Ecole Centrale de Lyon

Ecole Centrale de Lyon

The mission of Ecole Centrale de Lyon is to educate its students to become generalist engineers and multi-disciplined post-graduate leaders in their field, with an open-minded, wide-ranging vision of the world.

Top reasons to study here

  • Strengthened by 150 years of experience
  • 6 research units located on campus
  • Forty-five years the School has formed agreements with universities from all of the world that pertain to the awarding of double degrees and other forms of part

History

  • 1857: Foundation of "École Centrale lyonnaise pour l’Industrie et le Commerce"
  • 3 November 1857: Opening of the School with 14 students.
  • 1869: Second campus of Ecole Centrale de Lyon. Movement of the School to Quai Augagneur
  • 1930: First female engineering student.
  • 1963: Common entrance exam established with Ecole Centrale de Paris.
  • 1970: The School is renamed École Centrale de Lyon.

Education

Over and above the scientific and technical skills that the School undeniably imparts to its students, Ecole Centrale de Lyon provides you with an open-minded, wide-ranging vision of the world as well as an approach towards the humanities and social sciences that grant our graduates the Centrale Lyon advantage.

Research

Internationally, nationally and industrially renowned, research at Ecole Centrale de Lyon is performed around 6 laboratories, all Joint research units (UMR) CNRS.

In an increasingly globally competitive environment, coupled with economical and societal expectations, Centrale Lyon has put in place a dynamic scientific policy, structured around 5 main disciplines: nanotechnology and nanomaterials, transport, energy, environment and bio-engineering.

Ecole Centrale de Lyon Scholarships

Below you will find scholarships related to Ecole Centrale de Lyon. Distinction can be made between scholarships provided by the University and those provided by independent providers.

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14 Apr 2025
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8200 EUR
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3000 EUR
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22 Apr 2025
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2000 EUR
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30 Jun 2025
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1000000 INR
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Education Future International Scholarship
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Education Future
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10252 EUR
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30 Jun 2025
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Campus France
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1500 USD
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01 May 2025
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860 EUR
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30 Oct 2025
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Various benefits
Deadline
29 Jun 2025
Bourses France - Acadie for Canadian students of the Atlantic provinces
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4500 EUR
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International Mobility Scholarships for EDHEC students
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1000 EUR
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10 Jun 2025
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40000 USD
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25 Mar 2025
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10000 USD
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25 Mar 2025
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1500 USD
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15 Sep 2025
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1000 USD
Deadline
01 Jun 2025
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Various benefits
Deadline
14 Apr 2025
Kuwaiti Government Scholarships
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Campus France
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Grant
9000 EUR
Deadline
Anytime
EDHEC Social Criteria Bursary
Need-based

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Edhec Business School
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Grant
8200 EUR
Deadline
Anytime
EDHEC High Honours Scholarships
Merit-based

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Edhec Business School
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3000 EUR
Deadline
22 Apr 2025
DashTickets Foundation Scholarship Opportunity for Undergraduate Students
Merit-based

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DashTickets Foundation
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Grant
2000 EUR
Deadline
Anytime
EDHEC Bourse de l’Espoir
Need-based

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Edhec Business School
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Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
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Merit-based

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Campus France
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Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
EDHEC Excellence Scholarships
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Edhec Business School
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Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
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Edhec Business School
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Various benefits
Deadline
Anytime
EDHEC Giving - Laurent Freixe Scholarships
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Edhec Business School
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Grant
1000000 INR
Deadline
Anytime
Education Future International Scholarship
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Education Future
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Grant
10252 EUR
Deadline
30 Jun 2025
Merit scholarship from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation
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Campus France
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Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
01 May 2025
Wear & I Fashion Pioneer Scholarship
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WEAR & I
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Grant
860 EUR
Deadline
30 Oct 2025
Charpak Exchange
Merit-based Need-based

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Campus France
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
29 Jun 2025
Bourses France - Acadie for Canadian students of the Atlantic provinces
Merit-based

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Campus France
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Grant
4500 EUR
Deadline
Anytime
International Mobility Scholarships for EDHEC students
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Edhec Business School
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 EUR
Deadline
10 Jun 2025
Scholarship Program for international students - Livinfrance
Merit-based

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Campus France
Location not available
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Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
25 Mar 2025
Mary Doctor Fine Arts Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based

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Blumenthal Performing Arts
Location not available
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Grant
10000 USD
Deadline
25 Mar 2025
Gordon Hay Scholarship
Merit-based Need-based

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Blumenthal Performing Arts
Location not available
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Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
15 Sep 2025
Headway’s Book Lovers Scholarship
Merit-based

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Headway
Location not available
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
01 Jun 2025
1040 Abroad International Studies Scholarship Initiative
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1040 Abroad
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Housing services

Located only 20 minutes from Lyon, the Ecole Centrale de Lyon campus is situated in beautiful surroundings in the heart of an 18 hectare property.

The campus brings together teaching buildings and research centres, buildings belonging to the student associations, sporting facilities, administrative buildings, the university cafeteria and student residences: 

  • According to our students, some of the highlights include:
  • The K-Fêt (café) in the student foyer
  • The student foyer, complete with  cinema, performance hall, and café-bar.
  • The "Assoce", joining more than a hundred of student associations in Centrale Lyon

Library services

Centred at the heart of the campus, the library lists several key objectives among its missions to the students and personnel of the School:

  • The library contains materials from a large variety of domains.
  • The library also offers leisure materials including CDs, sheet music and tourist guides.

Campus life

  • Benefit from life in a beautiful setting on a wooded campus spanning 18ha
  • Be situated right in the centre of the life of the school (associations, library)
  • Access a large number of sporting facilities (stadium, sporting fields, tennis courts, weights room, gymnasium)
  • Dine on campus (restaurant universitaire, snacks available from the foyer)
  • Only 20 minutes from the centre of Lyon using public transp

Sports facilities

Physical education and sport are an integral element of the whole education of the engineering student at the School. Sport is compulsory at Centrale Lyon. Students can choose from among 20 different sports – either as an individual or in a team – to fulfil requirements for participation in sport, often allowing them to participate in university sporting competitions. They can also participate in less competitive sporting activities such as as part of hikes organised by the mountaineering club or visits to ski stations with the ski club.

Campus facilities:

  • A gymnasium, complete with rock-climbing wall
  • Four exterior tennis courts
  • An athletics track
  • A grass football and rugby field
  • A weights room

Student clubs

At Centrale Lyon, the student associations play a vital role in the activity on campus. With a huge variety of cultural, social and sporting activities, about 1500 engineering students participate in the associative life on campus. Amongst them, 150 active students are highly involved in organising events which contribute to the animated life of the School – the Week-End d’Intégration, the Centrale Lyon Challenge, the Forum Perspectives Grandes Ecoles, the Gala Eclyps – as well as providing services which support the entire Centralian community.

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Student Reviews

Good
Anonymous rated 4 out of 5 stars

The programme has a strong practical focus and provides students with the skills needed to address and engage with evaluation issues from an academic point of view

Difficult Challenges
Muhammad Uzair Athar rated 4 out of 5 stars

In my bachelor's degree, I studied very hard and there were too many projects that were assigned. I faced many problems while completing my bachelor's degree. It was a very challenging task for me, but I never gave up. At the end I completed my bachelor of Electrical Engineering.

Écully, Rhône-Alpes, France

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