Higher education and Research key figures
Share of young people aged 25 to 34 with a higher education diploma
44.7%
2015
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Share of women in all higher education courses
55.1%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Student numbers in Law
210,000
students
students
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Median age of managers in business enterprises
42 years
Whole of France
Share of women among researchers in the Automobile industry
12.9%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of children of parents who are self-employed professionals, managers or teachers among new baccalauréat holders enrolled in Technological university institutes (IUT)
28.9%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure in Aeronautics and space construction
€3,509 M
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Intramural R&D expenditure by the civilian arm of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
€2,405 M
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of teachers in Arts and Humanities
31.0%
2015
Whole of France
Whole of France
Variation in intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure in Electronic components and boards, computers, peripheral equipment
-1.2%
Whole of France
Unemployment rate for young people leaving higher education with an engineering school diploma
3.5%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of R&D tax credit received by business enterprises in Pharmaceuticals
12.0%
Whole of France



