation for many students in higher education. Students have created a Forum flyer with contact details for services to help other students in need of equipment or psychological support. Please share this information with anyone who could benefit from these services.

!!! Last days for application !!!

Scientific news - CNRS - Institute of Physics - November 6, 2020.

As part of the #ErasmusDays 2020 and Mobility Week, ENS de Lyon is organizing an information meeting for staff. This year, due to the current pandemic, information meetings for student mobility are likely to be held in November. However, despite the restrictions, we are still finding time to get together to talk about international projects.

International partnership: ENS de Lyon and Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan

To improve the internationalization and attractiveness of higher education in France, it is vital that the country's international students be welcomed in the best possible manner.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, France is ready to welcome international students and researchers. Depending on your country of origin, the steps to follow are different. Campus France published a flyer with useful information to prepare your arrival in France. 

Communication from SAAFE, by Michael Rose, on July 1, 2020.

Turbulent flows, like planetary atmospheres, oceans, or flow around an airfoil or a wind turbine, undergo strong fluctuations. Sometimes, the system may even undergo abrupt transitions between entirely different flow configurations. Such transitions seem to occur at random times, in an unpredictable manner.

With regard to international mobility, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior have indicated that travel can resume in Europe from June 15 (possible restriction for England and Spain) and outside Schengen from July 1, subject to favourable health conditions.

On June 12, 2020, the seventeenth edition of one of the most consulted university rankings in the world was published.

On April 10, 2020, ANR announced the funding of 86 projects concerning Covid-19. Six are associated with ENS de Lyon laboratories.
Image credit ©Institut Pasteur

Since 1922, the Louis Ancel Award is granted every year by the French Society of Physics. It rewards a French physicist for his/her work in condensed matter physics.

On past March 26, a little Soay sheep was born in the garden. In order to choose a first name for it, the members of ENS de Lyon were invited to vote.

The Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO in French) has set up a blog focusing on the current epidemic.

The decree of March 27, 2020 authorizes ENS de Lyon to permit you to organize a defense, in this particular period of the Covid-19 epidemic, with a full jury in videoconference.

A CIRI project, in collaboration with HCL, has united CIRI immunologists to work on understanding the immune response to Coronavirus in patients.

From the room known as the "Café des sports", one of the virtual videoconferencing rooms of the biology department accessible from the Study portal, François Roudier, Director of the department and Nathalie Alazard, Assistant Director, tell us about almost 4 weeks of intense remote work. Four weeks, three phases, a first assessment and a constant optimism despite the complexity of an ever-changing situation.

The research laboratories of ENS de Lyon are continuing to support hospitals and public services that are on the front line of the health crisis.