Higher education and Research key figures
Number of teacher-researchers
56,436
teacher-researchers
teacher-researchers
2015
Whole of France
Whole of France
Number of researchers in government
104,949
people (FTE)
people (FTE)
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of technological baccalauréat holders among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
6.1%
2015
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of children of employees among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in Technological university institutes (IUT)
17.1%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D in nanotechnology
€800 M
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of direct public funding benefitting intermediate-sized enterprises
10%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Household share in funding domestic education expenditure
9.4%
2015
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of women among researchers at the French National Aerospace Research Centre (ONERA)
16.7%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Variation in intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure in the Pharmaceutical industry
-2%
Whole of France
Unemployment rate for young people leaving higher education with a PhD
5.1%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Amount of R&D tax credit for business enterprises in Architectural and engineering services
€592 M
Whole of France
Share of female baccalauréat holders in a generation
83.2%
2015
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments



