École Centrale de Lyon facts for kids

The École Centrale de Lyon is a famous engineering school in France. It's a place where students go after their first university degree to become highly skilled engineers. This school is located on a large campus in Écully, a town near the big city of Lyon in eastern France.

What You Can Study There

The school offers different study programs that lead to important French and European degrees. These degrees help students become expert engineers and researchers.

Engineering Degrees

• Ingénieur Centralien de Lyon: This is a very high-level engineering degree, similar to a Master's degree. It prepares students to become top engineers in various fields.
• Masters and PhD: These are advanced degrees for students who want to specialize even more or become researchers. A PhD is the highest academic degree you can get.
• Mastères Spécialisés (MS): These are special advanced degrees for specific areas of engineering.

Students at École Centrale de Lyon learn mainly in French and English languages. Many students from different countries come here to study, making it a very international place!

Student Life

Most of the 1500 engineering students live in residential buildings right on the campus, close to their classrooms and research labs. These buildings are also shared with about 6,000 students from another school called EMLYON Business School. The school is also part of a special French network called France AEROTECH, which focuses on aerospace engineering.

Famous People Who Studied Here

Many talented people have graduated from École Centrale de Lyon. They go on to do amazing things in engineering and other fields.

• Hervé Renaudeau: A French aerospace engineer who studied at this school.

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  François Barthélemy Arlès-Dufour, one of the people who helped start the École Centrale de Lyon.

See also

In Spanish: École Centrale de Lyon para niños