Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Claude Bernard University
Lyon 1

Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1
Type	Public
Established	1971
Budget	€420.5 M (2020)
President	Frédéric Fleury
Academic staff	2,857[1]
Administrative staff	1,766[1]
Students	47,860[1]
Location	Lyon , France 45°46′52″N 4°52′03″E / 45.78098°N 4.86759°E / 45.78098; 4.86759
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Lyon
Website	www.univ-lyon1.fr

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (French: Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, UCBL) is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. It is named after the French physiologist Claude Bernard and specialises in science and technology, medicine, and sports science. It was established in 1971 by the merger of the 'faculté des sciences de Lyon' with the 'faculté de médecine'.

The main administrative, teaching and research facilities are located in Villeurbanne, with other campuses located in Gerland, Rockefeller, and Laennec in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. Attached to the university are the Hospices Civils de Lyon, including the 'Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud', which is the largest teaching hospital in the Rhône-Alpes region and the second-largest in France.

The university has been independent since January 2009. In 2020 it managed an annual budget of over €420 million and had 2857 faculty.^[1]