Higher education and Research key figures
Number of researchers in government
104,949
people (FTE)
people (FTE)
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of women among researchers in government
35.8%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Student numbers in Economics, Economic and Social Administration (AES)
240,000
students
students
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of women among researchers in the Automobile industry
12.9%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of doctoral students with a contract from the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research (MENESR)
33.9%
Whole of France
Variation in number of apprentices preparing a higher education diploma
+96.5%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Annual expenditure for a student in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
€15,100
2015
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of domestic education expenditure allocated to higher education
20.3%
2015
Whole of France
Whole of France
Average number of staff in R&D in business enterprises with under 20 employees (business enterprises with R&D activity)
2.5
people (FTE)
people (FTE)
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Unemployment rate for young people leaving higher education with no diploma
23%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Variation in intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure in Manufacturers of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation, watches and clocks
+5.2%
Whole of France
Intramural R&D expenditure by the French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (INRIA)
€225 M
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France