CPES Sciences et société - Parcours Économie et société at ENS de Lyon

The Economics and Society pathway of the CPES Sciences et société is a three-year cycle awarding, through ENS de Lyon, a diploma equivalent to the licence grade (60 ECTS per year), run with the Lycée du Parc. It gives a broad multidisciplinary base to tackle complex questions of the contemporary world.

Faculty: ENS de Lyon - CPES Sciences et société (with Lycée du Parc)  |  Duration: 3 years (60 ECTS per year)  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Location: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

What you will study

A common core (English, computing and algorithmics, data use, thematic approaches to sustainable development, crises and global health, general culture) plus history, geography, economics, sociology and political science and mathematics. In year 3 students choose an Economics or Sociology route, with a tutored project, a seven-week internship and supplementary courses at École Centrale de Lyon and Sciences Po Lyon (law).

Career pathways

Routes to partner schools of the CHEL[s] (Sciences Po Lyon, ENS de Lyon, École Centrale de Lyon) for at least a third of graduates, and to master's programmes in universities and grandes écoles in economics, urban planning, public policy and quantitative social sciences.

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