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.

École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon
Established1883
PresidentBernard Bigot
DirectorGérard Pignault
Administrative staff
400
Students1,650[1]
Location
Lyon
,
France
Websitewww.cpe.fr/

Degrees

CPE Lyon offers two diplôme d'ingénieur (French: [diplom dɛ̃ʒenjœʁ]) and two Master's level degrees, in two disciplines[2] and three diplomas.[3]

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 (50 new students per year on average).

History

In 1883, the École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon (ESCIL) 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 (ICPI) was founded by Professor Lepercq. In 1933, the École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon (ESCIL) 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 (ESA), 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 (ESCIL) and the Institut de Chimie et Physique Industrielles de Lyon (ICPI) merged to form the current École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon (CPE-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 (CPE-Lyon).

Alumni

Notable alumni of the École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon include, among many others:

Famous scientists

CEOs and industrialists

  • Laurent de la Clergerie (ICPI-E 1994): Founder and Chairman of the Management Board of LDLC.com
  • Bruno Bonnell (ESCIL 1981): Founder of Infogrames Entertainment, SA, Chairman of the Board, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Chief Creative Officer of Atari, Inc. and deputy La république en marche in the French parlement.
  • Marcel Mérieux (ESCIL 1891): Student of Louis Pasteur and founder of Institut Mérieux that became Sanofi Aventis. Institut Mérieux is a parent company of bioMérieux.

Other famous personalities

Facts & Figures
  • 75% of the students spend at least one year abroad
  • 75 Companies (average) attend the yearly CPE Lyon Student Recruiting Event (Journée Entreprise)
  • 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:

Notes and references
  1. 1200 students on engineer courses, 450 students in integrated preparatory classes
  2. CPE Lyon. "2 specialities". Nom du site. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. CPE Lyon. "3 diplomas". Nom du site. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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