Higher education and Research key figures
Share of researchers in the labour force
9.3‰
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Numbers of non-teaching staff
60,201
non-teaching staff
non-teaching staff
2015
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Intramural R&D expenditure by State-owned scientific and technological establishments (EPST) excluding CNRS
€2.3 bn
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of foreign students in Bachelor's degree programmes
11%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of baccalauréat holders in a generation
78.6%
2016
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of female students in engineering courses
27.0%
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
World's number of scientific publications
1,643
thousand of publications
thousand of publications
2015
Share of women among researchers in business enterprises in Publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting
14.6%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of children of managers or technicians and associated professionals aged 20 to 24 with the baccalauréat
86.8%
2015
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Intramural R&D expenditure by the French research institute for the exploitation of the sea (IFREMER)
€200 M
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of R&D tax credit for business enterprises with 10 to 249 employees
25.5%
Whole of France
Annual expenditure for a student in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
€15,100
2015
Whole of France
Whole of France