News "Campus Life"

On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, the second information evening about studies after the baccalauréat is being held by the Académie de Lyon and the Université de Lyon, for students with disabilities in 11th and 12th grade (or in Première and Terminale respectively), or who are receiving individualized support.

As part of the “Open Libraries +” project led by the Université de Lyon, the Marie Curie library at INSA Lyon will exceptionally remain open during the Christmas holiday season.

Do you belong to a student association and would you like to lead a project that would benefit other students at the Lyon Saint-Étienne site? The Université de Lyon can help you finance your project via the Student Initiative Fund (FIE – Fonds d’initiative étudiante) that organizes several sessions per year.

The Université de Lyon’s Student Initiative Fund (FIE) commission has voted to grant subsidies to 15 projects, two of which address the “sustainable development” theme put forward for this session.

This final My Lyon evening to close the Students Welcome Desk project is open to all students. It will be held within the Musée des Confluences.

This evening was open to all students and featured exclusively student-created programming based on world arts and cultures. This evening closed the Students Welcome Desk program and was held on Thursday, November 29 by the Université de Lyon, the Crous de Lyon and the Musée des Confluences.

On November 27, students within the Académie de Lyon are asked to elect 7 student representatives to the Crous’s Board of directors for a two-year period.

The 2018 Tour de France Agir Ensemble operation will be held from November 19 to 23, 2018. This week will raise awareness of the importance of environmentally friendly actions with fun and educational workshops for students and staff.

On October 18, 2018, during Open Access week, the Université de Lyon is organizing a half-day of conferences and workshops on the theme of open science.

The Université de Lyon and its partners, the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Assurance Maladie and the Crous de Lyon, are launching a widespread information campaign at the start of this academic year. It aims to help students gain a better understanding of the health system and remind them of the importance of taking care of their health, even when young.

The graduation ceremony for the École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne (ENISE), a member institution of the Université de Lyon, was held at the Zénith de Saint-Étienne on September 29.

Major players in the area of higher education and research in Lyon met on September 17 for the official inauguration of two new buildings on the LyonTech-la Doua campus: Michel-Eugène Chevreul and Edgar Lederer.

On September 10, the Université de Lyon greeted the prestigious China University of Political Sciences and Law for the International France-China Men’s Soccer Tournament.

On Wednesday, May 2, the Académie de Lyon and the Université de Lyon organized an evening to inform junior and senior high-school students with disabilities about higher education opportunities.

The 27th year of this prestigious global web conference: The Web Conference (formerly WWW), organized by the Université de Lyon in partnership with the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Métropole de Lyon, and in collaboration with Digital League and IW3C2, took place from April 23 to 27, 2018, at the Centre de Congrès de Lyon.

Lifesaving Action Week (Semaine des gestes qui sauvent), launched in 2017 by the Ville de Lyon, is a chance for the general public to learn about and train in basic first aid. The Université de Lyon is contributing to this laudable metropolitan initiative by offering a free induction workshop on April 25 from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Over 100 students are expected to gather on the LyonTech-la Doua campus on Thursday, April 12, for a charity orienteering event organized by the Cancer Master's course at the Université Lyon 1 in support of the fight against cancer.

As part of Sustainable Development Student Day 2018 organized by the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, several events are being held throughout the day of Thursday, April 5, 2018, to raise the awareness of as many people as possible about environmental issues.

As part of Sustainable Development Student Week, the Université de Lyon is launching an awareness campaign on eco-friendly actions. This campaign is the result of collaborative work between representatives of the energy and ecological transition, the institutions' communication departments and the Université de Lyon's project team.

Whether rugby, football or basketball, there have been a number of wins for our UdL AS teams in team sports events this month. Here are some photos of their wonderful achievements during the French University Championships.

From the 12 projects submitted during the Fall 2017 session, the Université de Lyon's Student Initiative Fund (FIE) committee has voted to allocate grants to ten projects.

French University 2nd Division Judo and Kyu Championships - Reims, France - February 8, 2018 - Photo credits: UdL Sports Associations (AS)

The UdL Sports Association's teams shone during the French University Indoor Athletics Championships held in Aubière (Puy-de-Dôme) on February 1. The event, organized by the French University Sports Federation (FFSU - Fédération Française du Sport universitaire) was a tremendous success and one which will be remembered by the many Université de Lyon students standing on the podiums!

Do you belong to a student association and would you like to lead a project that would benefit other students at the Lyon Saint-Étienne site? The Université de Lyon can help you finance your project via the Student Initiative Fund (FIE - Fonds d’initiative étudiante) that organizes two sessions per year in spring and autumn. Each FIE session includes a focus on a specific topic, called a “Theme FIE”, enabling students to apply for increased funding for their projects.

The Students Welcome Desk will be organizing new sessions open to all students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from January 16 to February 15, 2018, to welcome those arriving for the first time at the start of this new term.

As part of the Franco-Chinese University Tournament, two of the Université de Lyon's Sports Association teams represented French university football in China for ten days from October 27 to November 7, 2017.

The early care provided for pupils with specific learning difficulties may have improved considerably over the past fifteen years, but the situation remains difficult for students in higher education. The ETUDYS project aims to increase awareness of the difficulties faced by dyslexic students to provide better support..

On 11 October 2017, the Université de Lyon was among the 14 institutions to sign the Sustainable Development Plan charter for energy and environmental efficiency in public and private tertiary buildings.

The "Open libraries +" scheme, which was created for the site by the Université de Lyon, aims to improve students' visits to libraries in Lyon Saint-Étienne by extending opening hours and informing users about the occupancy rates of the site's 12 libraries in real-time.

Take a look at the comic book created by the ASLAN LabEx as part of the ETUDYS research project.