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2025 - 2026: 150 years and new projects!
2025-2026 academic year is a time to remember, but also to innovate. In 150 years, UCLy has established itself as a major player in Lyon's academic landscape, proving the effectiveness of a unique recipe combining academic excellence, local support and a multidisciplinary approach at the heart of training. UCLy continues to look to the future, with the aim of combining innovation with fidelity to its humanist tradition, and continuing to marry science and the humanities.

News of the school
UCLy : 150 years in service of students
Founded in 1875, the Catholic University of Lyon is celebrating its 150th birthday during one year until june 2026 ! Open on the world and in tune with social evolutions, UCLy has kept growing, creating new programs and sponsoring research at the intersection between sciences and humanities.

International
2024 - 2025 : a year of transition in preparation for the coming decades
"What is the place of a Catholic university in today's France and Europe? This was the question guiding the academic lecture given by UCLy Rector Gregory Woimbée at the university's solemn opening on Thursday, October 10. With the start of a new term of office, in an uncertain national and international context for the academic world, it is now time to build a new strategic direction for our university.

Research
UCLy inaugurates its Maison de la Recherche et de l'Entreprise (House of Research and Enterprise)
UCLy's "Maison de la Recherche et de l'Entreprise" was inaugurated on April 10, 2024, after several months of construction work. This new facility, located at the heart of the Saint-Paul campus, offers improved working conditions for UCLy researchers in communication with new workspaces designed for partnerships between our university and the business world. A meeting that will bring to life the confluence of disciplines and the interaction between the world of Research and business in Lyon.

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Unisphere at the heart of the Ucly Music Awards

Unisphère

Campus Life
Student housing in Lyon: Discover the new "Maison Saint-Bernard"
This UCLy student residence has been reinaugurated after two years of work and a thorough renovation. "This renovation project was UCLy's real estate priority in Lyon", explains the Rector of UCLy. The Maison Saint-Bernard offers 150 rooms just a few minutes' walk from the Saint-Paul and Carnot campuses.

News of the school
The Grenoble agreement: UCLy strengthens its commitment to the socio-ecological transition
On 28 September 2023, UCLy officially joined the Grenoble Agreement. This document lays out a commitment by around a hundred French higher education establishments to work together to drive forward the environmental transition. Inspired by the Paris Agreement and a result of the work of France’s Student COP2, it gives them a list of concrete goals related to the teaching, staff training, student life, working life, research and day-to-day functioning of these establishments.

News of the school
The Major Projects of the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Some big projects are nearing completion, while others are only just beginning. In our traditional autumn interview, Professor Olivier Artus, Rector of UCLy, gave us an overview of the projects taking place in the 2023-2024 academic year, the last in his mandate. The theme chosen for this academic year is ‘Inclusion and Innovation’, a common thread running through all these new ideas.

Campus Life
ILCF: cinema for learning

ILCF - Institut de Langue et de Culture Françaises

Campus Life
Let's welcome the World!
For several years now, UCLy has been doing its very best to make sure that the high-quality welcome offered to students from all over the world remains a priority. By doing so, it intends to cultivate its distinctiveness, based on the ongoing support of each and every student, especially those coming from abroad