Maps & Directions

ENS de Lyon is located in the Gerland area of the 7th district of Lyon, near the Pasteur bridge on the left bank of the Rhône.

Location

Descartes Campus

Descartes Campus Welcome Desk (D1): 15 parvis René Descartes, plaza at the corner of avenue Jean Jaurès and avenue Debourg.
Buisson Building (D8): also accessible from 19 allée de Fontenay.
ENS de Lyon Library - Bibliothèque Diderot de Lyon (D9): 5 parvis René Descartes.

Monod Campus

Monod Campus Welcome Desk (MGN1): 46 allée d’Italie, halfway between Place de l'École and Halle Tony Garnier.
Mérieux Auditorium, MMI (Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science) and Campus Cafeteria : Place de l’École.
Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon - IGFL (M10): 32-34 avenue Tony Garnier.

Getting to ENS de Lyon

The 2 campus of ENS de Lyon are located in the Gerland District (7th District), not far from Musée des Confluences and Halle Tony Garnier, 15 mns from the heart of the city.

Public Transportation

Metro line B, Debourg Stop.
T1 Tramway or C22 Bus: Debourg Stop for Descartes Campus, ENS Lyon Stop for Monod Campus.
Vélo'v parking on the Descartes plaza and Place de l'École (Monod Campus).

Arriving by Train and Plane

From Part-Dieu station, take Metro line B towards Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpital Lyon Sud. Get off at Debourg
From Perrache station, Tramway T1 towards Debourg.
From Lyon Saint-Exupéry International Airport (LYS), take the Rhônexpress Shuttle to Part-Dieu station. Then connect to Metro line B

By Car

Arriving from the East (Grenoble, Geneva, Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, …): Southern Beltway, take the Gerland exit
Arriving from A6 (North or South): take the Pont Pasteur Exit