École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon


École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon or CPE Lyon is a French engineering school, located in Villeurbanne, near Lyon.

Degrees

CPE Lyon offers two diplôme d'ingénieur and two Master's level degrees, in two disciplines and three diplomas.
The chemistry and chemical engineering degrees involve the conception, synthesis and manufacture of new and valuable molecules that can be “first on the market". They also involve a focus on environmental issues, sustainability and management.
The electronics, telecommunications, maths and computer science degrees include a global education in electronics, microelectronics, computer science, image and signal processing, telecommunications, applied math and management.
CPE Lyon also conducts research in organic chemistry, analytical sciences, chemical and process engineering, microelectronics and image processing.
Selected students can prepare a Ph.D. in one of the research laboratories.

History

In 1883, the École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon was founded by Jules Raulin, a student of Louis Pasteur. In 1919 1912 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Victor Grignard became a director. In that same year, the Institut de Chimie et Physique Industrielles de Lyon was founded by Professor Lepercq. In 1933, the École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the Ministry of War, for service to the nation.
In 1993, Hubert Curien, former chairman of the European Space Agency, former president of the CERN and former minister was appointed President of ESCIL. One year later, in 1994, the École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon and the Institut de Chimie et Physique Industrielles de Lyon merged to form the current École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon .
In 2005, Jean Dercourt, Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences, was appointed President of the École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon .

Alumni

Notable alumni of the École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon include, among many others:
Famous scientists
CEOs and industrialists
Other famous personalities
  • Jean-Christophe Rolland : Rowing Gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games

    Facts & Figures

  • 75% of the students spend at least one year abroad
  • 75 Companies attend the yearly CPE Lyon Student Recruiting Event
  • 11 Research Laboratories in cooperation with the CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  • 24 000 m2 dedicated to the Education, R&D
  • 500 publications per year
  • 50 Ph.D. graduations per year
  • 30 patents per year
  • 3,37M€ revenues from contracts with the Industry in 2005

    International Exchanges

For many years CPE Lyon has partnered with 90 universities abroad including:
  • Queen's University
  • École Polytechnique de Montréal
  • Université de Montréal
  • McGill University
  • University of Toronto
  • McMaster University
  • University of Waterloo
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • University of British Columbia
  • Yuan Ze University
  • Tianjin University of Technology
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  • Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
  • Colombie Universidad Industrial de Santander
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Universität Würzburg
  • Technische Universität Hamburg
  • Universität Stuttgart
  • Universität Ulm
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
  • Technische Universität München
  • Universität Karlsruhe
  • Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
  • Universidad de Salamanca
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • University College London
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Durham
  • University of Hull
  • University of Newcastle
  • University of Nottingham
  • Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Royal Institute of Technology or Kungliga Tekniska högskolan
  • North Carolina State University
  • Oregon State University
  • Purdue University
  • Tufts University
  • University of California Berkeley
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Texas A&M University