École normale supérieure de Lyon

Internationalization is a central pillar of ENS de Lyon’s 2025-2026 institutional strategy. Following three international visits in the fall of 2025 by Vincent Michelot, Vice President for International Relations, the School participated in February 2026 in the High-Level Scientific Meetings organized alongside President Macron’s visit to New Delhi, India, and also attended the APAIE (Asia-Pacific Association for International Education) Conference in Hong Kong. In March 2026, ENS de Lyon welcomed a delegation from its long-standing Chinese partner, ECNU (East China Normal University, Shanghai), for the jury meeting of a reconfigured PROSFER program. Vincent Michelot reflected on the priorities underpinning the School’s international strategy in a context profoundly reshaped by the pandemic and increasingly polarized geopolitically.

The institutions of the ComUE Lyon Saint-Étienne have outlined their joint scientific strategy, with the announcement of two new interdisciplinary thematic institutes and two disciplinary coordination networks. This strategy is based on a dual disciplinary and interdisciplinary approach, with the aim of creating solid disciplinary foundations in both training and research and establishing networks designed to foster innovative scientific approaches to major societal challenges.

Elected president of the Association of International Students (ASSET) in November 2024, Guilhian Biet, a dual Master’s student at ENS de Lyon, draws on his own international experience to support the welcome, guidance, and integration of international students.

Sonia Goldblum joined ENS de Lyon two years ago as a full professor, affiliated with IHRIM (Institute for the History of Representations and Ideas in Modernities). She specializes in the history of German ideas from the 18th to the 20th century, with a particular focus on the intellectual history of German Jewry. An alumna of the school, she held a junior fellowship at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and is actively involved in fostering collaborations between French and German higher education institutions. She will serve as a member of the board of directors.

In her role as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Sonia Goldblum will be supported by Sarah Mombert, Head of the Humanities and Social Sciences competitive exam, in addition to the Head of the Science competitive exam who is already in office.

Interview with Aurélien Garivier, coordinator of AILyS project at ENS de Lyon.

Interview with Étienne Ghys, winner of the CNRS Medal for Scientific Mediation 2022.

Pablo Jensen was appointed to his new position as of September 1, 2022, for a term of 18 months.

For International Transgender Awareness Day, the School is rolling out a new campaign to raise awareness against transphobic discrimination.

Florence Françon joined ENS de Lyon on October 11th.

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.

Top-flight research and academics, rich student life… Discover the testimonies of several students from around the world.