École normale supérieure de Lyon

Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon is proud to be recognized in this year’s global university rankings, showcasing its continued growth and excellence across key areas such as international outreach, alumni achievements, and research impact.

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The QS 2025 World University Ranking was published on June 04, 2024. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon affirms its position as France's leading institution in terms of research productivity.

ENS de Lyon stands out in a very good position in the QS Europe rankings 2025, especially regarding the criteria focused on the number of outbound exchange students

From June 3 to 7, 2024, ENS de Lyon hosted an eco-responsible week. This served as an opportunity for all members of the school to learn more about various actions and themes linked to the ecological transition carried out at our institution.

On May 28 and 29, 2024, the Franco-Indian life sciences for global health program BIOSANTEXC held its mid-term workshop. The event provided an opportunity to bring all the partners together to discuss the construction of a global Franco-Indian campus, and to present the concrete results of the first collaborations, such as the emergence of a plant biology project which was the subject of its own workshop on May 30 and 31. 

Join one of ENS de Lyon's top-level research units to get your project off the ground. Our school's supports will assist you in setting up and submitting your project. Call open until September 11, 2024.

Saturday March 16, 2024 saw the 3rd graduation ceremony of ENS de Lyon. The graduating class of 2023 celebrated their success with great pomp and ceremony.

Alice & Bob and research partners granted €16.5 million in public funding to make quantum computing 10 times cheaper. Alice & Bob is the first company ever to receive all four innovation grants from the French State.

Presse release on March 27, 2024

For the second time this year, ENS de Lyon welcomed a delegation from East China Normal University. These meetings enabled to renew strong contacts and establish a work schedule for the development of collaborative programs.

The graduation ceremony for the Normaliens class of 2022 will take place on Saturday, November 18, 2023, for a festive and highly colorful ceremony.

In the framework of the BIOSANTEXC project, the Office of International Affairs of ENS de Lyon hosted a get-together on October 5th to welcome interns and visiting professors from the IISERs.

The start of the 2023-2024 academic year at ENS de Lyon marks the beginning of a new phase for the institution, following a year of provisional administration. Appointed President on May 26, Emmanuel Trizac outlined his plans to the Board of Directors in July. The Board today approved the composition and remit of the new governance team. 

The international attractiveness of ENS de Lyon is a strategic priority, both in terms of training and research. As the new 2023 academic year begins, we take a look at some of the signs of the vitality and international recognition of our institution. 

Once again this year, young and grown-ups enjoyed the Garden Rendez-vous to discover or rediscover the ENS de Lyon garden. There were more than 600 school children on Friday and 400 visitors on Saturday.

On June 7 and 8, 2023, ENS de Lyon welcomed a delegation from East China Normal University, led by its Vice-President of International Relations.

Congratulations to Samuel Angiboust (geology), Anne Benoit (computer science) and Grégory Miermont (mathematics), as well as to the alumni nominated.

The violent thunderstorms that broke out in Lyon on Saturday June 3, 2023 caused several damages on ENS de Lyon campus.

A delegation from ENS de Lyon, composed of the Office of International Affairs and representatives of the four laboratories in life sciences of the ENS de Lyon, will be present at the IISER Pune, where this important moment of the Biosantexc project will take place form May 23 to May 25, 2023.

A series of events around the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

On March 21, 2023, Lamine Boubakar is appointed interim administrator of the École normale supérieure de Lyon.

Publication in the Journal officiel de la République française on November 19, 2022.

The notice of vacacy has been published in the Journal officiel de la République française on November 19, 2022.

Lecture by Dennis Meadows at the ENS in Lyon, Monday, September 19, 2022.

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

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

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

Mathym discovered a unique and innovative manufacturing process for transparent zirconia dispersions.