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Doctoral schools

Accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the doctoral schools supervise and instruct aspiring doctors during three years of scientific studies carried out at the very highest level, until the final submission of the doctoral thesis. The doctoral schools accept holders of a master's degree based on the criteria of scientific excellence, motivation and merit. PhD students are assigned to a research team and placed under the supervision of an authorized research director. There are 17 doctoral schools at the Université de Lyon, covering all research fields. 
 
Biology, Medicine, Health

ED 205 Interdisciplinaire Sciences et Santé EDISS (Cross-disciplinary Sciences and Health)

Director : Didier Revel
Disciplines, topics : integrated Physiology and Extreme Conditions Structural and Functional Biochemistry Biomedical Engineering Nutritional Metabolism and Endocrine Regulation Methods of Health Systems Analysis Osteoarticular biology, Biomechanical and Biomaterial Biology Cardiovascular Physiopathology and Pharmacology Sport and Performance Skin Physiology, Bioavailability, Pharmacology
 
 
 

ED340 Biologie moléculaire intégrative et cellulaire - BMIC (Cellular and integrative Molecular Biology

Director : Thierry Gaude
Disciplines, topics : Cellular and molecular biology Integrative Biology, at organ and organism level Comparative and progressive biology Systems Biology 
 
 

ED 341 Evolution, Ecosystème, Microbiologie, Modélisation - E2M2 (Evolution, Ecosystem, Microbiology, Modelling)

Director : Jean-Pierre Flandrois
Disciplines, topics : Evolution and interaction of populations, in ancient and modern ecosystems integrating the interaction: a) at varied spatial or time scales; b) of different types including parasitism and symbiotism; c) at all organisational levels of life (plant viruses, insects, invertebrates and vertebrates); d) with the environment considered globally (climate, land and water) Statistical approach to biological et paleobiological systems, bioinformatics and biomathematics Conceptually close to systematic biology or integrative biology.
 
 

ED 476 Neurosciences et Cognition - NSCo (Neurosciences and cognition)

Director : François Jourdan
Disciplines, topics : Neurosciences Natural Cognition Cognitive Psychology Neuroimagery Neurophysiology Functional neurobiology Neuropharmacology Clinical neurosciences.
 
 
 
Chemistry, Materials
 

ED 34 Matériaux (Materials)

Director : Jean-Marc Pelletier
Disciplines, topics : Development and description of materials ;  Determination of their physical, mechanical, chemical and biological properties ; Modelling of the relation between composition, microstructure and their properties ; Work in the domain of nanosciences, nanomaterials and applications in the area of health.
 
 
 

ED 206 Chimie (Chemistry)

Director : Jean-Marc Lancelin
Disciplines, topics : Chemistry Environment Methods.
 
 
Physics, Mathematics, ICT information technology

ED 212 InfoMaths (ICT and Mathematics)

Director : Alain Mille
ICT and Mathematics
 

ED52 Physique et Astrophysique - PHAST (physics and astrophysics)

Disciplines, topics : Astrophysics Subatomic physics Optics and lasers Materials for optics and optoelectronics Nanosciences and nanomaterials Non linear physics Physics-health interfaces Biology-Physics Mathematics-physics.
 
 
Engineering sciences
 

ED 160 Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique -EEA (Electronic, Electrotechnical, Automatic)

Director : Alain Nicolas
Disciplines, topics : Electronic, Electrotechnical, Automatic and Signal processing through three specialities: a) Energy and systems; b) STIC (Information and Communication Science and Technology) - Health; c) Micro and nano technologies
 
 

ED 162 Mécanique, Energétique, Génie Civil et acoustique MEGA (Mechanics, Energy, Civil and Acoustic Engineering)

Disciplines, topics : Mechanics Energy Civil engineering Acoustics
 
 
Human and social sciences
 

ED 483 Histoire, Géographie, Aménagement, Urbanisme, archéologie, Science Politique, Sociologie, anthropologie -SCSO (History, Geography, Town Planning, Urbanism, Archaeology, Political science, sociology, Anthropology)

Disciplines, topics : History ; Archaeology ; History of art ; Sociology ; Ethnology ; Anthropology ; Geography ; Town planning ; Urbanism ; Architecture ; Political science Demographics.
 

ED 484 Lettres, Langues, Linguistique, Arts - 3LA (Letters, Languages, Linguistics, Art)

Disciplines, topics :
-Letters : French language : French literature ; General and comparative literature ; French language literature ; Latin and Greec
-Foreign languages : English speaking studies ; Arab studies ; Asiatic studies ; European studies ; German and Scandinavian studies ; Roman studies ; Slavonic studies ; Cross-cultural studies ; Translating
Language sciences : Linguistics ; Semeiology ; Language didactics ; French as a foreign language ; Multi-lingual lexicology and terminology
-Arts : Plastic arts ; Design ; Film and audiovisual studies ; Theatre studies ; Musicology ; Art and aesthetic sciences
 
 

ED 485 Sciences de l'Education, Psychologie, Info Com -EPIC (Education, Psychological, Communication Information Sciences)

Disciplines, topics : Education sciences ; Sociology and political sociology of education ; Social psychology ; Clinical psychology and psychopathology ; Psychology of health, the individual and society ; Language and scientific didactics ; Epistemology ; Information and communication sciences ; History and sociology of sport ; Politics of science ; Economics of innovation and conceptual sciences
 
 

ED 486 Sciences économiques et gestion (Economics and Management Sciences)

Disciplines, topics : Micro-Economy of work and employment ; International Currency-Finance and Economics ; Industrial Economics and Health Economics.
 
 

ED 487 Philosophie : Histoire, Représentation, Création (Philosophy, Representation, Creation)

Disciplines, topics : History of philosophy ; Metaphysics ; History of ideas ; Aesthetics and practice of symbolic worlds ; Epistemology of formal languages ; Political philosophy ; Medical aesthetics ; Sustainable development
 
 

ED 492 Droit (Law)

Director : Sylvie Caudal
Disciplines, topics : Law ; Private law ; Public law ; History of law ; Political science