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Times Higher Education (THE) publishes its Most international universities in the world ranking.

From Monday 23 January to Friday 27 January 2023, the School provides a week of extracurricular activities for ENS students referred to as “normaliens” who are enrolled in the 1st year of the ENS de Lyon diploma. The objective of these activities is to increase awareness of our students about the complex issues we are currently facing and that we will face in the future (ecological and digital transition, new individual and collective risks, future of research, etc.). Please find below a preview program.

2023-2024 call for application is open until January 10, 2023.

The ENS of Lyon expresses its solidarity with the Iranian academic community.

Download here the photographs of the graduating class of 2022/2023 (restricted access)

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You have been admitted to ENS de Lyon? Find all the instructions to follow as well as the program for the new school year.

The first graduation ceremony of ENS de Lyon will take place on May 7, 2022.

Director of the IT department of ENS de Lyon, Alain Tchana has been rewarded as part of the 10th edition of the “Prix de la Francophonie*” for Young Researchers awarded by the AUF.
*Award for French-speaking countries

Applications for courses at the ENS de Lyon must be submitted from 17 May. Please check the calendars for the course you are interested in. 

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

!!! Last days for application !!!

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. 

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.

The schedule for the Admission on dossier of EU/EEA candidates is now online.

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.

• Updated 22 January 2021 : Face-to-face teaching is gradually being resumed within the framework of ministerial instructions and compliance with the health protocol.
• Updated 19 November 2020: On-site work rooms for ENS de Lyon students.

The international Times Higher Education (THE) ranking remains innovative and offers this year a new global Top 100 of institutions with an international vocation.

The French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation presented ENS de Lyon with the national 2019 Higher Education teaching award “Passion Enseignement et Pédagogie” designed to encourage institutional commitment to the pursuit of excellent, innovative university teaching and learning. ENS de Lyon won in the "Internationalization" category, for its international “Transatlantic Translation Workshop”.

The master class of Loïc Touzé as well as his lecture are postponed to a later date.

In this new academic year, 55 foreign students from about ten countries were admitted to ENS de Lyon. If a third party already speaks French, this is not the case for the remaining two thirds.

Welcome to all eligible students!

At the very end of a high-level final, the team of physics students from ENS Lyon finished second in the International Physicists' Tournament 2019, which was held from April 21 to 26 at EPFL in Switzerland.

After winning the French Physicists' Tournament 2019 in February, the team from ENS de Lyon is now competing in the International Physicists' Tournament 2019 at the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Lausanne (Switzerland). Good luck to them!

The "ENS de Lyon/UCBL/UDL" team came top, with a final score of 161.84 points. In April, the team will therefore represent France in Switzerland.

Selection for the International Physicists'Tournament (IPT)

Biosciences Forum

Doctoral studies and joint diplomas

The first graduation ceremony for the Biology Department

A memorable moment in the lives of our students

International Physicists' Tournament

Her experience at the ENS de Lyon as an exchange student in 2015-2016.