PRoSFER (Program of Sino-French Education for Research) is a master and PHD training program between the East China Normal University (ECNU) of Shanghai and École normale supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université Lumière Lyon 2,  and Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3. Created in 2002, with the ECNU and the 4 ENS as initial members, it is a leading program in Franco-Chinese higher education cooperation and totals more than 100 completed PHDs. It is coordinated by ENS de Lyon and benefits from the financial support of the Chinese Scholarship Council and the Auvergne Rhône Alpes Region.