Catholic University of Lyon

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Type Private President Thierry Magnin Location Lyon, France Total enrollment 8,800 (2012) Founded 1875		Established 1875 Students 10,000 Website www.ucly.fr/en-/ Phone +33 4 72 32 50 12
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The Catholic University of Lyon (Université Catholique de Lyon), or the Lyon Catholic University also known as the Catholic Institute of Lyon (Institut catholique de Lyon), is a private university based in Lyon, France.

History

The Catholic University of Lyon has stood at the confluence of the Saône and Rhône Rivers in the center of Lyon since its founding. Its creation in 1875 was initiated by lay Catholics following passage of a law on the freedom of higher education. Inaugural classes began in 1877.

Since 2005, the Catholic University of Lyon has been located on two campuses that are close to each other in the center city:

The Bellecour Campus houses the Faculties of Theology, Philosophy, Language and Literature and Science, together with the rectorate, the university administration, central university services, the Department of Humanities and the 'Lyon Polytechnic Institute'.

The Carnot Campus houses all the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Science, including ESDES business School, and the ESTRI School of Translation and international relations.

The rector since September 2011 is the physician and theologian Thierry Magnin.

Facts and Figures

10,000 students, including 2,100 from abroad

200 permanent teaching staff

160 administrative staff

5 Faculties : Law, Economics and Social Science, Language and Literature, Philosophy and Humanities, Science and Theology

5 vocational schools

Three types of courses

Traditional university courses with five colleges:

Faculty of Law, Economic and Social Sciences

Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences (Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics...)

Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences (Divinity, Interreligious studies...)

Faculty of Sciences (Biology, biological and medical sciences...)

Faculty of Literature and Languages (French Literature, Modern Literature, English, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese...)

Professionally oriented courses at its 'schools':

ESDES Business School

ESTRI School of Translation and International Relations

ESQESE School of Environmental Quality and Safety

ESTBB School of Biochemistry and Biology Technicians

IFTAB Training School for Laboratory Technicians

ESSEP BIO School for Professional Applications in Biotechnology

Specific courses at training centres and research laboratories

Institute of French Language and Culture (ILCF)

Pierre Gardette Institute, which promotes the languages and cultures of the Rhône-Alpes region

Lyon Institute of Human Rights (IDHL)

Pastoral Institute for Religious studies (IPER)

Institute of Family Science (ISF)

International Centre for Local development studies (CIEDEL)

Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics (CIE)

University Library

The main library on the Bellecour Campus contains 200,000 books and 2,000 journals in the areas of philosophy, history, literature, humanities, natural science and theology.

The Documentary Resources centre on the Carnot Campus is specialised in law, business management, languages, family science, human rights and local development.

The library belongs to the SUDOC network ('Service Universitaire de Documentation') which interconnects with some 3,000 libraries elsewhere in France.

References

Catholic University of Lyon Wikipedia

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