The University of Lyon (Université de Lyon), located in Lyon, France, is a center for higher education and research comprised of 16 institutions of higher education. The three main universities in this center are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, which focuses upon health and science studies and has approximately 27,000 students; Lumière University Lyon 2, which focuses upon the social sciences and has about 30,000 students; Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, which focuses upon the humanities and law with about 20,000 students.
The other member institutions are:
- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
- École normale supérieure lettres et sciences humaines
- École Centrale de Lyon
- INSA Lyon
- Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Lyon
- École National Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques (ENSSIB)
- École Vétérinaire de Lyon
- Université catholique de Lyon
- École de Management de Lyon
- Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique (INRP)
- Institut Polytechnique de Lyon (CPE Lyon, ECAM Lyon, ISARA Lyon, ITECH Lyon)
- Institut d'études politiques de Lyon
- Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres (IUFM) der Akademie Lyon
- École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État
