Founded in 1875, UCLy (Lyon Catholic University) combines respect for humanist values and openness to society.
UCLy is situated on three campuses, two in the heart of the Lyon metropolis (Carnot / Saint Paul) and the other, in Annecy, which opened at the start of the 2020 academic year. UCLy aims to be international, while remaining close to the regional economic fabric, and strives to be a force of intelligence and proposals.
UCLy benefits from all the richness and plurality of its twenty-eight education and research units. Curiosity and a benevolent perspective on their surroundings is developed in our students through the diversity of subjects offered to them. UCLy programmes lead to university diplomas, mainly within the framework of agreements with public universities, and in a limited number of cases, in the electoral jury.
Open to the world and particularly attentive to changes in society, UCLy never ceases to evolve by creating new education and research programmes that combine scientific skills and humanism.
Founding member of the IPL (Polytechnical Institute of Lyon) and associate member of the COMUE of Lyon, UCLy bears the EESPIG label awarded by the state (Private Higher Education Establishment of General Interest).
UCLy in Figures:
• 6 Faculties:
- Legal, Political and Social Sciences
- Economic Sciences and Management
- Sciences and Biotechnology
- Modern Languages and Literature
- Theology and Religious Sciences
- Philosophy, Psychology and Education
• 1 Business School ESDES (commonly called "Grande École" in the French system)
• 4 Professional schools (ESTRI, ESTBB, ESQESE, IFTLM)
• 1 research center "Sciences and Humanities Confluence" with 8 research teams
• Nearly 11,000 students and auditors, including 1,000 internationals
• Over 650 teachers and administrative staff
• More than 180 courses (Level: undergraduate to postgraduate)
• 300 partner universities on 5 continents
Organisation
The Rectoral Team
The Deans:
Associative Status
UCLy is an association (law of 1901) administered by AFPICL, the Association of Founders and Protectors of the Catholic Institute of Lyon.
The Archbishop of Lyon, Primate of the Gauls, is by right the chancellor of this University.