Sciences Po Lyon

Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon

Lyon Institute of Political Sciences
Sciences Po Lyon is known as the "Grande École des Sciences de la Cité" of the Lyon/Saint-Etienne Metropolis
Motto	Virtute duce comite fortuna
Motto in English	Under the guidance of valor, accompanied by good fortune
Established	1948
Director	Renaud Payre
Academic staff	310 (62 full-time)
Students	1,441
Location	Lyon, France
Campus	Metropolitan
Campus size	9,500 square meters (including the expansion of 1,500 square meters by the end of 2013)
Affiliations	grand établissement, APSIA, AMBA, AACSB, EUA, EAPAA
Website	www.sciencespo-lyon.fr

The Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon (or Lyon Institute of Political Studies) also known as Sciences Po Lyon, was established following an executive decree by General de Gaulle in 1948. This prestigious and highly selective institute is modeled on the former Paris "École Libre des Sciences Politiques" (ELSP). Like the other Sciences Po (instituts d'études politiques) in France (Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Paris, Rennes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Strasbourg, Toulouse), it is considered as a French "Grande École" or elite school. As such, it is a member of the Association of the "Grandes Ecoles" of the Rhone-Alpes region. To date and contrary to general beliefs, it remains the only French Institute of Political Studies to belong to the prestigious Conférence des Grandes écoles.

Sciences Po Lyon is an autonomous body within the University of Lyon, a member of the Coimbra group along with the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. It is located at the Centre Berthelot within the buildings of a former military health college.

As one of the top higher education institutions in France, Sciences Po Lyon has established several strategic partnerships with key academic institutions at the national and international level. For instance, at the national level, with Ecole Centrale de Lyon, ENS Lyon (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon), EMLYON Business School and Paris Dauphine University; or at the international level with the best universities in the World; for instance, in China, the East China Normal University and the University of Hong Kong; in Japan, Tohoku University, the University of Tokyo and Waseda University; in South Korea, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; in Germany, with the Universities of the German Universities Excellence Initiative (the Free University of Berlin; Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of Leipzig; the University of Mannheim); in the United Kingdom, colleges of the Golden Triangle such as the King's College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London; in Australia, with universities of the Group of Eight (University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney); in Canada, McGill University, the University of British Columbia, the Université de Montreal (including HEC Montréal) and the University of Toronto; in the United States, Georgetown University, Little Ivies such as Bowdoin College, Public Ivy universities such as the University of Virginia and the University of California (including UCLA and the University of California, Berkeley), as well as Ivy League universities such as Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania (including the Wharton School).