ENGINEERING

PRESENTATION OF THE INSTITUTION

CPE Lyon is one of the top french engineering schools and has been delivering Masters of Science for more than 50 years in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Industrial Process Engineering, Digital Sciences, Computer Science and Cybersecurity, Communication Networks, and Microelectronics. Strong partnerships with the Lyon's Claude Bernard University, research and industrial key players worlwide, allow CPE Lyon to ensure high value curricula, including vocational, for more than 340 graduates each year. The first two years of these five year combined bachelor/master programs are undertaken by the Institution des Chartreux, a reknown school group in charge of almost 4000 pupils from kindergarden to higher education, based in Lyon and its surroudings.

97% of young graduates find a job in less than 4 months after graduation, with an average starting salary of 39900 euros, raising up to 46800 euros three years after hiring. 55% are hired in the south-east of France, 16% abroad, mostly Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada and United States. 13% get into a PhD program. In the field of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 33% of young graduates work in the chemical industry, 12% in pharmaceuticals, 30% in consulting, 10% in research. In the field of Digital Sciences, 48% work in ICT industry services, 12% in ICT industries, 19% in consulting, 5% in research. Globally, CPE Lyon's alumni work mostly in research and development, consulting and expertise, quality health safety environment, and many created their own company over the past 50 years. Today, the alumni network represents 8500 engineers, 2000 of them being outside of France, a powerful network from which CPE Lyon and its students benefit. Among CPE Lyon's outstanding alumni, 3 got a Nobel Prize (V. Grignard, Y. Chauvin, J. Jouzel).

Brief description of curricula after the International Class year (more information on www.prepa.cpe.fr and www.cpe.fr):