1. DOCTORAL EDUCATION at UNIVERSITE DE LYON 14/04/2015 1 17 doctoral schools in all fields of research 5,500 Doctoral students 10% under a PhD joint Agreement (« cotutelle ») 900 thesis defended per year

2. Our scientific scope 14/04/2015 2 A multidisciplinary approach for exploring 3 central themes :  Global Health and Society  Modeling of complex systems  Sciences and Engineering for sustainable Development Means : 16 « LABEX »- Labs of Excellence (created through « Investments for the Future » national programme, 2011) They bring together research teams from different disciplines and receive funds to invest in innovative equipements and to recruit PhD students, post-docs and Senior scientists. http://imagine.universite-lyon.fr/labex/

3. Our International Policy 14/04/2015 3 Internationalization of doctoral studies by :  Supporting inwards and outwards mobility of doctoral students & scientists  Encouraging thesis under Joint Phd Agreements (« cotutelles »)  Developing international joint PhD programmes : - Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Sustainable Chemistry - « PhD track » with Universität Passau and Università di Milano in Computer Sciences & Engineering - Project of PhD in Economics with Università di Torino Fundings from Rhone-Alpes Region and Université de Lyon : - Mobility grants for doctoral students (3 to 6 months), postdocs & scientists (3 to 10 months)- inwards and outwards - French language courses for doctoral students and scientists

4. Doctoral school EPIC Education, Psychology, Information & communication Dr: Pr. André ROBERT 14/04/2015 4 Main themes of research :  Pratiques cliniques de terrain, appréhension des différents dispositifs de soin.  Santé, société, handicap, vieillissement.  Psychologie sociale et du travail.  Identités, langages et pratiques médiatiques ; bibliothèques et documents numériques, médiations.  Politiques éducatives, identités et professionnalités enseignantes, diversité et inclusion, arts à l’école.  Etude du phénomène scientifique, didactique. 404 PhD students 37 ongoing Cotutelles 99 thesis supervisors 32 thesis defended/year 5,5 years: average duration of a thesis 8 Research Units 1 LABEX : ASLAN (Advanced studies on language complexity)

5. Doctoral School PHILO Philosophy: History, Representation, Societal invention Dr: Pr. Bruno PINCHARD 14/04/2015 5 Main themes of research :  Post Modernism : Nietsche, Foucault, Deleuze  Modern thought : Spinoza, Leibniz, Malebranche, Giambattista Vico, Hegelian studies  Renaissance : Ficino, Machiaveli, Rabelais, Giordano Bruno,  Medieval studies : dantology, Thomism, Cajetan  Western Esotericism and German Idealism :Fichte, Shelling, Heigel 186 PhD students 27 ongoing Cotutelles 27 thesis supervisors thesis defended/year Research Units 1 LABEX : COMOD (Constitution of Modernity)

6. Doctoral school NsCO Neuroscience & Cogntion Dr: Pr. Rémi Gervais 14/04/2015 6 KEY WORDS:  Neurobiology, neuropharmacology, clinical neurosciences  Psychiatry, neuroimaging, cognitives neurosciences  Neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, neurolinguistics  Neural modeling, artificial intelligence 130 PhD students 32 foreign students 10 ongoing Cotutelles 88 thesis supervisors 28 thesis/year 7 Research Units 1 LABEX : CORTEX (Construction, cognitive function and rehabilitation of brain)

7. Université de Lyon in EUROPE Lyon, 2 nd largest metropolitan area in France (2,118 000 people) 2 hours from Paris 1H45 from Marseille 1H30 from Geneva

8. www.universite-lyon.fr