“Industrie & Technologies” - Ranking 2013
INSA Lyon confirms its 4th place among the engineering schools which are champions in innovation and R & D
INSA Lyon has confirmed its 4th place in the exclusive annual classification recently published by the magazine “Industrie & Technologies”. This distinction measures the potential for research and innovation of engineering schools on the basis of the quality of their R & D activities according to the following criteria: turnover generated by research contracts in 2012, number of patents registered since 2008 and number of doctoral and post-doctoral students.
INSA Lyon obtained a score of 60.9, an increase relative to 2012, thanks to its research contracts worth more than 24 million euros, 65 patents registered since 2008 and 712 doctoral and post-doctoral students received by the establishment’s 21 laboratories.
“This 4th place in the classification underlines the excellence of our work in research and innovation. The enthusiasm of our laboratories and teachers-researchers, all firmly committed to engineer training, positions INSA Lyon in a wide variety of fields and enables us to invest in the future through public and private funding. INSA Lyon deploys a determined policy of collaboration with companies involved in the major challenges faced by society, thus providing the nation with the means to calmly deal with the technological changes of modern times” declared Eric Maurincomme, Director of INSA Lyon.
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