CPES Sciences et société - Parcours Sciences at ENS de Lyon

The Sciences 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 combines mathematics, environmental sciences and social sciences for students curious about major scientific and social issues.

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 mathematics, computing, biology and geosciences, and physics and chemistry. In year 3 students choose between Modelling of living systems and Environmental sciences, with projects, a seven-week internship and an engineering project at École Centrale de Lyon.

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 biodiversity, applied mathematics, environmental and ocean sciences and bioinformatics at universities and grandes écoles.

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